Close Up (Oct 1920 - Sep 1923)

9 On Strips of Celluloid IT’S TOO HARD TO DO Johnny Hines is one of the most unique stars that we have today. He is his own director, and what more, he is one of the few men in the profession today in the industry that can play his own part, and direct such a stupendous production as he appears in, unless it is William Duncan, the serial king. Still Messrs. Hines and Duncan are as much unlike each other as are trying to compare night and day. Johnny works more for the comedy-dramatic angle while William goes in for drama with the etxra kicks in it that he can instill with thrills that almost raise the hair on your head to watch him perform them. DEL RUTH KNOWS HOW Hampton Del Ruth has been wanting to break away from comedies for years, and every now and then he takes a whirl at the feature length subjects, and when he returned to the Mack Sennett fold every one wondered just why. But the secret is out; as soon as he gets a sort of slack spell Hampton figures a half of a loaf is better than none, and as soon as he can get a full loaf, why he just reaches out and gets it. But he really believes right now that he is at the Douglas Fairbanks studio, in a real production, that he has struck the happy medium, and never expects to return to his first love, supervising and editing comedies. Public Sales We have purchased 122,000 pair U. S. Army Munson Last shoes, sires 5% to 12, which was the entire surplus stock of one of the largest U. S. Government shoe contractors. This shoe is guaranteed one hundred per cent solid leather, color dark tan, bellows tongue, dirt and water proof. The actual value of this shoe is $6.00. Owing to this tremendous buy we can offer same to the public at $2.95. Send correct size. Pay postman on delivery or send money order. If shoes are not as represented we will cheerfully refund your money promptly upon request. National Bay State Shoe Company 296 Broadway, New Y ork City, N. Y. MOTHS By Marshall Lorimer Strange Souls come flitting from the night, And dash against the Bed-room screen , Attracted by the reading light Their ghost-like eyes have seen. These littlie Creatures seem to know A modern “Night Owl” lies Awake And eerily they’re out to shew Just how much noise they make. They madly cling with flutt’ring Wings, (A It ho’ I gently try to rout Them from the screen ) E’en little things Have J.ives — / MY LIGHT IS OUT ! MURRAY-LEONARD PRODUCTIONS Mae Murray, who is always designing something, should apply for patent on the portable dressing room which can be moved from stage to stage wheer she works. With dainty dressing room table, circled by electric light globes, blue frescoed walls, there is everything at hand while the effect is like a fascinating jewel box. Here the star, who is making “Fashion Row,” the present Murray-Leonard production, retires at lunch time and unless she is engaged with makeup, has her lunch brought to her and is as remote from her sets as if she really weren’t, as she is, a few feet away from them. GERTRUDE STEVENS Comedy Ingenue L PERT POINTS Some movie actors who were exfloor-walkers have returned to their old jobs. Might say they were on their feet again. Maurice Flynn is clever. * * * Clyde Cook is making “The Pony Express.” Guess there are some horse laughs in this. * * * Sid Smith is appearing in “Built On a Bluff.” Probably have some “high” class gags in this. * * * Clothes may make the man, but they don’t make the woman. Lige Conley’s bright line. * * * Monty Banks is making “The Golf Bug.” Another title with a hit or miss swing. * * * There’s one thing that covers a lot of ground, and that’s a circus tent. Eddie Cline must have his fun. * * * Hand-painted hose are quite the rage too. * * * Renalles, Inc., are making “The Elk’s Tooth.” This is a mouthful. * * * Creighton Hale has selected such costumes as kindly young Viennese surgeons of good family wear and is now all “set” for his work in Warner Brothers’ “The Marriage Circle,” the tentative name of the picture which Ernest Lubitsch will direct. Mr. Hale will fill an important role in the production. WHEN YOU’RE RUSHED FOR TIME AND MUST EAT Make a Bee Line for the CALIFORNIA CAFE Where Prompt Service and Fresh, Good Food Awaits GUS HARITOS, Proprietor 353 South Spring, Near 4th