Vintage Movie Resources
Maureen O’Sullivan — The Mystery of Maureen (1935) 🇺🇸
What holds Miss O’Sullivan back? She could be an important dramatic actress, but she is content to give pleasant performances with only an occasional glimpse of true brilliance. Why? This penetrating insight into her character and career explains her more clearly than any interview you have ever read.
Colin Clive — Clive of England (1935) 🇺🇸
Colin Clive, who portrays morbid, menacing or harried souls on the screen, is by nature addicted to humor, sports, gardening and other quite normal pursuits.
Frankie Darro — A Peacable Guy (1935) 🇺🇸
Just because Frankie Darro is always cast as a scrapper, he has the hardest time trying to live down this reputation with the neighbors’ kids. They expect him to start a fight on the slightest provocation, when as a matter of fact he is the soul of peace.
Samuel S. Hinds — Who Is This Man? (1935) 🇺🇸
When the stock market crashed and Samuel Hinds lost his home and fortune, he decided to give up his law practice and enter a new profession. And that is the story of how the movies gained this distinguished-looking gentleman, who has played sixty roles in two years.
Sōjin Kamiyama— How Sojin Does It (1927) 🇺🇸
It’s simply a question of teeth, says Sojin, the remarkable Japanese character actor. How he achieves some of his eccentric make-ups is here revealed, along with a glimpse into his interesting past.
Lupino Lane — A Nipper from Piccadilly (1927) 🇺🇸
Lupino Lane, the British comedian who is now a success in films, comes of a family of pantomimists and actors famous since the fifteenth century.
Guinn “Big Boy” Williams — He Dug His Way In (1929) 🇺🇸
Guinn Williams entered the movies by means of a pickax, but it has taken him ten years to reach the inner circle.
Phyllis Haver — A Photoproof Pippin (1928) 🇺🇸
Phyllis Haver sums herself up as “shanty Irish, born O’Hara, and hoping to get along,” but you will find there is more, much more, to be said of her, if you have not already said it yourself.
Dorothy Revier — The Caviar of Poverty Row (1928)
She is Dorothy Revier, who is so easily the choicest possession of the independent companies that she is frequently borrowed by the big ones.
Gilbert Roland — After Success — What? (1928) 🇺🇸
Following his success in “Camille,” Gilbert Roland faced many problems he had never known before. This story explains how he has kept his balance in a situation where others have failed.
Ramon Novarro — What Is His Mystic Power? (1930) 🇺🇸
Little-known facts about Ramon Novarro are brought to light in a brilliantly informative discussion of his influence over fans.
Marilyn Miller — Her Strange Handicap (1930) 🇺🇸
Though Marilyn Miller is queen of musical comedy by virtue of being its highest-priced star. she can't read a note. This surprising story tells how she triumphs in spite of it.
Yola d’Avril — In The Springtime (1930) 🇺🇸
A young man's fancy can easily turn to Yola d’Avril, in April or in August, and besides, her budding career is well worth considering.
Estelle Taylor — The Delaware Delilah (1930) 🇺🇸
She is Estelle Taylor, whose seductiveness sends the interviewer's senses reeling back to biblical history.
Why Don't They Star? (1929) 🇺🇸
Beautiful, alluring, with pronounced ability to wear gorgeous costumes — why is it that certain popular players never attain stardom?
Jean Arthur — Nasal — But Nice (1930) 🇺🇸
Jean Arthur is found to be just naïve enough to be interesting, and free of those plagues of Hollywood, yearning for big things in literature and cultivating a complex, and she is not at all nasal off the screen.
John Stambaugh — From the Dust of Defeat (1930) 🇺🇸
John Stambaugh, one of ten college boys chosen for pictures, refused to admit failure when he and his fellows were released after a try-out. Now, after two years, he is coming into his own.
Ann Harding — Blond — But Not Light (1930) 🇺🇸
One has only to consider Ann Harding's life to know that her pastel beauty masks the righting spirit of a general's daughter.
Bill Powell — As He Is (1929) 🇺🇸
A brilliant resume of the character and career of one of the most adroit and sure-fire stars.
David Rollins — Oh, Davie, Behave! (1929) 🇺🇸
David Rollins, at twenty, hasn't quite found himself and is undecided whether to be whimsical, or aloof and mysterious, but until he does decide he succeeds in being thoroughly engaging and rather touchingly adolescent.
Alice Joyce — She Acts When She Chooses (1929) 🇺🇸
Alice Joyce is the only player who retires for long periods, and finds the public waiting for her when she comes back for an occasional picture.
What's Become of Them? (1929) 🇺🇸
Kenneth Harlan, Charles Ray, Bert Lytell, and Cullen Landis were once cream in the fans' coffee, but why do they enrich the screen no longer? The writer of this article sought them out for an answer and here you have his report of them as they are to-day.
Anita King — All-Around Anita (1916)
Auto or aviation stuff, no one needs to double for Anita King
Johnny Mack Brown — Johnny the Kid (1931)
The nice boy from Alabama walks away with one of the prize roles of the season — "Billy the Kid"