Close Up (Oct 1920 - Sep 1923)

6 With Comedians in Comedy Lane CINEMATOGRAPHERS— ATTENTION Who is the camera man or motion picture director, or both who has covered the greatest mileage going around the world to different countries taking films? The management of the Travel Show and Convention to be held in Grand Central Palace March 25th to April 1st. under the auspices of the Travel Club of America is anxious to ascertain who these interesting individuals are. Prizes in the form ot gold medals, or. in lieu of these, trips from their own home towns to some attractive resort point, will be selected according to present locat’on of winners. Entrants in the contest are invited to send to the Travel Show management particulars as to why they consider themselves entitled to a prize, enclosing with thei letters such data as they may have available to back up their assertions, etc. Competitor.' should state when they began their professional careers, names of countries visited and approximate mileage covered each year. Photograph may accompany, if desired, with permission to publish granted. The judges will consist of a committee of well known persons, including a retired film director, a motion picture magazine editor, a railroad expert, a steamship expert, a well known globe trotter and Woodruff Sutton of Castlebridge, Inc., secretary of the exposition. There is no fee for entering. Provided winners of the contest are within reasonable distance of New York, they will be invited to the Travel Show on a designated night and will receive the formal presentation of the prize. Contestants -hould address Travel Contest Department Travel Show. Grand Central Palace, New York City, by letter only. No one ever saw him weep before. He has made thousands upon thousands of people, both old and young, laugh till their sides ached. He has looked sad. but only on the screen. But — after John P. Carter had finished with him Ben Turpin was sad indeed. He was a most dejected looking person. All he could say was “After you work like for it, he takes it away and even smiles when doing it.” Mr. Carter is the income tax collector for Cos Angeles. BARTINE BURKETT Ingenue in Comedies AN ESKIMO FIELD MEET This is the latest sport to have its inning in California, which almost sounds like a paradox from the land of sunshine and flowers. But it’s true nevertheless, and enterprising film players are responsible for its propagation, which started as the result of idle moments when cinema celebrities were at Truckee. California, making pictures. Alice Lake, former Metrq star; Kenneth Harlan, matinee idol de luxe; Gaston Glass of “Humoresque” fame; Rosemary Theby, Noah and Wallace Beery and others were parked in the little California city for snow scenes for “I Am the Law,” a story of the northwest mounted police, which Edwin Carewe is making for B. P. Fineman and his associates, to be distributed via states right market. Alice Lake won the ski jumping contest; Noah and Wallie Reery tied in the race on snowshoes; Rosemary Theby proved the best Icelandic sculptor, for her snow man was awarded first prize, while Kenneth Harlan invoked his experience as pitcher on his college nine, and proved the best shot at knocking the hat off snow men. Director Edwin Carewe and Producer Fineman acted as referee and umpire respectively, and the dull cold moments between scenes were made to pass all too quickly. 437-443 Spring North of 5 Stem Bloch Spring Suits for Men and Young Men Tailored as only this firm of famous tailors knows how to tailor ; of finer fabrics in the most attractive selections of patterns and colors shown in years. $37.50 to $60.00 There’s many a lobster stewed in a cafe. That’s a deep one and it’s Jimmie Adams’ outburst. CALL A Yellow- PEEKO n PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N “CLOSE-UP