Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Oct 1920 - Aug 1923
Volume:
Close-Up (1920-1923)
Leaf #:
000185
Language:
English
Collection:
Switzerland, Early Cinema, 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:
November 07, 2023
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3 NIGHT LIFE IN L. A. (By “The Rounder”) LOEW’S STATE— “Hearts Aflame” is reviewed elsewhere in this issue. Max Fisher and his orchestra will undoubtedly startle Los Angeles while “doing their stuff.” Rose Perfect, who is in ‘Madame Butterfly,” is everything that the last name suggests. ORPHEUM — Only three good acts this week. They are Middleton and Spellmeyer in “Lonesome Land,” Bobby Folsom and Jack Denny with their Metropolitan Orchestra, and Dugan and Raymond in “An Ace in the Hole.” The rest of the bill is just so so. MOROSCO — “Three Live Ghosts,” a splendid English comedy, is really very full of laughs, dontcha know? The lines are very clever. “The Tiger Rose” is coming soon. GRAUMAN’S— “The Pride of Palomar,” photoplay by Peter B. Kyne and directed by Frank Borzage. Chester Lyons did the photography. Marjorie Daw and Forrest Stanley are marvelous together. Joseph Dowling and Warner Oland have good parts, too. MAJESTIC — Mary Newcomb in “Climbing” is a story of a servant girl who marries her employer’s brother. Rather amusing. Tom Chatterton and Kathleen Wallace are fine. George Barnes is good, too. Miss Lee Hutty wrote the story. HILLSTREET — Not much of a bill over here this week either. Doris May in “Up and At ’Em” is the Photoplay. “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath” is almost amusing. Mcakay and Ardine in “The Night Watchman” are the headliners. The rest of the program means nothing. CALIFORNIA — Nazimova in “Salome”— yes, Oscar Wilde’s “Salome.” How weird, and those of you who have read the story and really enjoyed it, will be dazzled with this strange — yet artistic — production. It is truly a regretable fact that Oscar could not see this. He would have been greatly impressed. Many people will not like it, but so many will. People who read Tolstoy, Flauber, Turgenev and Dostoyevsky will greatly enjoy this picture. There is no doubt that Nazimova understood Wilde, which is something that is always lacking in other productions. Charles Bryant (Madame’s husband) directed the picture and C. Van Engler photographed it. Others of note in the cast were: Rose Dione, Nigel de Brulier and Mitchell Lewis. MILLER’S — The tenth and final week of “Tess of the Storm Country.” Next week, “The Four Horsemen.” TALLY’S — Constance Talmadge in “East is West.” Reviewed in past issue. KINEMA — Richard Barthelmess in “Fury” with Dorothy Gish. It is the old story of mother love making a hero of a coward. Others in the cast are Tyrone Power, Patterson Dial and Jessie May Arnold. Henry King directed and Roy F. Overbaugh did the photography. RIALTO — “To Have and to Hold” for fifty-five cents. Kinda cheap at that, but a very good picture from a box office angle. MISSION — Mabel Normand at her best in “Suzanna.” Don’t miss this. Has been reviewed in past issue. SYMPHONY — “Secrets of Paris” with Lew Cody. Whitman Bennett directed the novel by Eugene Sue. Sort of a second grade picture, but Lew Cody is very good. Gladys Hulette is too. ALHAMBRA— Third week of “Manslaughter” at popular prices. That’s a good line, laugh that off. Reviewed in past issue. E G Y P T I A N — Fourteenth week of “Robin Hood” in Hollywood. Some record for that little town. “Oliver Twist” with Jackie Coogan is coming next. G A R R I C K — Everything you could want — and for only a dime. CLUNES — “The Young Rajah” with Rudy Valentino. Ought to draw very good as it is his last picture for some time to come. EGANS — “The First Fifty Years” is very funny. A couple have been married for fifty years and are still living together. This is VERY funny. Henry Myers wrote the story. Evelyn Vaughn has the lead. MASON — “The Emperor Jones.” be sure and see this — it’s great! Eugene O’Neill has written a marvelous story that Charles S. Gilpin just happened to fit. It is very unusual as well as amusing. WEISS & KLEIN — These boys and their cafe deserve to head the list. Come on little rounders, I expect to see all of you at this home of good eats and fine service. The T. B. M. HARRIS & FRANK— STETSON HATS Small Prices for Good Clothes $35 $40 and $45 Suits and Overcoats Accenting those things that a man expects in the way of looks, fit, style, and adding a lot more in the way of service and lasting satisfaction. 437*443 Spring North or 5 ED IV IN CLAPP SHOES FOR MEN should make this his “picnic parlor” for it is all of that. Joe Weiss is now a grandpapa! PALAIS ROYAL— Their daily luncheons are becoming better and the Saturday teas are awfully crowded. Henry Halstead’s gang of musicquakers are right smart fellars — absotively. CINDERELLA ROOF — This place is now trying to show Los Angeles the correct way to dance — which just can’t be done in a dance hall. Who ever heard of such a thing. They will probably lose a lot of customers, but the management is very careless in that line anyway. COCOANUT GROVE — They are spending a lot of money in their favors and they are getting a lot of money through their cover charges.