Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Oct 1920 - Aug 1923
Volume:
Close-Up (1920-1923)
Leaf #:
00056
Language:
English
Collection:
Switzerland, Early Cinema, and Global Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
As an active film magazine, CLOSE UP lasted only a short time, from 1927 to 1933. Yet the legacy of this English-language periodical, which was published in Switzerland, continues to matter. Edited by Bryher and her husband Kenneth Macpherson, CLOSE UP became THE magazine for energetic debates about the nature of cinema and manifestos imagining new forms of filmmaking and spectatorship. The magazine published articles by filmmakers, such as Sergei Eisenstein, and female literary modernists, such as H.D. and Gertrude Stein. As film scholar Anne Friedberg explains in the anthology CLOSE-UP, 1927-1933: CINEMA & MODERNISM, 'CLOSE UP became the model for a certain type of writing about film -- writing that was theoretically astute, politically incisive, critical of films that were simply 'entertainment.' For six and a half years, CLOSE UP maintained a forum for a broad variety of ideas about the cinema; it never advocated a single direction of development, but rather posed alternatives to existing modes of production, consumption, and film style.' Like Friedberg's own writing, CLOSE UP continues to be essential reading for anyone interested in the history of film and media theory. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

14 SCREENING WHERE THE SCREENING’S GOOD Broadsides By ARGUS Jean Acker — How does your friend, King, get all of the swell queens? Grace Darmond — Oh, he’s got the Jack in the form of a ten spot! :}c :$c I always like to work on an empty stomach,” sa d the tatoo artist. This was heard by Kathleen Kirkham. * * * Larry Semon — Why are hip pockets so popular? Dumtell — I haven’t the least idea. Neither have we. ^ *5“ Myrtle Stedman heard this one: “I have a lot of fast friends,” she said, “but they are not the kind you think they are.” * % ^ The latest automobile gag by George Wurzburger: “I took my engine out, and its been missing ever since.” 5$S ifc Gertrude Stevens — She is a very winning girl. Male voice (softly)— Yes, I’ve played the game with her, too. * * * Ben Wilson suggests: Maybe there would be more harmony in the homes of Los Angeles if the pianos were tuned. * * * Just what does she mean? “I believe in you implicitly, but believed in you explicitly.” * * * Here’s a good point by H. H. Van Loan: “Many a needle hole is worn out in time, and hard luck can wear out its welcome.” * * * Helen Gibson comes forward with a title for a spirit picture, namely a full length portrait of a bottle of bonded liquor. * * * Those who voted for prohibition must have been thinking of the “other fellow” who needed it) asserts Harry Garson. * * * Tea is not a bit tasty when your bootlegger hasn’t sold it to you. So saith Walter Long. Doris May — What a grouch that chap is. Wallace MacDonald — Yeh, he’s been eating crabapples. * * * “In time to come it’s just possible that the House cf Sexes will take the place cf the House of Lords,” suggests Leatrice Joy. ♦ * * Edgar Lewis — Women hate that man. Mrs. Lewis — How come? Mr. Lewis — He’s always invent'ng new wrinkles. Should a person walk in his sleep when he has an automobile? Jimmy Adams wants to know. :j: 5}: Finis Fox — Do you like Shakespearan roles? Actor — I never ate any. •M -M * Leonard Clapham — “What makes a man forget his dates with a woman?” May Foster — “Another woman!” * * * Most of the girls today would make good sales ladies for hosiery. Harry Beaumont is again in our midst. * * * Lloyd Ingraham desires this information: Can any one soberly describe Cuba? Ethel Grey Terry remarks tjiat standard leading men use a standard oil to shine in pictures. * * * “There’s a difference of $97.00 between marriage and divorce,” is the contention of Martha Mattox. ¥ ^ Some people should have been married on April Fools Day, says Reggie Barker. * * * Jack White’s latest: “I can’t stand the strain,” said the milk to the bucket. * * * “A dollar meant something once; now we only use it to pay taxes,” asserts George McDaniel. * * * Suggested by Shirley Mason: John D. Rockefeller should have a picture of himself done in oil. % 5}i ^ Does a horse dealer back up the horse he sells? asks Harry Carey. * * * THAT INDUSTRIOUS HUGHES FAMILY A new book of verse by Adelaide Hughes, wife of the indefatigable Rupert, is soon to be published. Mrs. Hughes has just returned from a literary hibernation, where she wooed the muse. Mr. Hughes continues to write and direct photoplays at the Goldwyn studio, to compose songs and to dash off novels and short stories. TONY MORENO, HERO Tony Moreno is putting into practice in real life some of the things he learned as a star of the black and blue drama. The other day he became a real hero when a team of horses attached to a milk wagon being used in Rupert Hughes’ “The Bitterness of Sweets,” at the Goldwyn studio, began to run away probably under the impression that it was time for afternoon delivery. On the wagon was seated a very frightened small boy, who lost control of the animals. Moreno sensed the danger in a moment, measured the speed of the animals at a glance, and rushing up to the horses as they dashed his way, seized their bridles and stopped them. PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N “CLOSE-UP