Close Up (Oct 1920 - Sep 1923)

14 X. g-' -2-2 SCREENING WHERE THE SCREENING’S GOOD Broadsides By ARGUS Fritze Ridgeway’s wise wheeze: “Did you ever have your fortune told?” “No; I never put my money in the bank.” * * * What Jack Sullivan has to say: Some girls don’t know you well enough to speak, but then they will kiss you. * * * This aerial stuff in pictures is certainly over everyone’s head, says Arthur K. Doe. ^ * William Sullivan says that he doesn’t think that clubs are the proper things for women to have. That may be true, but what if you have a gentle wife? * * * Ben Collier, who sells Morton organs, says he’s very unlucky when buying cigars. He claims that they always break in his pockets, and that henceforth he will insist on strong cigars. * * * Louis Gesnier will start production of “Mothers-in-Laws” for B. P. Schulberg next week, according to present plans. Gaston Glass will play the principal role in this picture and will be featured at the head of an all-star cast. * * * Loehr Harmon claims that the best gag is to go into a garage and ask the guy who is under the machine: “Is there anything wrong?” * * * The Fourth street viaduct, Los Angeles,'furnishes one of the thrill scenes for “The Phantom Fortune,” the chapter play of success and business acumen which Robert F. Hill is directing for Universal, with William Desmond in the starring role and Esther Ralston opposite him. * * * Hughie Fay says that the only way a girl can be different now is to offer to use her brains once in a while. * * * Lloyd Hamilton says that when a comedian is up in the air he is certainly over nothing. BEAUDINE AND JOSEPHSON BUSY William Beaudine and Julien Josephson are busy on the adaptation of “Little Johnny Jones,” from the stage play by George M. Cohan, in which Wesley Barry, Warner Brothers’ boy-star, will appear. Beaudine will direct and it is hoped to have the script ready to start shooting when Barry arrives which should be some time next month. “George Washington, Jr.,” will follow the above. ALL-STAR CAST WITH ALL STARS Ten comedians, each of whom has previously been starred in his or her own productions, have been engaged for Halperin Productions’ breezy comedy drama, “Tea, With a Kick,” while Erie Kenton is directing at the Fine Arts Studios. The funsters are Doris May, Victor Potel, Zasu Pitts, Harry Mann, Gale Henry, Billy Franey, Hank Mann, Earl Montgomery, Chester Conklin and Dot Farley. In addition to this array of talent, Creighton Hale, Rosemary Theby, Ralph Lewis, Stuart Holmes and others are appearing in the all-star cast. SIGNS MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE J. L. Frothingham announces that he has loaned Marguerite De La Motte to Louis B. Mayer for the leading feminine role in “Captain Applejack,” the next Fred Niblo production. This will be Miss De La Motte’s fourth picture with Mr. Niblo, the other three being “The Famous Mrs. Fair” (to be released shortly), “The Three Musketeers,” and “The Mark of Zorro.” DELACY RECOVERS 0 Ralph DeLacy, technical director for the Fine Arts Studios, who was hit on the head by a falling timber while helping to combat a fire at the Chester Bennett laboratories, has returned to his work after being confined to his home in Culver City for several days. Many a man plays the part of a fish, and an oyster, when he buys a woman pearls. This is Claude McElhany’s remark. A GREAT ACTRESS HURT A couple of weeks ago, LYDIA YEAMANS TITUS, known throughout the entire world for her funny characterizations in vaudeville, and who for the past few years has been a most worthy member of the Cinema Colony, was seriously hurt while playing in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Her eye was seriously blackened, and she fractured a rib, this necessitated her staying at home, under medical attention. At this writing I am under the impression that she has resumed work under Wallace Worsley’s direction. WHERE ARE THE FLAPPERS? Casting for “Wandering Daughters,” the initial James Young production for First National release, has begun at the United Studios, Hollywood, so often slandered as the home of wandering daughters, has not yet offered a “flapper” acceptable to Director Young. Booking agents have sent every young woman they can think of to try for the role and are now wildly tearing their hair because they are unable to find a girl who is the exact type as she is in the minds eye of the producers. While Ethel Broadhurst was in New York she received a present from a lady who had the room above her in the hotel. Upon opening it she discovered a tag which read: “Thy this on your piano” — and attached was a beautiful hand-ax. Witzel Los Angeles Leading Professional Photographer 828 South Hill St. Phone 62448 6324 Hollywood Blvd. Holly 343 PLEASE PATRONIZE— WHO ADVERTISE-IN “CLOSE-UP”