Vintage Movie Resources
Future Favorites — Ernest Truex (1938) 🇺🇸
Ernest Truex, pint-sized comedian who has starred in scores of New York and London stage productions, during the past 20 years, has quit the theatre
Ann Miller — Ballet Skirt and Slippers (1938) 🇺🇸
Ann Miller got her break with taps as Ginger Rogers' dancing partner...
Ray Bolger — Rubber Legs (1938) 🇺🇸
They call Ray Bolger “Rubber Legs” because he goes bouncing all over the place when the music starts. Some dancer!
Mischa Auer and Akim Tamiroff — By Way of Russia (1937) 🇺🇸
Mischa Auer and Akim Tamiroff of revolutionary Russia, played hunches to score in Hollywood.
Cigarette Advertisements — "Her Singing Coach Advised a Light Smoke"
Hollywood Screen Legends Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Dolores del Río, Maureen O’Hara and others endorsing cigarettes.
Alan Hale Sr. — He Takes Pictures Right Away From Stars (1935) 🇺🇸
Alan Hale is a sensation — the champion scene-stealer of them all.
We Nominate for Stardom — George Raft (1932) 🇺🇸
George is the lad who is likely to bring Latin love back to the screen.
We Nominate for Stardom — Gloria Stuart (1932) 🇺🇸
Gloria gave up social position to become an actress — and it doesn’t look as if she’ll be sorry. Two studios fought to sign her.
We Nominate for Stardom — William Gargan (1932) 🇺🇸
He’s the newest he-man to have the girls excited. They’re all jealous of Joan Crawford — he was her lover in “Rain.”
We Nominate for Stardom — Aline MacMahon (1932) 🇺🇸
An unusual screen type, she has not yet played a heroine — but she is on the brink of stardom. You forget the heroine when Aline’s around!
We Nominate for Stardom — Dorothy Wilson (1932) 🇺🇸
For two years, she worked as a typist in a studio — and then one day she was “discovered.” Her story is almost a believe-it-or-not!
We Nominate for Stardom — Dick Powell (1932) 🇺🇸
He’s as red-headed as he is happy. Cagney has a rival!
We Nominate for Stardom — Lyle Talbot (1932) 🇺🇸
His parents died when he was in his teens and Lyle was adopted by his grandmother; his legal name became Lyle Hollywood. But Lyle knew that no one would believe it, so he changed it to “Talbot.”
We Nominate for Stardom — Katharine Hepburn (1932) 🇺🇸
She came to the screen from New York society and the stage — and made the biggest overnight sensation of anyone since Dietrich.
We Nominate for Stardom — John Warburton (1933) 🇺🇸
He has been in America so long (eight years) that he talks like an American and wants to be one.
We Nominate for Stardom — Miriam Jordan (1933) 🇺🇸
Miriam Jordan got her start in theatrical life by the familiar route of a beauty contest.
We Nominate for Stardom — Tom Brown (1933) 🇺🇸
Tom has been on the stage since he was eighteen months old. When he was ten, he appeared in “Is Zat So?”
We Nominate for Stardom — Ruby Keeler (1933) 🇺🇸
She doesn’t look as if she’d ever have camera-fright, does she?
We Nominate for Stardom — Glenda Farrell (1933) 🇺🇸
She can play any sort of part from cuddly young sweethearts to hardened ladies of the evening.
We Nominate for Stardom — Buster Crabbe (1933) 🇺🇸
Buster Crabbe, winner of two Olympic championships, holder of five world swimming records and star of King of the Jungle.
We Nominate for Stardom — George Brent (1932) 🇺🇸
George Brent is only about a half-inch away from screen stardom.
We Nominate for Stardom — Tala Birell (1932) 🇺🇸
Tala is a mystery girl. Universal has had her under contract for almost a year, and yet you have never seen her on the screen. But you soon will.
Walter Brennan — Up From the Bottom (1937) 🇺🇸
You can’t tell Walter Brennan how to become a star.
We Nominate for Stardom — Randolph Scott (1932) 🇺🇸
When Paramount signed up Randolph, there was a rumor that he was to take Gary Cooper’s place.
