Close Up (Oct 1920 - Sep 1923)

6 With Comedians in Comedy Lane HOW THEY DO IT A million dollar quartet! Norma Talmadge entertained four of her famous leading men at tea on the set at the United Studios last week where she is appearing in “Dust of Desire,” a drama of the Algerian Sahara. It was a chance party. Eugene O'Brien, who was Norma’s leading man in “The Voice from the. Minaret,” came out from the Los Angeles theatre where he is playing. Norma introduced O’Brien to Joseph Schildkraut, the famous Continental star, who is being featured in her current production. While the three were talking in came Jack Mulhall with Constance Talmadge. Mulhall recently finished work as Constance’s leading man in “Dulcy.” Incidentally, he was Norma’s leading man in “Within the Law.” The three leading men and Norma and Constance sat down to tea together on a quiet part of the set while the co-directors, Chester Franklin and Frances Marion, were filming hundreds of Arabs in a nearby cafe interior. The party was about half finished when Conway Tearle came along the dressing room tier of stage six with his valet. It was Tearle’s intention to clean out the dressing room which he used while appearing in Norma’s “Ashes of Vengeance” and Constance’s “The Dangerous Maid.” But Mulhall headed him off and invited him over to the reunion. “Here we are,” said Mulhall, “four jacks and a queen.” “Hold it for a still,” shouted Shirley Martin, Norma’s veteran photographer. A great many movie actors are trying to get into Rudie’s shoes, but some of them need more than a shoehorn. A bit of truth by T. D. Moreno. USED FOTOPLAYER at a Bargain Price! Remarkable opportunity for motion picture theatre! Fotoplayer in perfect condition; gives complete orchestral reproduction; played by hand or from doubletracker player piano; provides excellent picture music at minimum cost. Music continuous — no pauses for rewinding — :an be changed Instantly to fit the scene. A chance to make your music, as well as your films, a source of steady profit I Terms, if desired. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for full description. A. B. Cox, 717 Tribune Bldg., Chicago WILLIAM SULLIVAN 0 Billy Sullivan slipped through the ropes of the squared circle at Universal City for the initial bout of his first production of Universal's new “Leather Pushers” series and did a couple of rounds of shadow boxing and rope skipping while the boys were “setting up” to shoot the first scene Ed Kennedy, veteran heavyweight, engaged for the picture, watched the workout. “The boy looks good,” he said. “He’s fast, clever with his ‘dukes’ and he looks like a hard hitter. He comes from a fighting family, too.” Sullivan, well known motion picture actor, son of the famous Jerry Sullivan and nephew of the ultra-famous, John L. Sullivan, makes his debut as a screen pugilist in “He Stoops to Conquer,” a comedy drama based on one of the H. C. Witwer stories. Production has just started on the picture at the Universal studios under the direction of Edward Laemmle. He was selected by Universal heads for the new Kid Roberts when Reginald Denny was transferred from the “Leather Pushers” by virtue of a new contract, to the starring role in “The Spice of Life,” a multireel racing feature. Supporting Sullivan in the cast are Ruth Dwyer, leading woman; Esther Halston, Hayden Stevenson, Ed Kennedy, George Magrill and Floyd Shackleford. James W. Horne previewed his latest picture, “Alimony,” at both Glendale and Hollywood theatres, prior to his doing the final trimming of the picture down to footage, and those that witnessed the screening of the picture, give the well known director credit for making an excellent feature-length subject. Stroock’s Genuine CAMELS-HAIR OVER-COATS $65 Piccadilly Model 548-550 South Broadway National Shirt Shops IT’S TRUE Otto Lederer, one of the best known of character actors on both the stage and screen, looks upon this world as a stage and picks most of his characters from every-day life. Whenever a director engages him to play a certain part, he always looks up his little diary that he has at the house, and gazes over the notes that he has made upon certain individuals that he has met, and every little detail is gone over, which finally turns his attentions to the story that he is to work on, and when that is gone over, he then uses his best judgment as to what is to be expected of him, and up to date, he has given the director just the very man that he was striving to have in the part, which is rather a unique way of injecting originality into his work. Wig Rental Wigs to Order Toupees Hair Dressing Marcelling Shampooing NEW YORK epner INCOI\POI\ATE D Hepner Method Permanent Waving our Specialty Hepner Toilette Preparations Phone 52220 1001 West Seventh Street (Just west of Figueroa) No Parking Restrictions WASHINGTON, D. C. LOS ANGELES