Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

5 Moving Along In MovieLand Joe Wilson, who is known as a capable assistant director, will shortly act in this capacity to Paul Scardon at Bruntons. Bessie. Barriscale will be the star, with the Charles Frothington Productions. * * * If Lord aMyor McSweeney lives as many days as Babe Ruth makes homers, who’ll win the championship of Ireland? * * * Why are male brunettes termed foils to dizzy blond females? Is it because they cross each other occasionally? * * * Marc Robbins, who cut and edited “Shadows of the West,” should never attempt to fool the public with an uncorrected first print. * * =* When does a man suffer from female weakness? When he chases the other woman. * * * Love comes but once, but it darn near kills you when it does. “My Kentucky Home, Good-Night,” is again to be popular. They’re going to Cuba. * * ^ James Montgomery Flagg has written a play, “It Seems to Me.” Well, maybe it does. * * * When you go to a house-warming party are you supposed to bring fuel? Well, maybe, if it gets too “cold” for you. * * * “I ended corns,” he cried. — Yeh, he had his foot cut off. It’s a sure way. * * * If you are troubled with grey hair, the best way to get rid of it is to have it dyed. The grass grew all around, All around on the ground; It covered the new grave Of a fellow without a shave. He was a Bolsevik. (Note) — May this happen to all of them. The Originality j LAST MINUTE STUFF j Hank Mann is getting “reel” dramatic. He says he’s still suffering from a nervous breakdown. sk % Alice Lake is now called Miss Wrigley, we d’know, but we suppose it’s because she chews gum. * * * "Pat” Hogan now working on “The Little Grey Mouse”? — Yeh, a mouse has caused many times the “raise” in skirts. * * * Eric von Stroheim is finishing “Foolish Wives”. — Let’s hope he’s talking sense and “finishes” all of them. * * * Harold Lloyd after eating in a downtown cafe, tipped the waiter, the waiter refused the tip. Lloyd is slowly recovering. * ’* * Whether Cox or Harding wins, the loser will make more money with a movie contract anyway. * * * Ed.ward Martindel has moved and is now at Biltmore Apts. No noise after 10 p. m. for you Ed. * * * Robert McKim with Fairbanks as the heavy for his latest, is growing a goatee for the part. — He only looks good at a distance. * * * “Murder,” the new jazz piece, should be the musical theme for “The Killer”. * * * , Ed. M. Walock just completed work as the heavy in “Kazan”. Sound like a new auto horn. ^ ^ ^ ^ Now that Luther Reed has written a villianless play, somebody should dare him to write a play for Buster Keaton, without a fall. * * * At the Brunton Studios work has commenced on the new Ruth Roland Serial, “The Avenging Arrow.” Eddie Hearn is playing opposite the star. Others in the cast are: Miles McCarthy, Otto Lederer, Sylvester Jennings and Virginia Ainsworth. The story is from Arthur Preston Hankin’s popular novel, “The Honeymoon Quest.” and in Bronze Kid, Dull Mat Kid and Black Glaze Kid with Beading to Harmonize. A DIRECT IMPORTATION OF WOOL HOSE JUST ARRIVED FROM SCOTLAND G. H. WOLFELT CO. The BOOTERY Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Smart Shoes for Women 432 SOUTH BROADWAY Los Angeles Pasadena San Francisco of design and smartness of style that characterizes all Bootery Footwear is becomingly manifest in the new modes for Fall wear. Women who appreciate the niceties of perfect costuming find, in the dainty femininity of Bootery Footwear, the embodiment of their every preference in quality and style. “CLOSE-UP” PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N