Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

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\ 2 / YOUR CINEMA FAVORITES In onfidcncc The worst pessimist in town: The publicity man at the Alexandria hotel who is said to be responsible for the ordering of half a ton of herba mate tea from South America, and who advertised it as the perfect substitute. * * * Young lady to the man lying under his Rolls Ruff: “Shake it; that’s what I do to my wrist watch.” * * * Which reminds me of the current report that H. Ford is going to change the name of his stylish motor vehicle to Rolls-Ruff. * * * Tom Meighan is a reel cave man, but we bet to his wife he’s a real nuisance. * * * Why can’t someone persuade Donald Crisp to act again? Or be a prize fighter? * * * When are photoplay producers going to credit the public with having intelligence? * * * Lois Weber builds a tennis court on her lot for her players, and then turns around and lets them work in the adjacent gardens two days a week. Which should be a good program for physical development. * * * We’ll wager seven scenarios have been written in Los Angeles on the Denton murder mystery and submitted to editors already. * * Sc Say, what did Dorothy Phillips have once that justified the title of her latest production, “Once to Every Woman?” How, why and wherefor? * * * Roger MacKinnon, juvenile, had a cold last week. One day at the worst of it, he forgot his handkerchief, and there was no store near the studio where he could buy one. He composed a poem on it. The title is left to your imagination. * * * Ethel Broadhurst is with “The Vanity Maids.” — Well, no use kidding, Ethel is a “Vanity Maid” in real life. Stanton Heck is in “Pink Tights.” — Gee, it sounds interesting. * * * Carter de Haven is soon to start work on “The Girl in the Taxi.” — That’s nothing, we’ve seen that, but it costs a lot of money. * * * Lois Weber has just written a play entitled “What Do Men Want?” — The trouble is we don’t know ourselves. * * * They say the world’s a stage and we’re the actors, but most of us are fish and get the “hook.” * * * It’s tough to be a married man, With predelictions for A half a dozen women who But urge you on to more. —By M. L. MORE THRILLS IN A COMEDY The guy who stepped between a pair of headlights. The other fellow who went twenty miles on a gallon of gas; he started a fire with it. And the hero who did a Locklear stunt and was killed in getting out of his machine — he fell out. Such letters come through the P. O. as these: Miss Lillian Way and Mr. Dury Lane Melodrama. We’re waiting for some calling for brother and sister which is — Mr. Hollywood Boulevard and Miss Sunset Boulevard. * * * Any photographer may be under suspicion on account of making “stills.” K Contemplate the correctness of the Nettleton “Brogue” — a shoe that caps the climax of true character and honest worth. Chas.R M? William? Shots Distinctive Shoes' fit Men <109 W. 5$ S'TT Hotel Alexandria is opp. u.S\ PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N “CLOSE-UP” v *