Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Oct 1920 - Aug 1923
Volume:
Close-Up (1920-1923)
Leaf #:
000136
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Switzerland, 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
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14 SCREENING WHERE THE SCREENING’S GOOD Broadsides By ARGUS Kathleen Kirkham at her best. Many a baseball player has never touched a “drop” in his life. * * * * “My Friend the Devil” caused “Remembrance'’ of “Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?” “The Prisoner of Zenda” and “The Coast Breaker” were killed by “The Fast Mail.” It was “Manslaughter.” This from Tony Moreno. * * * Gladys Walton is finishing “The Lavendar Bath Lady.” This ought to be very sweet, or else it has some purple scandal in it. * * * When a girl marries a millionaire, she doesn’t intend for him to be one long. Neal Hart is right. * * * Virginia Valli says that women are the crudest pickpockets. * * ^ Frank Lloyd remarks that romance is to blame for a lot of things. Where would furniture on credit be if it was not for that? * * * One poet we know of was formerly a taxi driver. He has his meter perfect. Gordon Hcllingshead did this one. * * * Russell Simpson is right. Many a cool million has been made on a hot day. * * * One flapper is so dumb that she thinks a golf course is something to eat. Charlotte Merriam submitted this. * * * “Why do the girls call him the candy kid?” “Because he’s so fresh.” Finis Fox at his worst. * * * Some who play golf do not need a caddy — but do need a guide. Louise Lorraine has done her daily bit. * * * Now that the females are smoking, swearing and bobbing their hair, how about shaving their necks? A. K. Doe wants to know. Out of every six girls who are movie struck — none of them ever get any place. This is an encouraging remark from Rollie Asher. * * * Jimmie Aubrey does a bit of melodrama. The girl was run over by a bus. Someone said that she was “stage struck.” * * * Walter Long says that a good exhusband is one who pays his alimony promptly. * * * A judge is lucky. He can try as many “cases” as he likes. This outburst from Roy Marshall. * * * Gladys Brockwell says we are kind of “green” on the Irish question. * * * If a girl wants to be unusual now — she doesn’t bob her hair. SHE IS unusual says, Jack Mower. r..j ’ CLOSE. UP, Some girls entertain the fellows, while others just talk to them. Vin Moore must have his ditty. * * * Playing the curb market often sends one into the gutter. Claude McElhany is right. * * * Bessie Love is playing in “The Purple Dawn.” Hope there is no pink scandal in this. * * * A Jack Conway subject. They tell us that Gilda Gray is the toast of Broadway. Who’s the waffle? And the coffee that keeps you up nights? The Treasury Department says each person has $39.87. Yeh, if a guy goes out with an L. A. girl one night, he’s out of luck, that’s all. Maurice Flynn has been reading up on this. Smoking and women have the same effect on a man’s heart. Norman Taurog says he intends to give them both up. Like !!!!!! he is. * * * The only knockout at the fights last Friday was the blonde in the third row on the right, so says Dustin Famum. * * * We heard a prize fight over the radio the other night Peggy Standing tells us. It was a knockout! * * * Richard Thomas Productions is making “The Silent Accuser.” This is certainly sticking to the silent drama. * * * Monty Banks is working on “The Go-Getter.” This reminds us of the bill collector. * * * Many a flapper dees her exercising with dumb-bells. W. Emile is responsible. * * * “I’m tired of being a lady, I guess I’ll go in the movies,” said the pretty young thing. Bernie Duming says this is a bad knock. * * * It takes a pretty grouchy guy to fire the furnace. Elsie Southern got this one out. * * * Grandma’s marriage was a success — but she still has hopes. She is modern. Henry A. Barrows writes once again. * * * “I’m gonna make the fur fly,” said the girl, as she put her coat in the airplane. Rupert Julian sends in his bit from “U.” * * * Jack White says that the radio is a great thing. Hand the baby the re ceivers and let him put himself to sleep. 5jC ;(< Lloyd Hughes again. A guy can’t go to the country for a rest any more. The girls there are as bad as the ones in the city. * * * We would like to see a photo of all the bathing girls with their clothes on. Will Rogers admits this is a good hint to the press agents. * * * Tom Mix is making “An Arabian Knight” Everyone is having a try at the “sheik” pictures. PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N “CLOSE-UP”