Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

9 YOUR CINEMA FAVORITES Jean Hersholt. who is now being hailed as a true dramatic genius because of his remarkable performance as the villain in Mary Pickford’s new “Tess of the Storm Country,” has, through inheritance, acquired an interest in a small match factory in Sweden. And right away he wants to trade it for a cigar factory. “I can beg matches better than I can cigars,” he remarked. 5-C Lou Anger is home again. He returned to Hollywood in advance of Norma and Constance Talmadge and Producer Joseph M. Schenck. That trio of notables with Buster Keaton, Mrs. Keaton and the boss of the Keaton family, i. e., baby Joseph, will be back on the job at the United Studios within a couple of weeks. Frank Lloyd, the director, will accompany. * * * There has just occurred the hearty reunion of the Hales. Alan, the actor, returned from a two-month sojourn in the wilds of Utah and Nevada, where he played the villain in the Paramount production of “Covered Wagon” and simultaneously his wife, professionally known as Gretchen Hartman, got back to the happy Hollywood home from New York, Washington and other eastern cities, where she introduced Alan, Jr., now lustily in his third year, to a lot of relatives and friends He tfc j}c Barbara Tennant is the young leading woman to appear with little Jackie Coogan, whose forthcoming circus picture follows “Oliver Twist,” which Sol Lesser is presenting through First National. i * * * Gloria Hope has received a letter from a native of South Africa in which the writer boasts of having fiery red hair in spite of his coal black skin. “tVhen I was at school in Transvall I heard that you had the prettiest red hair of all actresses and I thought you would be interested in knowing about me,” the letter reads. Needless to add, Gloria finds it difficult to interest herself. NATIONAL BOARD ENDORSES TWO WARNER FILMS Everyone of the Warner Bros, is wearing a broad smile. The five well-known brothers have a perfect right to a big smile, because the National Board of Review last month recommended two Warner pictures in its October list. The two films endorsed were “Rags to Riches” and “A Dangerous Adventure.” “Rags to Riches” is now running all over the country, and is making a hit, not only because Wesley Barry, the young star of the story is eceptionally good, but because the offering as a whole, is really above the average, and appeals to the grown-ups just as much as the young folks. $400 WEEKLY FOR A FOUR-YEAR-OLD Because of the success she scored in personal appearances at the premierre showings of “The Forgotten Law,” in which she has an important role, at San Francisco, Muriel Frances Dana, the four-year-old starlet, has been offered a salary of $400 a week to make an extensive tour of eastern cities with this film. The offer comes from Max Graf, the producer of the picture, and is supplemented with a tentative promise to star the child in a special feature to be made early next spring at San Mateo. F. V. Hall, Baby Muriel’s grandfather, who acts as her business manager, is considering the offer. “The Forgotten Law” has been released as a Metro special. ENC MADE TO SELL WITH NETTLETON SHOES A vigorous Of/ style for real value— A man’s '\ shoe 1 ' •% calculated f to meet | / a man’s * \j n requirements. Hip Mailer jr BocrtjT Boot Shops' Oth* and Olive Opposite Per siting Square 209 W Fifth St. Alexandria Hotel is opposite Us