Vintage Movie Resources

January 16, 2024

Josie Sedgwick — All Together Again! (1926) 🇺🇸

Josie Sedgwick, the girl who has had more bones broken than any one else in pictures, tells how to fracture ankles, ribs or shoulders in one lesson.

January 03, 2024

Clarence Thompson — An Actor by Request (1927) 🇺🇸

Clarence Thompson, who prefers to be called “Tommy,” wanted to write, but was forced to become an actor to get inside a studio.

December 30, 2023

Russell Simpson — Have You Any Whiskers? (1921) 🇺🇸

Maybe you can trade places with Russell Simpson, who’s getting tired of his crape hair.

December 27, 2023

Harry Carey — A Self-Made Westerner (1921) 🇺🇸

“My land runs all the way over there — and if you’ve got time I’ll show you the herd of cattle I’ve got grazing on some of it”

December 18, 2023

Jean Hersholt — How “Dutch” Became Mr. Hersholt (1927) 🇺🇸

A cut-back to the day when the noted character actor, then an extra who could hardly speak English, first attracted attention to himself — and what followed.

December 18, 2023

Conrad Veidt — A Welcome Invader from Germany (1927) 🇺🇸

Hollywood not only makes possible the importation of one of Europe’s most accomplished actors, but unites a trio of famous friends.

November 23, 2023

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.

November 16, 2023

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.

July 01, 2023

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.

June 30, 2023

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?

May 19, 2023

Tom Brown — Nix on Dames (1932) 🇺🇸

After dating almost every comely lass in Hollywood except Marie Dressler, Tom Brown, at nineteen, says "Bah!" Here's the sad tale of what the gals dished out to him.

April 11, 2023

Boris Karloff — Please Scare Us, Mr. Karloff! (1934) 🇺🇸

But Boris Karloff, screen monster, is not at all like Boris Karloff, private citizen!

Douglass Montgomery and Mae Clarke in Waterloo Bridge | www.vintoz.com

April 11, 2023

Douglass Montgomery — I’m Sure He’s Nuts… and I Envy Him (1934) 🇺🇸

Douglass Montgomery may prove that all actors are crazy… but you'll agree it's a most appealing "divine insanity of genius".

March 06, 2023

Erich Von Stroheim Plays Aladdin… (1926) 🇺🇸

… and picks the comparatively unknown Fay Wray for the leading feminine role in his new film, The Wedding March, thereby bringing a miracle into her hitherto unexciting life.

Alice Day | Lads and Lassies of Laughter (1926) | www.vintoz.com

February 20, 2023

Lads and Lassies of Laughter (1926) — Part I 🇺🇸

Part I: A full score of talented and optically pleasing young people smile and prance before your eyes on the screen, but you rarely read anything about them. Often you do not even know their names. Yet they are the players who make you laugh loudest, and you see them more often than your heroes and heroines of the drama, Meet your friends of the short comedies! | Move on to Part II

February 15, 2023

Laura La Plante — Without Benefit of Fireworks (1930) 🇺🇸

Seven years a star, Laura La Plante has never been extravagantly praised or severely criticized, her steady emotional balance giving her a security impossible to the skyrockets of the screen.

February 14, 2023

Mary Nolan — "The Glory Girl" (1930) 🇺🇸

She is Mary Nolan, but you must read this story for the meaning of the phrase.

February 11, 2023

Too Continental — Or What? (1930) 🇺🇸

Why is it that European charmers, beginning with Pola Negri and ending with Eva von Berne, have not endured with the fans? This article recalls many sad departures from these shores, with reasons advanced for this strange state of affairs.