Vintage Movie Resources

Arthur Berthelet | Marvin W. Spoor | Harry Zech (Harry Zeck) | www.vintoz.com
June 14, 2026

Testing the Tinsel (1917) 🇺🇸

“Oh, dear”, I thought, “it must be wonderful to be a movie actress”

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Howard Hickman (Howard Close Hickman) (1880–1949) | www.vintoz.com
May 30, 2026

Howard Hickman — A Harlequin Hamlet (1917) 🇺🇸

An intimate impression of Howard Hickman

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Lillian Walker (Lillian Wolke) (1887–1975) | www.vintoz.com
May 27, 2026

Lillian Walker — My Lady o’ the Dimples (1917) 🇺🇸

Lillian Walker wanted to play serious roles — but her dimples said "nay!”

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Veta Searl (18??/19??–19??) | www.vintoz.com
May 27, 2026

Veta Searl — A Tiny New Star (1917) 🇺🇸

Veta Searl is shaping her charms to win success in the magic picture world she has so recently entered

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Nell Craig (1891–1965) | www.vintoz.com
May 14, 2026

Nell Craig — The Golden Girl (1917) 🇺🇸

A morning spent with Nell Craig

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Joseph Allen (Allen Brook) (1918–1962) | www.vintoz.com
October 28, 2025

Future Favorites — Allen Brook (1938) 🇺🇸

Allen Brook would have been an automobile engineer if his acting ambitions hadn’t materialized

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Future Favorites — Gordon Oliver (1938) 🇺🇸
October 28, 2025

Future Favorites — Gordon Oliver (1938) 🇺🇸

You’ll like young Gordon Oliver especially after seeing him play opposite Kay Francis in Women Are Like That

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The Old-Time Actor in Moving Picturedom (1915) 🇺🇸
October 17, 2025

The Old-Time Actor in Moving Picturedom (1915) 🇺🇸

While not a few men and women have acquired fame in picturedom without stage experience, the majority of them are time-tried players

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October 15, 2025

Poverty Row (1926) 🇺🇸

There is a street of humble studios in Hollywood. In them movies are made on the proverbial shoe-string…

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Cissy Fitzgerald (Mary Kate Kipping) (1873–1941) | www.vintoz.com
October 07, 2025

The Roll-Call of the Old Guard (1926) 🇺🇸

The heroes of other days are now character men. Great beauties are playing “bits.” And former boy prodigies are vainly seeking work in the studios

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William Holland (Exhibitors Herald World, 1928) | www.vintoz.com
October 05, 2025

William Holland — An Assistant Director Forgets Himself (1926) 🇺🇸

William Holland forgets himself and tells what happened on the set

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William Holland (Exhibitors Herald World, 1928) | www.vintoz.com
October 04, 2025

William Holland — A Big Guy in the Movies (1926) 🇺🇸

William Holland: “I never worked for a director who didn’t expect me to do all the work.”

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Kathleen Kirkham (Kathleen Kirkham Woodruff) (1895–1961) | www.vintoz.com
October 02, 2025

Kathleen Kirkham — The Divine Spark of Kathleen (1920) 🇺🇸

Kathleen Kirkham will discard the vampy décolleté gowns and fishtail creations in her new starring venture and play real American girl parts

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Gladden James (1888–1948) | www.vintoz.com
October 02, 2025

Gladden James — Flivving With Gladden (1920) 🇺🇸

Gladden James is just a big boy today and except in those rare minutes when he grows serious he makes you think of your high school hero

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Charles Reisner (Charles Francis Reisner) (1887–1962) | www.vintoz.com
September 20, 2025

Leaders in the Funny Business (1926) 🇺🇸

No film studio is complete without its “comedy constructor”

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September 19, 2025

Marin Sais and Ollie Kirkby — Jealous? Not a Bit of It! (1916) 🇺🇸

An interview with Marin Sais and Ollie Kirkby on the subject of jealousy

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Willard Louis (Willard Louis Smith) (1882–1926) | www.vintoz.com
September 19, 2025

Willard Louis — Handing ‘Em a Big Laugh (1926) 🇺🇸

Willard Louis tells how and when to put a few giggles in an otherwise serious story

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King Baggot (William King Baggot) (1879–1948) | www.vintoz.com
September 18, 2025

Chats with the Players — King Baggot, of the Imp Company (1914) 🇺🇸

I was so absorbed in the drama that King Baggot was conveying that I forgot to concentrate on the things one who has not seen him in the flesh would want to know

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Myrtle Gonzalez (1891–1918) | www.vintoz.com
September 18, 2025

Chats with the Players — Myrtle Gonzalez, of the Vitagraph Company (1914) 🇺🇸

“Please remember to spell my last name with a ‘z’ twice,” said Myrtle Gonzalez

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Chats with the Players — Rosemary Theby, of the Lubin Company (1914) 🇺🇸
September 18, 2025

Chats with the Players — Rosemary Theby, of the Lubin Company (1914) 🇺🇸

Rosemary Theby will always “plug on,” just because that is the kind of girl she is

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Chats with the Players — Carlyle Blackwell, of the Kalem Company (1914) 🇺🇸
September 18, 2025

Chats with the Players — Carlyle Blackwell, of the Kalem Company (1914) 🇺🇸

Carlyle Blackwell was a busy bee when I caught him at his new studios at East Hollywood

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Gail Kane Prescribes for the Children (1914) 🇺🇸
September 18, 2025

Gail Kane Prescribes for the Children (1914) 🇺🇸

Gail Kane and her greatest ambition in life

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Anne Schaefer — The Girl with a Hundred Personalities (1916) 🇺🇸
September 17, 2025

Anne Schaefer — The Girl with a Hundred Personalities (1916) 🇺🇸

Anne Schaefer, the Character Woman of the Vitagraph Co.

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E. K. Lincoln, Canine Fancier (1917) | www.vintoz.com
September 15, 2025

E. K. Lincoln, Canine Fancier (1917) 🇺🇸

E. K. Lincoln is a human dynamo of activity

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