Close Up (Oct 1920 - Sep 1923)

12 JUST BETWEEN OURSELVE IIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII*^ n Marshall Lorimer “CLOSE-UP” Editor and Prop. Magazine of Movie Land i g Issued the 5th and 20th of Each Month | If Editorial and Business Office: 1 == 603 Western Mutual Life Bldg., (formerly Exchange Bldg.) M — 321 West Third Street. Telephone 11341 g == SUBSCRIPTION RATE: ONE YEAR TWO DOLLARS n g Advertising Rates on Contract Basis g n Checks Should Be Made Payable to “Close-Up” n g All manuscripts and Contributions Should be Addressed to the Editor g LOVE REJECTED HAMILTON-WHITE PRESENT “MIDNIGHT” Truly a wierd hour to present anything, but whatever time it is presented and wherever, don’t miss it. A rapid fire, sure fire, hell fire comedy if there ever was one. Lige Cromley may not be so well known, but if he sticks around with the Hamilton-White outfit and doesn’t get too proud of himself, some day the kids in half the towns in the United States are going to be saying: “Ma, kin I have a dime to see lige at the Palace today?” “Midnight” opens up with a bang, goes through 1800 more feet with a couple of roars and ends up with a “WOW!” That’s the kind of a comedy it is. When Lige thinks he’s shot and falls through a skylight into a raging hades in the insides of a municipal wax works, it isn’t the plot so much as the way it’s done — but dear kind readers it’s a riot. Weep and you weep alone — see “Midnight” and you’ll ne’er weep again. And Jack White supervised this comic gem. Thanks! The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Hal E. Roach Film Laboratories, Inc., was held last night at the studios, when the report read, showed a most successful year. All films are now handled by the laboratories, with Charles Levin in charge. Following are the officers elected for the coming year: Walter Lundin, president; Charles Parrott, vice-president, and J. L. Murphy, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Murphy will attend to the business of the laboratory in connection with the purchasing department of which he has charge. Fool that thou wert! Why ope the wound to thine own hurt? Why didst thou not in silence bear Her cruel shafts — Who did not care An atom for thy love? Thy heart A n instrument of joy, and smart. Which bore its throbbing pain so long! Was it a-weary of its song? Sought it in outward flow a way To ease its pent up storm of grey? Or did it hope from its rare fire. To kindle in her heart a pyre Wherein thy flame in sacrifice Might from her breast some joy entice? If so, thy hopes lie at thy feet A shattered dream! Thine old retreat Is now no more ; {No solace can Compare to what first woo'ed the man The ancient sweetness always is That man’s possession — also his The stabs, the stings of his old suit Which linger but to morify That conscious worth he prospered by! Thus he will lose his mental poise Despairing of all future joys.) — By Marshall Lorimer. LYNWOOD CRYSTAL RAPP Four-year-old Model, and Cinema Child Actress NEAL BURNS STAR IN COMEDY FOR AMERICAN LEGION “Oh Promise Me,” a Christie comedy starring Neal Burns, which has just been made under the direction of Scott Sidney, was given a preview showing at the Hollywood Post, American Legion, Monday night. The comedy was written around an American Legion Post setting by Frank R. Conklin, and the band of the local legion, as well as a number of disabled “vets,” are prominent in the picture. Among the ex-service men at the Christie studios who are in the case are Burns, Henry Murdock, Vic Rodman, George Burton and others. Politeness will be a thing of the past as soon as the present greyheaded generation passes away. We agree with you, KING BAGGOT. A RECHERCHE DINNER APPEALS TO THE GOURMAND! MAURICE Patisserie Confiserie et Cuisine Francaises Promotes This Prandial Satisfaction 715 WEST SEVENTH STREET Also 130 East 60th St., New York City Telephone 66476 PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N “CLOSE-UP