Close Up (Oct 1920 - Sep 1923)

5 Moving Along In Movie-Land WINTER GARDEN— The Satires of Spring Street have ceased to draw the crowds. Bert Fiske and his melody makers are the main attraction now. Grover Frankie is among the missing, but we hope to see him back with some of his really good revues. He’s the boy that’s got ’em, too. PLANTATION — Now that the recent raids have been almost forgotten, the crowd is slowly drifting back. Frisco Nick and his Creole Cuties are something new to L. A. and we kinda like the idea. HOLLYWOOD STADIUM — We congratulate Roy Marshall and the rest of his assistants who seem to be improving the seating arrangement of the fistic arena. And again we suggest that the $2 seats be made larger. And now we are sure that the Main Events will be pippins. CLUB RO YALE — Max Fisher has been turning them away for the past two weeks and is causing other cafe managers a bit of worry. Now since we’ve been there twice, we discovered that the dives is far too small. This is hint number one. MARCELL’S — “The Whirl of New York” might as well whirl around and go back where it came from. ,’Tis another bum attempt at something clever. The Laughlins, who are featured, came from Dalton’s Broadway. Use your own judgment. He is so conceited that he j can’t dance, but June is really clever, j The real star of the show is Miss i June Perfect, the Girl with the Golden Voice, and she certainly has i that. VERNON — This low down dive of ; road-houses gets a wild gang on , Saturday night and that’s about all. Week nights are kinda slow unless there’s a raid or something like that. NOW THAT WE’VE HAD A BIT OF RAIN AND THAT HALLOWE’EN IS OVER, LET US THANK OUR LUCKY STARS THAT WE WERE NOT IN ANY OF THE RECENT RAIDS. IT WAS QUITE EVIDENT THAT HALLOWE’EN CAUSED THE PROPIIBITION OFFICERS TO FORGET THEII. DUTY. MOST OF THE CAFES WERE PACKED AND THE FUN LASTED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THIS MAY BE A BIT MIXED UP DUE TO THAT. PLEASE ’CUSE US. THESE COLD EXTRAS HAVE BETTER CHANCE AT WARNER BROS. Girls, here’s a secret! If your ambition is to achieve fame and fortune via the screen, you can get closer to the clicking cameras at Warner Bros, studio than at any other studio in Hollywood. This does not mean that you will be engaged at once, but you really do get nearer to actual work, because the Warner studio is one of the most compact at the film city, the stage being but six feet from the front office. The two are separated only by a narrow corridor and everyone who enters the reception room can hear the director’s voice as he yells “Camera!” while the strains of the orchestra are heard by those seeking admission to this busy studio, where “The Little Church Around the Corner,” directed by William A. Seiter, and “Brass,” under the direction of Sidney Franklin, are now in production. “Merry-go Round,” which Rupert Julian is directing in the Vienna that was lifted against California skies in replica of the capital of the Hapsburgs, is truly an all-star production. Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Dorothy Wallace, Dale Fuller, George Siegman, Maude George, Caesar Cravina, George Mackathorne and twenty others have equal chance to run away with the picture. WINDS HAVE STOPPED THE “PETTING PARTIES” ON THE BOULEVARDS, BUT THE GIRLS ARE STILL AFFECTIONATEHOME, JAMES, AND BE CAREFUL OF THE OVERCOAT WITH THE SECRET POCKETS. GOOD-NIGHT! The Rounder. NO MORTGAGE HERE Louise Fazenda is in the old-time make-up these days, spit curls in the center of her forehead, tight braids like huge ears on the top of her “dome,” basque and tucked skirt, for the comedienne is being featured in a two-reel comedy for Educational at the United Studios under the supervision of Jack White in a recently added unit by the producer. Bob Kerr is at the megaphone. Louise, in addition to the comedy outfit familiar to her public, is wearing hip boots and is the belle of a fishing village. The fun is taking place on the quaintest sets imaginable. The star already feels very much at home in the new vehicle except for one thing. She says it’s the first comedy she has appeared lin where there wasn’t a mortgage to lift. A SMALL STAR Frankie Lee has finished his work in Louis Gasnier’s picture, “The Hero,” and has moved his make-up box and private tutor over to the Federal studios, where he is to start work shortly on the first picture that is to present him as a star in his own right. His first subject will be “Last Night When You Kissed Blanche Thompson,” written by Bess Aldrich, and will be directed by Clarence Bricker. A capable cast is being assembled to play in his support. a great chance of being president. They all know golf. Gladys Brockwell writer, again. * * * All motion picture directors stand William Duncan has time for a good one this week. An absent-minded hcld-up man shouted “fore” before he shot the other night. 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