Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Oct 1920 - Aug 1923
Volume:
Close-Up (1920-1923)
Leaf #:
000152
Language:
English
Collection:
Global Cinema, Switzerland, and Early 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:
November 07, 2023
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10 Uinider t lie Magii BY THE MAN i mi BEHIND ‘CLOSE-UP’ “MORE ABOUT MOVIELAND’’ By Observatus Now with the jails full of speeders and the streets full of long skirts and the court calenders full and overflownig with divorce cases, what’s to be done? Everyone has the habit of suing one another, when, at one time, we were chums and dining together. Again I ask, what is to be done? Nothing! All right, if that is the case, just let me show you what has happened lately and what is about to happen. Let’s go! At present we have just TEN divorce cases to take care of and just NINE law suits to be settled in court. Probably by the time this goes to press there will be many more. Just compare this statement with the records of three and four years ago. Film folk must be very short of cash, or have been victims of something or other, to act this way. Remember these nineteen cases are just film folk! Mrs. Mona L. Funk, who is Jeanette Lazuenesse on the screen, was granted her divorce. Tommy Jacobs, owner of the Log Cabin Inn, is being sued by a young Hollywood man for a beating he gave his guest. Gouverneur Morris is suing United Artists, Inc., for infringement of copyright. The amount is just one million. Emilie Johnson is suing Goldwyn for $500,000 for using ideas from her book. Jackie Saunders’ divorce case has gone to court. Ruddy Valentino is being sued for commission by Robertson and Webb, agents, for $15,125. Myrtle Lind, former Sennett beauty, was granted her divorce. Dorothy De Vore fired her husband and he was granted a divorce. Jimmy Callahan, actor, is in court charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Ward P. Dobson, actor, tried some comedy gags on his wife and she is suing him for divorce. Gouverneur Morris is having trouble securing his divorce. Jean Acker is suing for the name of Valentino. William Desmond is being sued by Robertson and Webb for $338.33, claimed to be back commission. Hope Hampton lost the suit against her for $166.95, due for repairing her home. Seena Owen and George Walsh are still fighting in the divorce courts. Zane Grey, author, is suing B. B. Hampton and E. F. Warner for money due him for rights to his books. Mr. Carlyle Blackweii is suing for divorce. Edwin Carewe’s wife is suing him for divorce. Tommy Little, of Hollywood, is suing his chorus girl wife for divorce. And — Well, that’s all we can think of up to this instant. But, don’t you honestly think that this is a pretty bad situation? Now, this is what Hollywood is laughing at, as this goes to press: Charles De Roche calling Valentino “just a pretty boy.” Charley Chaplin’s denied engagement to Pola Negri. The studio bootlegger who was caught at the Horsely Studio. Fred Palmer being arrested for driving a car after he had been drinking. Dorothy Clark appearing in secondclass theatres. Wesley Ruggles’ fight for his wife’s gown. Arthur Jasmine’s idea of a beautiful woman. Pess agents who get mixed up with the police. Fights at the Club Royale Cafe. Priscilla Dean’s temperament. The rumored engagement of Lew Cody and Jean Acker. The closing of Mike Lynch’s makeup school. Louise Fazenda as an art model. The way some people talk about Charles De Roche. Stars who get excited when they appear on the Radio. Stars who “pass out” at the Plantation Cafe. Directors who sell oil stock. Stars who stand up for bobbed hair. Stars who stand up for long hair. And — Well, that will be all for this issue, but we promise some surprises soon. Leon Barry has completed a tenweek engagement with Betty Compson in the Paramount production of “The White Flower.” * * * Each of us who thinks himself a Mite, Is greater to himself than Infinite: His import to surroundings in his sphere, Makes him aware he is important here. —By M. L. Wig Rental Wigs to Order Toupees Hair Dressing Marcelling Shampooing NEW YORK Hepner Method Permanent Waving our Specialty Hepner Toilette Preparations e^ner INCOI\POI\ATED LOS ANGELES Phone 52220 1001 West Seventh Street (Just west of Figueroa) No Parking Restrictions WASHINGTON, D. C.