Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

12 JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES “CLOSE-UP” Marshall Lorimer Editor and Prop. The Magazine of Movie Land Issued the 5th and 20th of Each Month Editorial and Business Office: 603 Western Mutual Life Bldg., (formerly Exchange Bldg.) 321 West Third Street. Telephone 820-609. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: ONE YEAR TWO DOLLARS | Advertising Rates on Contract Basis n Checks Should Be Made Payable to “Close-Up” g All manuscripts and Contributions Should be Addressed to the Editor s BEN WILSON President Berwilla Film Co. (Who lost three ounces dancing at a recent birthday party.) LOANING HER OUT Bessie Love, the winsome screen star, has been engaged by Director Frederick G. Becker to play the leading feminine role in “Prince Courageous,” the first two-reel “special” featuring little Arthur Trimble, the 5-year-old screen prodigy, which is now in production at the Hollywood Studios. Miss Love was “loaned” to the Trimble concern by the Fox organization. According to Production Manager Clem Beauchamp, these films, which will be distributed as a series of twelve, will cost approximately $22,000 each. The setting of the entire series is of the romantic period of the Middle Ages. Olga Printzlay has finished the scenario on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Beautiful and Damned,” and will start immediately on a new story, the title of which has not yet been selected. OPERA STAR APPEARS WITH JACKIE It took Director E. Mason Hopper of the Jackie Coogan Productions just two weeks to locate a type for Jackie’s forthcoming and as yet untitled picture. Cesare Gravina, a little old gentleman whose knowledge of the English language is very limited indeed, is the man whom Director Hopper selected. He was once an opera singer in Europe and has the honor of having been a conductor at the La Scala in Milan. This is a much coveted position and it is said that operatic celebrities sing at the La Scala for a mere trifle. It is the honor attached to their being permitted to sing in this cherished organization. Mary Garden, it is said, sang at the La Scala for five dollars. Gravina has piloted many of our now famous opera folk over the stepping stones to success. He was a dear friend of the late Enrico Caruso and at one time was regarded as one of Italy’s foremost singers. Gravina has a young man with him at all times during his work with Jackie. Mr. Hopper tells this youth what action he desires for the scene and the youth in turn imparts the necessary information to the old gentleman. Others taking part in this new Coogan production include Arthur Edmund Carewe, Josie Sedgwick, Bert Woodruff, and Anna Townsend, who portrayed the role of “Grannie” in Harold Lloyd's “Grandma’s Boy.” The picture will not be released until after “Oliver Twist” has been presented to the world, early in the fall season. Joe Rock does another ditty: All is not gold that glitters, said the bunko man. BRUCE McRAE FLITS TO GOTHAM Bruce McRea is leaving cinema Hollywood ! Notwithstanding the fact he has a David Belasco contract in his pocket, he is indeed sorry to leave. He said so himself. Mr. McRea has been playing a leading role in Dorothy Phillips’ starring vehicle, “The World’s a Stage,” being produced at United Studios by Principal Pictures Corporation and written by Elinor Glyn. When the Henry Miller-Ruth Chatterton-Bruce McRae combination appeared at the Mason Opera House a short time since, Sol Lesser and Mike Rosenberg of the Principal Pictures organization saw in McRae screen possibilities. They bid for his services — and obtained them sufficiently long enough to make the episodes in which McRae would figure in the Glyn story. McRae is to play opposite Ina Claire in “The Awful Truth,” which opens next season at the Henry Miller theatre, New York City. He states he wants to come back to the silent drama and intends doing so immediately his engagement under the Belasco banner is terminated. “The World’s a Stage” will be released this fall. It will be an eightreel offering and is said to be classed as one of the coming season’s finest. “I had a dinner last evening,” says James Kirkwood, “in eight courses. All of them were very coarse.” A CHANGE IN FOOD Stimulates the “Inner Man” Hungarian Kosher Meals Mean Contentment! Klein & Weiss (Caters for you, and to you) 331 So. Spring St. Refreshing Atmosphere. Speedy Service, Snowy Linen and large semi-private booths. Movie Stars Come in Frequently! And last — but not least — The Price Is Just Reasonable.