Vintage Movie Resources

Norma Talmadge — As She Is (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 27, 2024

Norma Talmadge — As She Is (1928) 🇺🇸

Much has been written about Norma Talmadge, but never has her real character been revealed as it is in this frank study — the first of a series of insights into the souls of the cinema great.

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February 27, 2024

Ramon Novarro — As He Is (1928) 🇺🇸

Picture Play is proud to offer this brilliant, comprehensive and sympathetic analysis to the admirers of Mr. Novarro.

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Casting Directors — Theirs Is Not a Happy Lot (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 26, 2024

Casting Directors — Theirs Is Not a Happy Lot (1928) 🇺🇸

Into the ears of the casting directors are poured the sorrows of Hollywood, every scheme and trick is practiced upon them to get work, and gratitude for their favors is followed by resentment when roles are withheld.

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Vilma Banky — As She Is (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 26, 2024

Vilma Banky — As She Is (1928) 🇺🇸

This analysis of Vilma Banky is both penetrating and sympathetic, while the character, as well as the pronounced individuality of the beautiful Hungarian, is carefully presented.

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Eddie Quillan — Pride of the Clan (1929) | www.vintoz.com
February 25, 2024

Eddie Quillan — Pride of the Clan (1929) 🇺🇸

Eddie Quillan’s papa took exception to his son’s pie-throwing roles with Mack Sennett lingerie girls, but he soon found a place that comes up to the family standard of humor.

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“Buddy” Ralston and Jobyna Ralston | Pull Hasn’t Helped Them At All (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 25, 2024

Pull Hasn’t Helped Them At All (1928) 🇺🇸

Being related to a screen celebrity has a good many disadvantages lined up against the advantages. This interesting story explains why most relatives of stars fail in their attempt to share the spotlight.

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Anita Garvin, Frances Lee, Estelle Bradley — Beauty Takes the Bumps! (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 24, 2024

Anita Garvin, Frances Lee, Estelle Bradley — Beauty Takes the Bumps! (1928) 🇺🇸

The players you laugh at on the screen probably work harder to cause that laugh, than those who are famous for “emoting.” This is an entertaining story of three of the former.

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William Haines — The Young Man of the Hour (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 23, 2024

William Haines — The Young Man of the Hour (1928) 🇺🇸

William Haines waited four years for his chance to prove what he could do on the screen, and ever since Brown of Harvard his performances and popularity have been pyramiding prodigiously. But above all things, he does not want to become a one-part actor.

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The Strange Case of Conway Tearle (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 23, 2024

The Strange Case of Conway Tearle (1928) 🇺🇸

Why was he suddenly banished from the screen at the height of his career? Was it the large salary he demanded, or his disturbing habit of talking back, or what? Certainly it was not that he was unwanted. This story will help you to draw your own conclusions.

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Yoshiko Okada (岡田嘉子) (1902–1992) | “Katsudoshashin” (活動写真) (1929) | www.vintoz.com
February 08, 2024

“Katsudoshashin” (活動写真) (1929) 🇺🇸

What is it? Well, read this article and find out for yourselves. Here’s a hint — it has to do with Japan, and American movies.

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Walter Hiers — They All Turn Him Down (1921) | www.vintoz.com
February 08, 2024

Walter Hiers — They All Turn Him Down (1921) 🇺🇸

Intensive training in the art of proposing has apparently not made Walter Hiers any more acceptable. He is known in Hollywood as “the rejection specialist.”

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Polly Moran — Polly’s Back (1929) | www.vintoz.com
February 06, 2024

Polly Moran — Polly’s Back (1929) 🇺🇸

In fact, all of Polly Moran has returned to the movies — and with a bang!

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Flora Finch | Aren’t Women Funny? (1929) | www.vintoz.com
February 06, 2024

Aren’t Women Funny? (1929) 🇺🇸

This unusual article contends that comediennes are just as funny as comedians, but they aren’t given a chance — or haven’t the courage to sacrifice their good looks.

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Julanne Johnston — Spotlight for Julanne (1923) | www.vintoz.com
February 04, 2024

Julanne Johnston — Spotlight for Julanne (1923) 🇺🇸

Mrs. Johnston’s favorite daughter was born to be photographed and bound to become star stuff.

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Sigrid  Holmquist — Melisande  of  the  North (1923) | www.vintoz.com
February 03, 2024

Sigrid Holmquist — Melisande of the North (1923) 🇺🇸

Her picturesque experience and colorful personality may entitle Sigrid Holmquist to a film career.

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Kathleen Key — The Girl Who Couldn’t Simp (1923) | www.vintoz.com
February 03, 2024

Kathleen Key — The Girl Who Couldn’t Simp (1923) 🇺🇸

After years of futile efforts during which she watched her blond, effervescent friends win prominence on the screen, Kathleen Key who is almost as cynical as she is beautiful, is at last to have her chance in Goldwyn pictures.

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Myrtle Stedman and Lincoln Stedman — Stedman & Son, Inc. (1923) | www.vintoz.com
February 03, 2024

Myrtle Stedman and Lincoln Stedman — Stedman & Son, Inc. (1923) 🇺🇸

Both good troupers and the best of friends off the screen, Myrtle Stedman and her son Lincoln are a unique combination in the film world.

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Barbara La Marr — When is Barbara Sincere? (1923) | www.vintoz.com
February 03, 2024

Barbara La Marr — When is Barbara Sincere? (1923) 🇺🇸

The conflicting personalities of Barbara La Marr have puzzled many a motion-picture fan. Is she a poseur, or is she, perhaps, just different? Let this writer who knows her well, tell you.

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Alfred Lunt — A Comedian — Not a Hero (1923) | www.vintoz.com
January 31, 2024

Alfred Lunt — A Comedian — Not a Hero (1923) 🇺🇸

Alfred Lunt frankly admits the heroic roles are not for him. But if, in his forthcoming pictures, he expresses the humor and charm that have been characteristic of his stage roles, he will soon take a place among the favored players of the screen.

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Alberta Vaughn — Mack Sennett Picks Another (1923) | www.vintoz.com
January 31, 2024

Alberta Vaughn — Mack Sennett Picks Another (1923) 🇺🇸

To be put under contract by the comedy king is as distinctive in its way as being featured by Griffith or De Mille. Therefore Alberta Vaughn merits your kind attention.

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Lenore Ulric — The Blooming of “Tiger Rose” (1923) | www.vintoz.com
January 30, 2024

Lenore Ulric — The Blooming of “Tiger Rose” (1923) 🇺🇸

Lenore Ulric revives one of her colorful heroines for the silver screen.

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Watch George Hackathorne (1923) | www.vintoz.com
January 30, 2024

Watch George Hackathorne (1923) 🇺🇸

He has made himself conspicuous in several character roles, and is about to step out as a featured player.

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Seena Owen (Signe Auen) (1894–1966) | www.vintoz.com
January 29, 2024

Seena Owen — A Picture Puzzle (1923)

Seena Owen is filmdom’s enigma, for she has succeeded in spite of her disregard of the popularity-building expedients that other players insist are necessary.

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Maurice Tourneur — Cynic in the Soup (1923) | www.vintoz.com
January 29, 2024

Maurice Tourneur — Cynic in the Soup (1923) 🇺🇸

Maurice Tourneur must feel awfully lonely in optimistic Los Angeles.

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