Vintage Movie Resources

I. E. Chadwick (Isaac E. Chadwick) (1884-1952) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

I. E. Chadwick, Industry Vet, Urges Indie Exhibitors Unite for Self-Preservation (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the sixth of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

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Halperins Follow 'Scientific' Formula in Film Production (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

Halperins Follow 'Scientific' Formula in Film Production (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the eighth of a series of articles by our Hollywood correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

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Youthful Maurice Conn Started his First Film Production with $1000 (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

Youthful Maurice Conn Started his First Film Production with $1000 (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the fifth of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

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Indies Must Depend on Word-of-Mouth Advertising, or Fail, says Nat Levine (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

Indies Must Depend on Word-of-Mouth Advertising, or Fail, says Nat Levine (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the fourth of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

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George Hirliman Among Hollywood’s Most Prolific and Able Producers (1936) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

George Hirliman Among Hollywood’s Most Prolific and Able Producers (1936) 🇺🇸

This is the second of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in the production field in Hollywood.

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E. B. Derr Headed Three Major Film Companies at One Time (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

E. B. Derr Headed Three Major Film Companies at One Time (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the third of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

 

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Casting Most Important Factor in Picture Making, says Zeidman | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

Casting Most Important Factor in Picture Making, says Zeidman 🇺🇸

This is the tenth of a series of articles by our Hollywood Correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

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B. F. Zeidman, Once Fairbanks’ Press Agent, Recounts Odd Tales (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

B. F. Zeidman, Once Fairbanks’ Press Agent, Recounts Odd Tales (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the ninth of a series of articles by our Hollywood correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

 

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More Care with Scripts would Cut Down Production Costs, Faults, says Dave Loew (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

More Care with Scripts would Cut Down Production Costs, Faults, says Dave Loew (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the eleventh of a series of articles by our Hollywood Correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

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Harry Sherman, ‘Hopalong Cassidy’ Producer, has Abiding Faith in Appeal of Westerns (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

Harry Sherman, ‘Hopalong Cassidy’ Producer, has Abiding Faith in Appeal of Westerns (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the twelfth in a series of articles on interviews with people prominent in film production

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Kid Star Discoveries Sol Lesser’s Specialty (1936) | www.vintoz.com
November 11, 2024

Kid Star Discoveries Sol Lesser’s Specialty (1936) 🇺🇸

This is the first of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with prominent personalities active in the production field in Hollywood.

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Norma Talmadge (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 11, 2024

Norma Talmadge — My Ammunition Plants (1917) 🇺🇸

As yet I am only a rookie and not a regular farmer or farmerlette, but after my summer of intensive training I will be better equipped to comply with Photo-Play Journal’s request for an article on wartime gardening.

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John Emerson (1915) | www.vintoz.com
November 11, 2024

John Emerson in Pictures (1916) 🇺🇸

The much-abused phrase, “Motion pictures are still in their infancy,” would apply well to the subject we are about to discuss.

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Packing a Trunk with Violet Mersereau (1916) | www.vintoz.com
November 11, 2024

Packing a Trunk with Violet Mersereau (1916) 🇺🇸

Just what possessed Violet Mersereau’s to invite me to interview her at such an unreasonable hour was more than my fertile mind could fathom.

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Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne — All in the Day’s Work (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 08, 2024

Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne — All in the Day’s Work (1917) 🇺🇸

Bushman! Unafraid of work. Serious by nature. Handsome as naturally. Merry of mood. Amazingly artistic. Never idle.

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Madge Kennedy’s Bow to the Movie Fans (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 08, 2024

Madge Kennedy’s Bow to the Movie Fans (1917) 🇺🇸

She wore shell-rim glasses that imparted a professional air. On her small, well-built head was a Dutch bonnet and her shoes had low heels and square toes. Her dark gray suit fitted well and was unobtrusive. Can this be Madge Kennedy?

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Lionel Atwill — The Exquisite Villain (1919) | www.vintoz.com
November 08, 2024

Lionel Atwill — The Exquisite Villain (1919) 🇺🇸

Lionel Atwill is a typical Englishman, an Oxford graduate — and a connoisseur of life

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Edith Johnson — The Kodak Girl (1920) | www.vintoz.com
November 07, 2024

Edith Johnson — The Kodak Girl (1920) 🇺🇸

The distinction of being one of the most-photographed and advertised girls in the world belongs to Edith Johnson.

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Julian Eltinge, Famous Feminine Impersonator (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 07, 2024

Julian Eltinge, Famous Feminine Impersonator (1917) 🇺🇸

A recruit in the army of photoplayers

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Bubbling Bessie Barriscale (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 07, 2024

Bubbling Bessie Barriscale (1917) 🇺🇸

There are very few people who have the privilege of really knowing Bessie Barriscale.

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Oscar Apfel — From Standard Oil to Stutz (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 06, 2024

Oscar Apfel — From Standard Oil to Stutz (1917) 🇺🇸

It was evening, and I sat with Oscar Apfel, the man who has started many stars on the road to affluence.

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How Cartoon Comedies Are Made (1916) | www.vintoz.com
November 06, 2024

Leslie Elton — How Cartoon Comedies Are Made (1916) 🇺🇸

How Leslie Elton carries a comedy company to the studio in his vest pocket and turns out film farces with no other aid than a camera

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    Agnes Vernon — The Life of a Photoplayer — Three Parts Smile, Two Parts Work, and One Part Rest (1917) | www.vintoz.com 🇺🇸
    November 06, 2024

    Agnes Vernon — The Life of a Photoplayer — Three Parts Smile, Two Parts Work, and One Part Rest (1917) | www.vintoz.com 🇺🇸

    You have often heard that the life of a photoplayer is strenuous in the extreme.

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    Charlotte Greenwood, Herbert Standing and Forrest Stanley in Jane (1915) | www.vintoz.com
    November 06, 2024

    An Interview with Charlotte Greenwood (1916) 🇺🇸

    One of the richest scenes in Sam Bernard’s Nearly a Hero, his Broadway starring vehicle of some seasons ago, was when he picked a stately show girl out of the chorus.

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