Vintage Movie Resources

Charles (Buck) Jones — The Eternal Cowboy (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 19, 2024

Charles (Buck) Jones — The Eternal Cowboy (1925) 🇬🇧

The Eternal Cowboy — Otherwise known as Charles (Buck) Jones

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February 19, 2024

Victor Seastrom — The Sombreness of Seastrom (1925) 🇬🇧

Seastrom is one of the greatest producers in the world. His genius is unquestionable, even though he has, to a certain extent, prostituted it to American dollars.

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Ben Lyon — Footlight or Shadows (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 17, 2024

Ben Lyon — Footlight or Shadows (1925) 🇬🇧

Ben Lyon prefers the screen to the stage

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John Francis Dillon — Directors I Have Met (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 17, 2024

John Francis Dillon — Directors I Have Met (1925) 🇬🇧

John Francis Dillon is a contradiction!

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February 17, 2024

The Art of Leatrice Joy (1925) 🇬🇧

Once upon a time, a new and quite original little actress drew towards her, by her work, the most discriminating eyes in the motion picture industry. Needless to say she became a star, but it says much for Leatrice Joy that she did not at the same time, cease being an actress.

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Mary Pickford (Gladys Louise Smith) (1892–1979) | www.vintoz.com
February 17, 2024

The Art of Mary Pickford (1925) 🇬🇧

It is the hardest thing in the world to write about the art of Mary Pickford. Somehow you do not think of her as an artist. You think of her, first and foremost, as just Mary.

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February 17, 2024

The Art of Douglas Fairbanks (1925) 🇬🇧

The author of this series has chosen his subjects with great deliberation, taking only those whose work seems to him a permanent and essential contribution to the art of the screen.

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February 16, 2024

The Art of Charles Chaplin (1925) 🇬🇧

The art of Charlie Chaplin is the art of perfect pantomime. He is the only true mime in the kinema.

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February 16, 2024

The Art of Ian Keith (1925) 🇬🇧

Ian Keith has discovered the kinema; when will the kinema discover Ian Keith?

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February 16, 2024

The Art of Bernhard Goetzke (1925) 🇬🇧

Mysterious eyes, holding you, an immobile face, above a sculpturally immobile figure, striking you with an amazing sense of power restrained. The art of Bernhard Goetzke lies not in what he does, but in what he is powerful enough not to do.

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Felix the Cat — Me and Pat Sullivan (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 15, 2024

Felix the Cat — Me and Pat Sullivan (1925) 🇬🇧

“I guess I was just tickled to death when Picturegoer asked me to write this article.”

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Melbourne Spurr and Martha Barclay (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 14, 2024

Still Photographers — Magic in a Magic City (1925) 🇬🇧

Photographers play a large part in the lives of the movie stars. An artistic photograph is often responsible for the finding and making of a new film player.

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Betty Blythe (Chu Chin Chow, 1923) | www.vintoz.com
February 14, 2024

Betty Blythe — A Bit About Betty (1925) 🇬🇧

Stately Betty Blythe is a very human figure off the screen. There is nothing of the “haughty princess” about her, so that interviewing her is a pleasant task.

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Nina Vanna (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

Nina Vanna (1925) 🇬🇧

A Star from Russia who has enjoyed a rapid rise to fame.

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Alma Reville — Alma in Wonderland (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

Alma Reville — Alma in Wonderland (1925) 🇬🇧

An interesting article, proving that a woman’s place is not always in the home.

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The Art of John Barrymore (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

The Art of John Barrymore (1925) 🇬🇧

The Author of this series has chosen his subjects with great deliberation, taking only those stars whose work seems to him a permanent and essential contribution to the art of the screen.

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Lloyd Hughes — The Flapper’s Favourite (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

Lloyd Hughes — The Flapper’s Favourite (1925)

De Sola, the character expert, finds the face of this young screen actor makes its special appeal to the less mature element amongst movie audiences.

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Anna May Wong — A Chinese Puzzle (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 12, 2024

Anna May Wong — A Chinese Puzzle (1925) 🇬🇧

A Chinese Puzzle — The description suits Anna May Wong to a T.

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The Art of Adolphe Menjou (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 12, 2024

The Art of Adolphe Menjou (1925) 🇬🇧

The author of this series has chosen his subjects with great deliberation, taking only those stars whose work seems to him a permanent and essential contribution to the art of the screen.

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Yoshiko Okada (岡田嘉子) (1902–1992) | “Katsudoshashin” (活動写真) (1929) | www.vintoz.com
February 08, 2024

“Katsudoshashin” (活動写真) (1929) 🇺🇸

What is it? Well, read this article and find out for yourselves. Here’s a hint — it has to do with Japan, and American movies.

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Walter Hiers — They All Turn Him Down (1921) | www.vintoz.com
February 08, 2024

Walter Hiers — They All Turn Him Down (1921) 🇺🇸

Intensive training in the art of proposing has apparently not made Walter Hiers any more acceptable. He is known in Hollywood as “the rejection specialist.”

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Roy D’Arcy — Just a Little Fella Trying to Get Along (1927) | www.vintoz.com
February 08, 2024

Roy D’Arcy — Just a Little Fella Trying to Get Along (1927) 🇺🇸

Hypnotic. That’s the word. Hypnotic. Piercing blue eyes, a yellow overcoat, a cane, flashing white teeth and a luxurious pair of sideburns.

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Polly Moran — Polly’s Back (1929) | www.vintoz.com
February 06, 2024

Polly Moran — Polly’s Back (1929) 🇺🇸

In fact, all of Polly Moran has returned to the movies — and with a bang!

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Flora Finch | Aren’t Women Funny? (1929) | www.vintoz.com
February 06, 2024

Aren’t Women Funny? (1929) 🇺🇸

This unusual article contends that comediennes are just as funny as comedians, but they aren’t given a chance — or haven’t the courage to sacrifice their good looks.

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