Vintage Movie Resources
Walter Huston — He Rôles His Own! (1931) 🇺🇸
“I’m an actor,” says Walter Huston — but he doesn’t ‘act’
Claire Luce — Hollywood’s ‘Gone’ on the Luce! (1931) 🇺🇸
Claire Luce, New York’s dancing daughter, makes the film’s Gold Coast Wake Up and Dream
Allan Dwan — Scenario Writing from the Director’s Viewpoint (1918) 🇺🇸
Practical information based on the actual experience in the studios of one who produces successes, written by Allan Dwan
June Collyer — When They Love Out Loud (1929) 🇺🇸
June Collyer has her own ideas of the voltage power of spoken love scenes versus silent ones and lets us in on some secrets.
Tom Conway — The New Falcon (1943) 🇺🇸
Tom Conway breaks his record of portraying villainous characters to step into the lead of the Falcon series, vacated by George Sanders
Dot Farley — Comedienne, Tragedienne and Photoplaywright (1914) 🇺🇸
Miss Farley was advised not to ride hell cat, so, of course, she did, and she stayed on, too, much to hell cat’s annoyance
S. Z. Sakall — Actor by Insult (1943) 🇺🇸
S. Z. Sakall had to be insulted before he decided to quit directing and embark on an acting career. The comedian is appearing in Metro’s “The Human Comedy”
Charles Dingle — Bad Man from Jersey (1943) 🇺🇸
After long years of plugging, Charles Dingle won screen recognition for his fine handling of bad-man roles. His next appearance is in “Edge of Darkness”
Lila Lee — Dogging Lila’s Footsteps (1929) 🇺🇸
Three times the writer of this story has fallen in love with Lila Lee, beginning when she was three years old and — but let him tell you how she does it.
Will Dohm (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Will Dohm’s great versatility and his extra-ordinary knowledge of make-up render him particularly suitable for the talking screen
Wolfram Junghans (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Wolfram Junghans’ instructional film “Biene Maja” was a great success
Victor de Kowa (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Victor de Kowa is the very type for amorous roles and counts among the most popular stage and film lovers
Leopold Jessner (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Out of realism Leopold Jessner developed a most striking technique, the effectiveness of which was demonstrated when, in 1919, he produced a series of classical plays, such as Richard III. and Othello
Cary von Krall (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Cary von Krall was engaged by the Orbis Filmgesellschaft to play in a series of apache films with Stella Harff and Ludwig Trautmann
Anthony Asquith (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Anthony Asquith is looked upon as one of the few directors who may always be relied upon to combine in film production high artistic merit with commercial success
Elsa Lanchester (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
From the very first, Elsa Lanchester was taken seriously by press and public alike
Herbert Marshall (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Herbert Marshall has secured a place in the front rank of British film actors
Herbert Lomas (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Recently, when Erich Pommer saw Herbert Lomas act in London, he said “If I had seen him a few months ago, I would have made an English Version of my latest film and would have offered Mr. Lomas the Jannings part.”
Percy Marmont (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Before achieving success on the screen, Percy Marmont had a brilliant stage career
Käthe von Nagy (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
The talking film hastened her development and progress to an extraordinary extent; the spoken word was what she had long missed as the medium for the most effective interpretation of human character, the pliant instrument of subtle emotion
Erich Pommer (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Since 1927 he has been producing movies for the Ufa within his Erich-Pommer-Produktion
Josef Stein (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Josef Stein is one of the pioneers of the German film
Joe Pasternak (Universal Filmlexikon — 1932) 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
Dominated by a romantic idea, Joe Pasternak attained his goal after many adventurous experiences