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Charlie Chaplin Biography by Theodore Huff 1951 | Charlie Chaplin Primary Source | Mabel Normand on Charlie Chaplin
1951, Charlie Chaplin Articles, The New Leader Magazine

Charlie Chaplin Bio (New Leader Magazine, 1951)

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Here is an interesting review of Charlie Chaplin, a 1951 biography:

The acting of Charlie Chaplin has enriched our lives; it has become part of our experience. Regardless of how his casual and unserious politics are interpreted, irrespective of what attitude is taken toward newspaper stories of his private life, his films have demonstrably healthy influence on audiences. All one needs to do to prove this is to sit in a theater and listen to the genuine laughter which Chaplin evokes.

Talkies in Hollywood History | Struggling Actresses in Early Hollywood
1929, Hollywood Magazine, Recent Articles, Talkies 1930

‘STAY HOME!” (Hollywood Magazine, 1929)

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The advent of talking pictures has enormously increased the number of those who vision a fairyland of fame and fortune if they can only reach Hollywood… Rumor had it that voice was important for the new Talkies, and every female whose misguided family had ‘cultivated’ Mamie’s vocal resources, usually without the faintest reasonable excuse, realized where her destiny lay. The rush was on… Several organizations in Hollywood find it possible to send girls back home before the tragedy point is reached… Periodically the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce broadcasts warnings.

German Secret Army 1922 | Reichswehr Violations 1922-23
1923, Punch Magazine, Versailles Treaty

Fears of German Treaty Violations (Punch, 1922 and Time, 1923)

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These articles makes it clear that Clemanceau and Churchill were not the only ones who feared German duplicty in regards to the rearmament clause. Written a year apart are these two columns from Time and Punch insisting that the German Reichswehr had numerous weapons that were banned under the Versailles Treaty:

My attention had often been called to persistent rumors regarding Germany’s secret army. Whispers had reached me from quite reliable sources of over a million Teuton soldiers, well-officered and disciplined…


Click here if you would like to read about the 1936 Versailles Treaty violations.

Mabel Walker Willebrandt Takes On Prohibition (Collier's Magazine, 1924)
1924, Collier's Magazine, Prohibition History

Mabel Walker Willebrandt Takes On Prohibition (Collier’s Magazine, 1924)

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An article about Mabel Willebrandt (1889 – 1963), the Assistant Attorney General of the United States between the years 1921 through 1929, her tremendous successes in the past and her ambitions to hold fast in the enforcement of the Volstead Act:

‘Give me the authority and let me have my pick of 300 men and I’ll make this country as dry as it is humanly possible to get it,’ she said without the slightest trace of braggadocio. ‘There’s one way it can be done: get at the source of supply. I know them, I have no patience with this policy of going after the hip-pocket and speakeasy cases. That’s like trying to dry up the Atlantic ocean with a blotter.’

When Mrs. Willebrandt stepped down some seven years after this article went to press, she questioned the willingness of the nation’s law enforcement agencies to see the job through.

Fatty Arbuckle Has Something to Say... (Motion Picture News, 1919)
1919, Motion Picture Magazine, Recent Articles, Silent Movie History

Fatty Arbuckle Has Something to Say… (Motion Picture News, 1919)

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An interview with the famous silent film comedian, Fatty Arbuckle, as it appeared in a forgotten Hollywood trade magazine. Accompanying the interview are eight lines of biographical information pertaining to his Hollywood career as it stood in the year 1916. This short profile first appeared in The Studio Directory of The Motion Picture News and will serve to answer some of the questions readers might have concerning his career, before it took it’s tragic turn.


If you would like to read about the films of the Thirties, click here.
Click here to read about physical perfection during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Fatty Arbuckle Has Something to Say... (Motion Picture News, 1919)
1919, Motion Picture Magazine, Recent Articles, Silent Movie History

Fatty Arbuckle Has Something to Say… (Motion Picture News, 1919)

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An interview with the famous silent film comedian, Fatty Arbuckle, as it appeared in a forgotten Hollywood trade magazine. Accompanying the interview are eight lines of biographical information pertaining to his Hollywood career as it stood in the year 1916. This short profile first appeared in The Studio Directory of The Motion Picture News and will serve to answer some of the questions readers might have concerning his career, before it took it’s tragic turn.


If you would like to read about the films of the Thirties, click here.
Click here to read about physical perfection during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The Crown Prince in Exile (Literary Digest, 1919)
1919, European Royalty, Recent Articles, The Literary Digest

The Crown Prince in Exile (Literary Digest, 1919)

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In this interview the Kaiser’s son and fellow exile, Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951, a.k.a. The Butcher of Verdun), catalogs his many discomforts as a refugee in Holland. At this point in his life the former heir apparent was dictating his memoir and following closely the goings-on at Versailles.


Click here to read what Kaiser Wilhelm II thought of Adolf Hitler.

Cover Girls (Coronet Magazine, 1948)
1940s Modeling, 1948, Coronet Magazine, Recent Articles

Cover Girls (Coronet Magazine, 1948)

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By 1948 the business of fashion modeling had developed into a $15,000,000-a-year industry. This article examines just how such changes evolved in just a ten year span of time:

American advertising struck pay dirt when it discovered the super salesgirls whose irresistible allure will sell anything from a bar of soap to a seagoing yacht…Always there was the secret whisper of sex. For women it was, ‘Be lovely, be loved, don’t grow old, be exciting’… For men it was, ‘Be successful, make everyone know that your successful, how can you get women if your not successful?’

The importance of attractive girls in our economy was stressed by John McPartland when he discussed modern advertising in his recent best seller, Sex in Our Changing World (1947).


Legendary fashion designer Christian Dior had a good deal of trouble with people who would illegally copy his designs; click here to read about that part of fashion history.

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