Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

gifiniiiiiMiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiHiiiHiilllillliiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiMiim “CLOSE-UP” LOS ANGELES, CALIF., DECEMBER 5TH, 1922 A NEARER POINT OF VIEW | VOL. VIII, NO. 10. ^IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII^^^ A MAGAZINE OF MOVIE-LAND TEN CENTS S WORD FROM MABEL NORMAND Word has been received by the secretary of Miss Mabel Normand, star of Mack Sennett’s latest screen triumph, “Suzanna,” to instruct those in her employ about her Los Angeles home, to have everything arranged for her return, immediately. According to her secretary, it is Miss Normand’s intention to spend the holidays in the film city with her friends. NERVOUS PROSTRATION Cecil George, one of the best known young men of talent around “town” and incidentally a large ranch owner, and occasionally a film producer, has lately been confined in the Good Samaritan Hospital for the purpose of resting his weary bones a few days. It is presumed around the Los Angeles Club (his town residence) that Cecil broke down after the departure of his friend, Lee Moran, to Manhattan, the fear that something startling might befall him, and he, Cecil, not to be at the side of his friend at the moment, intensified his nervous trepidation, hence his present peaceful domicile — surrounded by pretty nurses! HARRY BEAUMONT FAINTED! Malcolm McGregor, one of the three leading men appearing opposite Viola Dana in her newest Metro starring picture, “Noise in Newboro.” directed by Harry Beaumont, kept members of the company entertained with stories during the tiresome train ride to Visalia, where ten days were spent on location. “Did you ever hear of the trip a Scotch friend of mine took?” he asked. “He went to Coney Island to spend a lot of money and have a good time. The first concession he halted at was filled with those machines where you put a penny in the slot. “He inserted a penny in a machine where you blow into a tube and if you blow hard enough the penny is automatically returned to you. “The next morning they found him dead, lying by the machine, with all his vest buttons missing.” RELEASED FROM SERVITUDE By Marshall Lorimer W e each enshrine a "Little God’’ We worship here below, A HE, or SHE, but what’s the odd, No matter if it is but clod. The "GOD” we think we know? It may be Sweetheart, Wife, or Friend, For whom we service to the end, Until in time — we get the "Nod” Bestowed by DEATH , to let us go! DOROTHY PHILLIPS’ CAST COMPLETED After an exceedingly careful combining of the field of available players both in the East and in the West, Allen Holubar has finally completed the selection of the cast which will support Dorothy Phillips in “The White Frontier.’ This picture is based on an original novel by Jeffrey Deprend and was adapted by Violet Clark. The exterior shots are now being made at Truckee, California, after which the company will go to Montreal and the Canadian backwoods, returning thence to the United Studios (M. C. Levee, president) to film the interior scenes of this stirring tale. The male lead of the story is played by Lewis Dayton, hitherto unknown to American audiences, but established as a tremendous favorite in England, where he has been starred on the stage and screen. Mayme Kelso, one of our best-known character actresses, plays Nanette. George Siegman, soon to be seen as Bill Sykes in “Oliver Twist,” plays Scarborough, the heavy. Robert Anderson plays an important role. Ynez Seabury was a child actress in 1912, and her present part is an Indian maiden. William A. Orlamond plays in Miss Phillips’ support. Geno Corrado, who won fame as Eugene Correy in comedies, will be seen as Tetreau. “Little Movie Ladies, Little daubs of paint, Make a lot of difference; Make you what you ain’t!” — By Edith Johnson. PLAYING “DATES” AND BURNING TIRES Read the headline. That is exactly what they are doing. Now “they” happen to be none other than Jeanette Lorimer, formerly of the D. W. Griffith and Lloyd Ingraham forces, and Jay Eller, formerly of the Michigan State Baseball League. Probably it will be remembered that Jeanette, who is very well known theatrically as a pantomime artist, left her work to entertain the “boys” stationed near Seattle in the late war. There she met the former baseball idol, who was the victim of an unfortunate accident — being hit by a fast ball during a game. This caused his retirement after he had been bought by a major league club. Now these two met. They had little to start on, except a great deal of courage and ambition. Eller has a deep baritone voice, and had turned into a clever character man. The stage was their objective. They made the grade with an act which amused the cash customers. Jeanette happens to be a sister of the editor, and he entertained them three years ago. Now they have been spending at least sixty cents' a month on special delivery notes, of their journey towards the coast again. They are making the trip in a 1917 open Ford, and coming by way of New Mexico from New York. The two J’s are making current expenses by playing “dates” as they wend their way to the Southland. The latest report is that they will arrive here on Christmas eve. The editor is planning a grand welcome, and hoping that the new set of tires last, and of course, the car. The name Eller may cause you to recall the fact that nearly all of them were great pitchers, but, however not all were tarred with the same brush. Jeanette Lorimer, who was born in Paris, came to this country without learning the language, or slanguage. Her part of the act is in French dialect. They are known on the stage as Eller & Eller. They expect to reside permanently in Los Angeles and perhaps take an active interest in “Close-Up” and its editor — with an occasional fling into silent drama or corned}'.