Vintage Movie Resources
George Zucco (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — He was brought to New York to play Disraeli in “Victoria Regina” with Helen Hayes, came to California for a vacation, got an opportunity to play in pictures, and has been in Hollywood ever since.
Robert Young (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Robert Young held a wide variety of jobs before settling down to a career of acting. He was a drug clerk, reporter, building and loan salesman, and bank clerk.
Dame May Whitty (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Cora Witherspoon (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Miss Witherspoon made her first screen appearance in “Peacherino,” following in “Quality Street,” with Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone.
Phyllis Welch (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Johnny Weissmuller (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Johnny Weissmuller was one of the greatest swimmers of all time. After he was brought to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and given a test for the role of “Tarzan,” he got the part and has played in “Tarzan, the Ape Man,” “Tarzan and His Mate” and “Tarzan Escapes.”
Sophie Tucker (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — She got a chance in vaudeville and, while doing her act in Holyoke, Mass., she was seen by Florenz Ziegfeld, who signed her for one of his early “Follies.”
Helen Troy (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Franchot Tone (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Shepperd Strudwick (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — From the ages of twelve to seventeen, Shepperd planned on being a writer. With this idea in mind, he entered the University of North Carolina.
Lewis Stone (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
James Stewart (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — He was graduated and needed a job. Finding none, he accepted the offer of Princeton friends to join them at the Falmouth Stock Company, on Cape Cod. The stage hit, “Goodbye Again,” was tried out at Falmouth, and Jimmy was such a hit that he opened with it in New York.
Robert Spindola (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Robert Spindola has the unique distinction of entering pictures protesting. It was his piteous wails, rather than any artful smiles, that brought him to the attention of a motion picture producer.
Brent Sargent (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Tom Rutherfurd (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — He was brought to Hollywood last winter after appearing in the New York production of “New Faces.”
Ann Rutherford (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Rosalind Russell (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — After a thorough schooling in stock, she finally appeared on Broadway in Talent and The Second Man, and was brought to the attention of screen talent scouts.
Mickey Rooney (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Mickey Rooney began earning his way in the world when he was less than a year old.
Florence Rice (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Jessie Ralph (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Jessie Ralph's career has been a record of fortitude. Determined to become an actress, she went on the stage in repertoire in small towns in the South at the age of 16. During the long struggle before she reached New York, years later, there were times when she almost starved.
Walter Pidgeon (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Leonard Penn (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Leonard Penn started in the theatrical business on the ground floor.
Nat Pendleton (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — He usually portrays “dumb guys” on the screen, but can read and write five languages with ease.