Vintage Movie Resources
J. Gordon Edwards — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
When William Fox decided to become a film producer, he looked around for efficient helpers and in the manager, or producing director of his stock company, found the man who was to play a most important role in the history of Fox Films.
John Robertson — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
John Robertson, who has directed some of the best of American pictures, is a great enthusiast where England is concerned.
Herbert Brenon — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
Herbert Brenon holds the record for being the first director of American pictures of leading rank, who came from across the sea.
Elmer Clifton — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
Elmer Clifton has been in the picture game for nearly nine years, and has always been known as a clever director, but his association with D. W. Griffith made a great many people think that his cleverness was due largely to the latter fact.
James Cruze — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
From the hero of “The Million Dollar Mystery” to the director of a million-dollar movie is quite an accomplishment. And James Cruze, who put on “The Covered Wagon” for Paramount, made the step in a little less than ten years.
Frederic Sullivan-Londoner — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
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Collection: Pictures and Picturegoer Magazine, May 1923
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see also other entries of the Directors I Have Met series:
- 1923-02: Frank Lloyd
- 1923-03: Allan Dwan
- 1923-04: Rex Ingram
- 1923-05: Frederic Sullivan-Londoner
- 1923-06: James Cruze
- 1923-07: John Robertson
- 1923-08: J. Gordon Edwards
- 1923-09: Elmer Clifton
- 1923-11: Herbert Brenon
- 1924-01: Harold Shaw
- 1924-06: Al Christie
- 1924-11: Millard Webb
Rex Ingram — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
Rex Ingram was born in Dublin, educated at the University, and destined for the Bar. Unfortunately for his family’s happiness, he decided that his career was art, and so ran away and came to America.
Allan Dwan — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
Most of us would be content with one perfectly good vocation; Allan Dwan has at least three at his fingertips, not to mention five or six more at which he could probably make a living, if he had to do so.
Frank Lloyd — Directors I Have Met (1923) 🇬🇧
The first of a new series dealing with the personalities of the men behind the megaphone.
Millard Webb — Directors I Have Met (1924) 🇬🇧
Hollywood’s Baby Director” is the unofficial title bestowed upon Millard Webb, whose years of experience of this world number only twenty-nine.
Al Christie — Directors I Have Met (1924) 🇬🇧
Al Christie is the globe trotter of producers but when he is in the States, he prefers Hollywood.
Harold Shaw — Directors I Have Met (1924) 🇬🇧
I had always thought that Harold Shaw was an Englishman, even though he was a member of the Old Edison Company some fifteen years ago.
The Art of Abel Gance (1924) 🇬🇧
David Wark Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Rex Ingram, Abel Gance! Four names in the world’s screen industry which convey to the picturegoer a wealth of meaning.
Henry Koster Practices Exactly What He Preaches (1950) 🇺🇸
This director, who has contributed his share of hits, is a student of human nature, which shows up in his films.
Scissor Craft — How Lotte Reiniger Makes Silhouette Films (1936) 🇺🇸
For her silhouette full-length film, Prince Achmet, made in 1926, at least a quarter of a million separate photographs were taken.
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — Tod Browning 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director Tod Browning
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — James Cruze 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director James Cruze
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — John Ford 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director John Ford
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — Roy Del Ruth 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director Roy Del Ruth
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — Frank Lloyd 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director Frank Lloyd
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — Lambert Hillyer 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director Lambert Hillyer
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — Ernst Lubitsch 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director Ernst Lubitsch
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — Erle C. Kenton 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director Erle C. Kenton
Motion Picture News Blue Book (1930) — Edward H. Griffith 🇺🇸
Vintage Advertisement — Movie Director Edward H. Griffith