Vintage Movie Resources
John G. Blystone — Movie Director (1933) 🇺🇸
Fox’s first film director John G. Blystone recalls pioneering days
Charles Lamonte — Movie Director (1933) 🇺🇸
Educational Studios claim one of Hollywood’s most versatile directors: Charles Lamonte.
Ernst Lubitsch — The Film Wizard of Europe (1922) 🇺🇸
First view of Ernst Lubitsch in action
Robert G. Vignola — Photoplay Stars I Have Directed (1917) 🇺🇸
In this age of specialization, when even a motion picture producer concentrates his energies upon the development of photoplay specialists in the various departments of his vast organization, it is interesting to find the motion picture director who is not a specialist and has devoted his energies to the creation of many types of photoplays with many different stars.
Robert Leonard — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸
Robert Z. Leonard is a Universal Rex star, appearing in the pictures he helps to produce at the company’s west coast studios
Thomas H. Ince, Director Extraordinary (1914) 🇺🇸
Some one, at some time, some where, said, “Nothing succeeds like success,” but to our way of thinking, nothing succeeds like good, hard conscientious work.
Frank Tuttle — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Frank Tuttle, Paramount director, laid the foundation for his picture work while a student at Yale University
Sam Wood — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Sam Wood has had much more success prospecting for motion picture stars than he had with the opening of the Reno gold rush around 1900.
Monta Bell — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Monta Bell’s first experience with pictures came in 1922, when Charles Chaplin made him assistant director at the Chaplin Studios
Edwin Carewe — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
There is little about the motion picture industry’s production end Edwin Carewe is not familiar with
Ernst Lubitsch — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Ernst Lubitsch might now be a good clothing salesman in Berlin if his father had had his way
Raoul Walsh — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Raoul Walsh is probably proud to recount the days when he sailed the seven seas as an able seaman or when he rode the range as a Texas cowboy
Albert Rogell — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Albert Rogell is a go-getter and his indomitable will to succeed has brought him success
Herman C. Raymaker — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Herman C. Raymaker was born and raised in sunny California and has spent practically all of his life there
Richard Wallace — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
There is at least a grave difference between an undertaker and a motion picture director
Harry Pollard — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Harry Pollard was once one of the most popular actor stars in motion pictures
William A. Seiter — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
William A. Seiter is recognized as one of the leading progressive picture directors
John M. Stahl — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
John M. Stahl, supervising production of the Tiffany-Stahl Production, stepped into the role of motion picture director as, what would be termed in baseball, a pinch hitter.
John S. Robertson — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
John S. Robertson, one of the leading directors of the screen industry, refused to be a screen villain, so he became a director.
Fred Niblo — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Motion picture stars are not the only ones to claim interesting backgrounds.
Paul Leni — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Paul Leni was literally forced into becoming a director.
Robert F. Hill — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Twenty years ago, Robert F. Hill, now noted motion picture director, started on his professional career in the somewhat lowly capacity of dresser.
Frank Capra — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
Frank Capra, motion picture director, got a good break when he returned from service in the army following the war.