Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

6 ! With Comedians in Comedy Lane VIN MOORE A Comedy Director of Note MONTE BLUE STANDS IN BATH TUB TO KEEP DRY! Here’s a parody for you. Did you ever hear of a man getting in a bath tub to keep out of the water? Well, here’s a man who did that very thing. It was in a scene for “Brass,” which Sidney Franklin is directing, with an all-star cast headed by Monte Blue, Marie Prcvost, Frank Keenan, Irene Rich and others. The company was at work on a river bank, where icy water from the melting snows was passing. The scene necessitated Monte Blue standing knee deep in the stream. “I simply can’t stand this, Mr. F'ranklin,” wailed the actor. “Well, Monte, if you can endure it for a little while, we’ll send the property boy to get something to keep your feet dry.” Half an hour later the man returned with an old-fashioned country tin bath tub which they weighed down in the water so Monte could stand in it and play his scenes. And thus he stood knee deep in the bath tub all morning to keep out of the water. Isola Williams, sentenced to five days in city jail for reckless driving, is like Ben Turpin — if you know what we mean. The judge should have given her a pair of glasses instead of a jail sentence. IDENTIFYING “ROBIN HOOD” “Bull” Montana, who is starring in the Hunt Stromberg comedy production for Metro, "Rob ’Em Good,” a travesty on "Robin Hood,” has a hazy idea regarding the legend of the famous legendary chieftain. During one of the waits between scenes “Chuck” Reisner, who has the part of the king, opened the discussion. “Who was this Robin Flood?” he inquired. “Why, Robin Hood \yas — that is, he was, well anyway — ” and Dot Farley, who has the leading feminine role, paused for breath. “Robin Hood was Shakespeare’s non de plum,” volunteered Jimmy Quinn. “Wrong again,” declared Billy Elmer. “It’s just a nickname for Douglas Fairbanks. George Meadows said he wasn’t sure but he thought it was a name of a bird, a cross between a humming bird and an ostrich. “What league did he play in?” asked Billy Gilbert. “I can’t remember farther back than ‘Pop’ Anson.” “Aw, he was the guy that carried the morris chair for Sitting Bull,” said “Broken Nose” Murphy. “Although some do say,” he added, “that he was the first guy to push the water over Niagara Falls.” “Robin Hood was a hostler for Jesse James,” announced “Spike” Robinson in a tone that made it clear the argument ended right there. “He was a Ku Klux Klan a long time ago over in England,” suggested Max Davidson. "I think he was a middleweight, but I’m not sure,” said "Bull” Montana. “What was his ring name?” WHY LET HER REST? Many producers are aware of the sterling bright intellect and business acumen of Lillian Greenberger, especially her knowledge of vital statistics regarding moving pictures and its colony, yet here she is resting and squandering her valuable time, when she should be placed at the head of a department in which her talents could be utilized to great advantage of the producing company or unit. Why let her rest? HARRIS & FRANK— STETSON HATS Come To A Man’s Store For A Man’s Gifts — — from sox that fill every mission in a sox life to suits and overcoats that are favored in New York London — we’re ready. 437-443 Spring North of 5 FASHIONKNIT SILK KNIT TIES ANOTHER COMEDY GRADUATE Helen Kesler has just affixed her signature to a contract which gives her an important role in the Goldwyn cast being engaged for Rupert Hughes’ next production, “Souls For Sale.” This will be Miss Kesler’s second appearance in a Hughes picture, she having played a part in “The Bitterness of Sweets.” For a year prior to entering the feature field, she was Jimmy Aubrey’s leading lady in Vitagraph comedies. She is listed in the offices of casting directors as “a dramatic ingenue,” said to be something of a rarity nowadays. PLEASE PATRONIZ E— W HO ADVERTIS E— I N “CLOSE-UP