Vintage Movie Resources
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Sherrill? (1918) 🇺🇸
“I don’t know the technical side of picture-making,” said William L. Sherrill, “but I do know fine pictures and I make them”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Rothapfel? (1918) 🇺🇸
S. L. Rothafel intuitively knows his audience — any kind of audience
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Smith? (1918) 🇺🇸
We don’t understand what brought Albert E. Smith into the motion picture business
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Kessel? (1918) 🇺🇸
Adam Kessel Jr. and Charles Bauman have always been plungers
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Fox? (1917) 🇺🇸
“My business is making and showing pictures. I’m William Fox, and always will be.”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Brady? (1917) 🇺🇸
For those who may wish to interview William A. Brady we cheerfully contribute a time-saving recipe
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Zukor? (1917) 🇺🇸
“Adolph Zukor, when will the stars’ salaries be reduced?”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Rowland? (1917) 🇺🇸
“More bull,” said Richard A. Rowland tersely. “If you took down my exact words you couldn’t print them. You know that.”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Abrams? (1917) 🇺🇸
“The film business? Well, that’s a big subject — too big to talk about. Let’s go to lunch and talk Portland”
Aces of the Camera — Ray Rennahan (1941) 🇺🇸
Ray Rennahan is sometimes singled out as “the grand-daddy of Technicolor cinematographers”
Aces of the Camera — Nicholas Musuraca (1941) 🇺🇸
To Nicholas Musuraca, there must be a reason for everything
Aces of the Camera — William H. Daniels (1941) 🇺🇸
William H. Daniels is a cinematographer’s cinematographer
Introducing Bob Burns — Arkansas Traveler (1936) 🇺🇸
Bob Burns (1890–1956) is the comic for Bing Crosby and he’s radio’s newest best bet
Blanche Sweet’s Love Story (1936) 🇺🇸
A strange friendship led to Blanche Sweet’s recent marriage
Mary Odette — Wonderful Little Film Artiste (1920) 🇬🇧
Real actresses are born, not made, and that is why Mary Odette is so perfect in her art
Polly Walters — Pretty Polly (1934) 🇺🇸
Polly Walters is slender, blonde minx with a nasal pitch to her voice
Phyllis Barry — Is There a “New Deal” in Love? (1934) 🇺🇸
“Is there a “New Deal” for love?” asks Phyllis Barry
Beulah Burns — Real Tales About Reel Folk (1914) 🇺🇸
Beulah Burns, the fascinating little daughter of Fred Burns, here is discovered, caught redhanded
Warren William — Does an Actor Work for a Living? (1934) 🇺🇸
Warren William is hitting a real stride as the film season rounds the turn for the finish of the 1933–34 year
Harry Lachman — Artist, Director, Producer and Writer (1934) 🇺🇸
Harry Lachman is the only one, to our knowledge, who works by chart
Aces of the Camera — Arthur Edeson (1942) 🇺🇸
Arthur Edeson didn’t intend to become a cinematographer when he made his start in the industry 30 years ago