Vintage Movie Resources
Thelma Todd — An Eye Full (1929) 🇺🇸
Is the interviewer’s resume of beautiful Thelma Todd, erstwhile schoolmarm and now of Hollywood’s notables.
Nils Asther — A Fish Out of Water (1929) 🇺🇸
That describes Nils Asther, who doesn’t “belong” in the movie colony for reasons that cannot be disputed after you read what he says about it.
Jack Mulhall — As He Is (1929) 🇺🇸
If there is such a thing in this polyglot land as a hundred per cent American, Jack Mulhall is it.
Ronald Colman — As He Is (1929) 🇺🇸
Careful consideration of Mr. Colman’s likes and dislikes reveals a character unique in Hollywood.
George O’Brien — As He Is (1929) 🇺🇸
Scrutiny of Mr. O’Brien’s qualities, personal and professional, reveals the exact ratio you would expect if you knew him only by his appearance on the screen.
Barbara Kent — Six Steps to Success (1929) 🇺🇸
One by one, they have led Barbara Kent from a prairie farm in Canada to the heroine of Harold Lloyd’s new picture.
ZaSu Pitts — Loved at Last (1927) 🇺🇸
For nine years Zasu Pitts has been the neglected girl of the screen, the girl who has stood by and watched the more beautiful heroine walk off with the hero, but at last Zasu has got her man — in two successive pictures.
William Collier Jr. — Up and Down with Buster (1927) 🇺🇸
Whether Buster Collier’s spirits are high on the wing, or touching the depths of depression, he is thoughtful, casual, and finds ideals where they are least expected.
Phyllis Haver — A Credit to Kansas (1927) 🇺🇸
Phyllis Haver, once a bathing girl, now marches gayly in the front rank of comediennes, and there’s no telling where she’ll stop.
Patsy Ruth Miller — Patsy Ruth Flares Up (1927) 🇺🇸
Miss Miller launches a protest against the “blah” roles that have been her lot, and holds forth on the subject of hook rugs, her decision to become a director, and her eccentric cook.
Marceline Day — Marceline Keeps Cool (1927) 🇺🇸
It takes more than success in the movies to thrill Marceline Day. Though she is rapidly mounting the stairs to fame, she takes it all quite coolly and looks upon her film career as merely a very pleasant job.
Carole Lombard — Another Three Cheers! (1930) 🇺🇸
Our Manhattan explorer discovers Carol Lombard, another beauty who is on her way up, equipped fully with all that it takes.
Don Alvarado — Spanish — with English Reserve (1929) 🇺🇸
Expecting to find a Latin youth determined to be romantic, the interviewer discovered Don Alvarado to be gently circumspect and disinclined to talk about himself.
Esther Ralston — As She Is (1929) 🇺🇸
This accurate review of Miss Ralston's life includes the extremes of hardship and luxury, and accounts for the woman she is to-day.
Mary Astor — Gone Are Her Languors (1929) 🇺🇸
A fainting heroine no longer, Mary Astor blazes forth in spangles and tights. — with a wry smile at her screen "past."
Olga Baclanova — As She Is (1929) 🇺🇸
Steeped in the traditions of the European theater, her respect for her calling is almost a reverence, and her quiet approach to her work and life mystifies the film colony, because there is no mystery about her.
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.