Vintage Movie Resources
Louise Brooks — Manhattan Technique (1926) 🇺🇸
Exquisitely hard-boiled 19 years old Louise Brooks is interviewed by a awed journalist, and this is how the interview starts:
“I live only for my art,” Louise said. “I read nothing but instructive books.” She looked up from beneath her long lashes to see how it was going.
The Story of Greta Garbo — Part III (1928) 🇺🇸
In the two previous installments (April 1928 | May 1928) of her fascinating story, Miss Garbo told of her lonely childhood in Sweden and of her first ambitions to become an actress. As a young girl she entered the Royal Dramatic School in Stockholm and while she was still a student, Mauritz Stiller discovered her screen possibilities. Her first European picture was a great success but, because of bad financial conditions in Europe, her career seemed at a standstill when Stiller met Louis B. Mayer in Berlin. Mayer signed a contract with both Stiller and Miss Garbo. At the end of the summer, Miss Garbo sailed for America. She was shy, strange and she knew no English. But she had high hopes and expected to find New York carpeted with flowers. Now read the final chapter of this engrossing life story.
The Story of Greta Garbo — Part II (1928) 🇺🇸
Her childhood in Sweden, a little lonely, but colored by vague dreams and shy ambitions — this was the theme of the first installment of Greta Garbo’s own story. In it, too, Miss Garbo told of her examination for entry into the Royal Dramatic School in Sweden, of her great desire to become an actress. She described frankly her bad habit of being late for classes, her neglect of routine. And she told of her first meeting with Mauritz Stiller, the director who first discovered her screen possibilities. Now go on with the second chapter in the life of the fascinating woman.
The Story of Greta Garbo — Part I (1928) 🇺🇸
In April, May and June 1928, Photoplay Magazine published a three-part series on Greta Garbo, in her own words. Garbo talks!
Louise Brooks and Jobyna Ralston Fashion Show (1928)
Louise Brooks and Jobyna Ralston show off their Printzess coats.
Barbara Stanwyck — She has Hollywood’s Number (1931) 🇺🇸
Here's a moody piece on Barbara Stanwyck from around the time she made the pre-code classics “Baby Face” and “The Bitter Tea of General Yen”
Paul Newman — Somebody Up There Likes Him (1956) 🇺🇸
A sporting goods salesman, Paul Newman took a big gamble when he decided to become an actor. But luck is a lady who likes to gamble too!
Hollywood's Top Swimmers (1928) 🇺🇸
An overview of Hollywood's power players on the eve of the silent movie era. Illustrated by de Bru (a pseudonym by bandleader Xavier Cugat, who did not forget to include himself in this drawing).
W. C. Fields and The Bar Trailer (1934) 🇺🇸
Everybody's favorite juggler, W.C. Fields, is quite the Ladies' Man in this piece. Fay Wray and Alan Mowbray show off their preferred drink and a whole slew of other stars appears towards the end of the article.
Richard Widmark's Plumbing Issues (1949) 🇺🇸
Actor Richard Widmark, at the time of writing mostly known for his role as the psychotic Tommy Udo in the Noir classic “Kiss of Death”, assures us that he has no sympathy for hoodlums.
Bogie defends Betty (1946) 🇺🇸
There was time, just before “The Big Sleep” was released, when Lauren Bacall’s acting skills and box office power were questioned. Her husband Humphrey Bogart rose gallantly to her defense.
Burt Lancaster at Ringling Brothers (1948) 🇺🇸
Actor Burt Lancaster shares memories of his pre-acting days as a circus acrobat and in other jobs
How Burt Lancaster became The Swede (1947) 🇺🇸
Producer Mark Hellinger recounts how he signed a young Burt Lancaster for his break-out role as 'The Swede' in the film noir classic 'The Killers' (1946)
The Other World of Suzie Wong (1961) 🇺🇸
Actress Nancy Kwan (關家蒨) reveals how she landed the role that changed her life.