Close Up (Jul-Nov 1927)

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CLOSE UP Veidt upon naked A'eidt. In that, the httle Punchinello shows his aptitude for beauty. Such charm, such lean and astute physical intellectuality should be repea.ted. Gold, flo\\ing from a leather coniucopialike wallet has dripped (Danae shower) from the bare table and Baldwin has sold "something" (not his fine blade) ''in this room" to this mysterious httle person. The bargain has been made. Baldwin regards the purchase. With elegant lithe movement, with uncomparable agiht\', the reflection steps forward. Bald\^in on the bare floor, quivers shghtly, makes one of those perfect hieratic steps to one side. But the image doesn't answer him. The image, the "* purchase" has another master. The httle ridiculous Punchinello with his repeUant friendliness lures it forward. As the distant horses made turn and double eights across windy grass, directed b\^ this obvious jester, so now this rare thing. The image of Baldwin strides steadily forward and following our magician, leaves the chamber empty. There is of course a love story connected with aU this. Punchinello has promised our hero a fortune or rather an heiress and that's what the horses were solemnly about. They were making circles and double eights and abracadabra-like turns on the short grass in order finally to spill the big-boned but somehow impressive heroine into (hteraU}') the arms of our steely hero. The hero having so fallen to the charms of the impressive, beautifulh^ modeUed lady, must methinks have clothes for his wooing, peg-top trousers, all the paraphernalia that goes with the rather iS6o-ish type of get-up. Arms, legs, cloth moulds those arms, legs that were 38