Vintage Movie Resources
Fifi Dorsay — Fifi's Magic Touch (1930) 🇺🇸
Fifi Dorsay's wordless language makes you want to throw away your French dictionary, for the whole world is akin when she sings and rolls her eyes
Ruth Chatterton — As She Is (1930) 🇺🇸
The most popular player brought from the stage to the screen is here subjected to friendly scrutiny.
Sue Carol — Two Years Before The Mast (1930) 🇺🇸
Ordinarily an experimental period in the studio, as on the sea, Sue Carol has weathered storms and squalls — and is steadied by both.
Bill Boyd — As He Is (1930) 🇺🇸
The story of William Boyd's life reads like that of a fame-and-fortune hero of the old school, which may explain his extreme modesty to-day.
Constance Bennett — Reckless and Charming (1930) 🇺🇸
There's a great deal more to Constance Bennett than that, as you can see for yourself, for she has come back to the screen to stay.
Lawrence Gray — Gray Skies Are Blue Now (1930) 🇺🇸
Talkies put Mr. Gray out of pictures, but singies brought him back again.
Alan Hale — Hale Fellow Well Met (1930) 🇺🇸
A villain with a past gets a haircut and a shave and emerges as a star comedian with a future.
Frank Albertson — Sunny Disposish (1930) 🇺🇸
In other words, Frank Albertson, whose story on this page explains his youthful high spirits on the screen.
Ford Sterling — Shifting from Low to High (1926) 🇺🇸
Once a lowly bladder-bouncer of the Keystones, Ford Sterling is now doing high comedy, or at least what passes for high comedy in the cinema.
Our Chinese Movie Actors (1926) 🇺🇸
The Orientals who take part in our movies are just as ambitious for screen success as any of our American players. This story reveals some interesting things about some of them.
Wallace Beery — Startling Discovery (1932) 🇺🇸
Did you know that Wallace Beery has been before the movie public for twenty years? If you take that for granted, how about this for a startling discovery?
Joan Crawford — Dark Hair Restoration (1932) 🇺🇸
Hail to Joan Crawford’s restoration of her dark hair and farewell to her unnatural blondeur.
Lola Lane — Tempestuous Wooing (1932) 🇺🇸
The marriage of Lola Lane and Lew Ayres terminated one of the most tempestuous wooings that Hollywood has ever known.
Marian Marsh — Movie Star at Seventeen (1932) 🇺🇸
A full-fledged star at seventeen! That’s the role thrust upon Marian Marsh.
Mary Nolan — Most Unfortunate Girl in Hollywood (1932) 🇺🇸
Born under an unlucky star, Mary Nolan is the most unfortunate girl in Hollywood besides being one of the most beautiful and capable actresses.
Roland Young — Always Plays Absurdly Brief Roles (1932) 🇺🇸
Quizzical humor, an insinuating voice, and rare intelligence — these are his extraordinary gifts.
Ivan Lebedeff — Kissing Ladies’ Hands on the Least Provocation (1932) 🇺🇸
After six years in hurly-burly Hollywood his politeness has earned stardom and the admiration of the more romantic fans.
Louise Brooks — Brooksy’s Back! (1931) 🇺🇸
Brooksy’s back! So the tidings spread over Hollywood when Louise Brooks returned after a long absence abroad, where she made several pictures in Germany.
Allen Jenkins — Dead-Pan Wow (1934) 🇺🇸
Allen Jenkins is the rising master of comedy who doesn’t hesitate to steal a scene from the best of them. And he doesn’t hand out dignified interviews.
Otto Kruger — Mark The Perfect Man! (1935) 🇺🇸
He is Otto Kruger whose wife can’t find a fault in him after eight years, whose daughter adores him, whose servants lower their voices when they speak of the master, and whose critics have yet to find a flaw in his performances.
Edward Arnold — “Darling, How Does it Feel To Be Great?” (1935) 🇺🇸
That is what generous Joan Crawford asked Edward Arnold after he had stolen honors from her in “Sadie McKee.”
Gilbert Adrian — Gowns by Adrian (1935) 🇺🇸
Under the guidance of Adrian, such stars as Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer, have emerged as definite personalities.
C. Henry Gordon — As Nice As They Come (1935) 🇺🇸
C. Henry Gordon, the sinister villain in 1930's movies who hopelessly dreamed to play in light comedy movies.
Warren William — Just to Oblige (1935) 🇺🇸
The furthest thought from Warren William was one day to be an actor. But because he so thoroughly looked the part, his friends and family urged him to try the stage, and it was only because of their insistence that he enrolled at a dramatic school.