Close Up (Oct 1920 - Sep 1923)

M SCREENING WHERE THE SCREENING’S GOOD Broadsides By ARGUS The flappers are always doing something. First it was the petticoats that went out, and now it’s the hairpins. They seem to delight in putting some people out of business. Edith Johnson sends this in. * * * The Ville de Paris has a new shoe for women called The Scandal. This ought to be very popular in Hollywood, exclaims the Yellow Journalist. * * * Peggy Standing hands us a new one: “Save the surface and you save all,” by Sherwin-Williams. “That’s why I don’t wash my face,” by a flapper. * * * Norris Johnson writes a bit: It’s the truth, a man can’t afford to drink himself to death with the prices the way they are. * * * The fellows aren’t dancing so close to the girls as in the past. They’ve probably taken notice to what the girls put on their faces. This by Rupert Julian. * * * Women don’t marry for money any more — they divorce for it. Helene Lynch is clever. * * * Phil Rosen admits that the 18th amendment is certainly “dry” reading. * * * A girl may fall deeply in love with some egg at a resort, but the idea of taking him home — is a different matter. Gertrude Astor told us this. * * >!= Bebe Daniels is making “Singed Wings.” Sounds as if some little angel had been playing with fire. * * * Jack Conway is directing a story entitled “Another Man’s Shoes.” There must be a mistake somewhere. * * * Dorothy Devore is working on one entitled “Chop Suey.” She says most Chinese are nutty because they have almond eyes. * * * William Russell is working on “A Great Night.” Probably up in Alaska, where the nights are six months long. Young Man: “Baby! If this is puppy love — Hot dog!” * * * R. A. Walsh is working at Goldwyn’s on “Passions of the Sea.” This ought to have a number of permanent waves. * * * Clara Horton is starring in “The Knife.” This ought to be easy to “cut.” * * * Warner Bros, are preparing “Main Street” This ought to have a cop in it at least. * * * Mae Murray just finished “A Broadway Rose.” A good title would be, “Twelve Dollars a Dozen.” * * * Harvey Gates says that one actress claimed that she was going to retire and be a lady. That’s a nice remark for the profession. * * * This week’s best laugh, by Neal Hart: The guy who still continues to blow the foam from an ice cream soda. * * * Somebody asked if a summer girl was always cold in the winter. Well, says Jean Acker, they do like fur coats. * * * Another laugh by Gladys Walton: When a fellow picks a girl up and she says: “Let’s take a taxi down to the beach?” This is fair (fare). * * * Maurice Flynn says he understands that the police are paid uniform rates. * * * Paramount says that Gloria Swanson in, “Her Gilded Cage,” is a “bird” of a picture. Well, why not let the audiences do the “chirping”? * * * Mabel Ballin is starring in “Married People.” It certainly has a “fighting” title. H* H* Will Rogers is appearing in “The Headless Horsemen.” There seems to be something “missing” in the title. * * * Sign reads at theater: “A Strange Adventure” with Grace Darmond. Is there any scandal? * * * The millionaire looked at his massive home and then said: “There’s the house that jack built.” Lloyd Hughes is responsible. David Torrence is without doubt one of the most confirmed book-worms in all actordom. He admits that he reads an average of seven books every week and sometimes he worms his line of vision through a couple extra ones on Sunday. Between scenes at the studio he can always be found in his dressing-room poring over a volume. His home resembles a public library. The pockets of his motor car are always filled with books and he is one of the best customers Hollywood book-dealers have. Incidentally, Mr. Torrence is regarded as one of the best-read character actors on the screen. His next notable cinema appearance will be in Mary Pickford’s new “Tess of the Storm Country,” in which he portrays the character of Elias Graves. Bob Marks, who made his debut in pictures only last November and in the brief intervening time since has supported such stars as Douglas Fairbanks, Priscilla Dean and Shirley Mason, is a protege of Mme. Rose Dione, the distinguished French star, who was featured in the RobertsonCole production of “Silent Years” and who played opposite Mme. Nazimova in “Salome.” Mme. Dione devoted much of her leisure time to teaching Marks the technique of dramatic art from the French standpoint and she says she has high hopes for the future of this young man as an exponent of the heavier drama. Audrey Chapman, the film beauty soon to be seen in an important role in support of Jack Pickford in “Garrison’s Finish,” has solved a great problem for milady who cannot afford to spend much money on wardrobe. She has created what is to be known as an Aft-Eve gown, which, by a simple rearrangement of the sleeves, can be used as either an afternoon or an evening gown and the material in it costs a total of only fifteen dollars, it being good silk at that. If Audrey keeps this up, she bids fair to become a heroine of her “fellow-members” of the gentler sex. Reginald Denny submits a wisecrack. “I like your complexion, but not on my coat,” he said, as he pushed her away. PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N “CLOSE-UP"