Vintage Movie Resources
Peter Lorre — Monarch of Menace (1936) 🇺🇸
Norman Taurog — He Was a Kid Himself! (1932) 🇺🇸
Charlie Ruggles — He was “Ruggles of Red-Eye” (1931) 🇺🇸
Does the screen public want its favorites to be versatile? Charlie Ruggles is going to find out. For the past two years he has played nothing but “drunk” roles. Now, in his first starring picture, “Girl Habit,” he doesn’t take a single drink.
Ernst Lubitsch — First Wit of the Films! (1935) 🇺🇸
Ernst Lubitsch is more colorful than the stars he directs! Vintage ads by Genevieve Tobin and Cary Grant (“Cheramy — It's the perfume I never can forget.”)
Ernst Lubitsch — Portrait of a Director (1932) 🇺🇸
Mitchell Leisen — Hollywood’s Most Colorful Director (1944) 🇺🇸
What Makes You So Funny, Mischa Auer? (1938) 🇺🇸
The Great William Powell (1936) 🇺🇸
If you want to know why Thin Man Bill is a hero even to his movie wives, read this outrageously amusing interview. The interview also answers the question where James Bond got his martini recipe from.
Tribute to Ida Lupino (1940) 🇺🇸
Charles Laughton — Gentle Titan (1940) 🇺🇸
Abbott and Costello — Nuts to You, Bud and Lou (1941) 🇺🇸
Robert Armstrong — Yeah? Yeah! (1929) 🇺🇸
Introducing Gregory Peck (1944) 🇺🇸
For a gent who has been in Hollywood only a short time, Gregory Peck is doing all right.
The article is spiced with vintage ads of Lana Turner, Ann Sheridan and Joan Blondell.
Ida Lupino — Watch Out, Bette Davis (1940)! 🇺🇸
Here Comes Ida Lupino! Will Hollywood history repeat in the case of Ida Lupino? Will her performance of Bessie in “The Light That Failed” equal Bette Davis’ portrayal of Mildred in “Of Human Bondage”? You will be the judge!
Preston Sturges — Geniuses Never Grow Up (1946) 🇺🇸
“Better a Laundry and Sincerity,” says Anna May Wong (1928) 🇺🇸
Writer Rob Wagner visits Anna May Wong at her parent's home and they talk, among other things, about racism in Hollywood.
Note: This text was published in 1928 and some readers might find some of the Asian stereotyping offensive.
Louise Brooks — Beggars of Life (1928) 🇺🇸
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp — Louise Brooks in "Beggars of Life", directed by William A. Wellman
Alan Ladd on His Leading Ladies (1947) 🇺🇸
Gloria Grahame, Not Just Another Blonde (1948) 🇺🇸
Devilish Laird Cregar (1945) 🇺🇸
Laird Cregar was one of Hollywood’s quintessential heavies; he portrayed pirates, murderers, and other sinister characters. Ironically, his funniest role was being the devil.
Spoiler alert: Dorothy Lamour makes a surprise appearance towards the end of this article.
Marlon Brando vs. Everybody (1951) 🇺🇸
Being Marilyn's Neighbour (1951) 🇺🇸
Being Marilyn Monroe's landlord is complicated for William Lundigan, says this article