Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

15 piinilllllllUMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlllllllJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH ^ RSONALITI ‘ ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHinmiiiHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin f* 1 Star Shooting By “Hee Nose” V Philip Rosen: Bring me some oyster crackers. Waiter (bowing) : Allow me to open the oysters, sir. * * * Thomas Ince has finished his production entitled “News.” And the box office can tell us if it’s good or bad — “News.” * * * William de Mille was very happy the other morning. A whole day passed and no one tried to tell him how to bring up his children. * * 5k Cecil B. DeMille’s latest picture is “Adam’s Rib.” This is sort of a “ticklish” thing. * * * Claude McElhany writes one: “Indistinguishability — gosh! After spelling that, I’ve forgotten the joke.” “That’s one on you.” * * * After seeing “The Lights of New York,” a Fox production, it will remind you that you forgot to turn out the light in the hall-way. * * * Beth Kosik says that to show “good taste” you should use flavored lipstick. * * * Constance Talmadge is to make a picture entitled “Madame Pompadour.” Might say this could be “cut” short. * * * Dorothy Morgan said she got a swell book for Christmas. A check book. * * * A line by a press agent reads: “You Can’t Fool Your Wife” with James Kirkwood. Well? * * * Lee Moran remarks that a banjo is one thing that is overly picked on. SHE LOST HER ACCENT Mae Busch, who appears as the divorcee in the Goldyn picture, “Brothers Under the Skin,” was born in Melbourne, Australia, but in every other respect is an American. She was educated in a convent at Madison, N. J., and after appearing on the stage went into pictures with Keystone Comedies and later with Paramount and Universal. A SPLENDID GUIDE Jeff Lazarus, Paramount-Grauman exploiteers from Chicago and New York, has arrived in Los Angeles preparatory to the opening of Grauman’s New Metropolitan theatre. Mr. Lazarus is visiting the newspapers with Arthur S. Wenzel, press representative, telling the press how big and great the New Metropolitan is. Opening date is January 26th at five dollars per. WHERE WAS HE? Monte Blue has at last been found. Since December 24th, when he left for Indianapolis to spend the holidays, nothing has been heard from Monte. Telegrams to his parents were unanswered, as were telegrams to the actor’s favorite haunts in New York. Yesterday, Director Harry Beaumont, who will direct “Main Street” for Warner Brothers, was becoming very worried, the reason being that the entire production was being held up until Monte showed up, but last night a wire from him cleared up the atmosphere. He didn’t say where he had been, but stated he was on his way to the coast. Leon Bary, the celebrated French star who is considered by many as the handsomest man on the American screen, and, who, because of his good looks and dramatic ability, was retained by Mme. Sarah Bernhardt as her leading man four consecutive years, has been assigned an important role in Colin Campbell’s new special production being made for William Fox. He has departed from Hollywood, venturing into the heavw snows and blizzards of Truckee, Calif., to display his histrionic wares and in order to avoid getting behind with the answering of his fan mail, he has taken a secretary along with him and has arranged to have all letters forwarded to him. Leon is truly considerate of his fair followers. Incidentally, he’s scoring a hit in Mabel Normand’s “Suzanna.” * * * Although we’re living in a state of prohibition you can get a skate on tSage 2 at the United Studios, suggests Mrs. Collins, the versatile casting director. She also mentioned that Allen Holubar is directing the Evolutions of the Skates. AGAIN IN BUSINESS The Old Timers will remember the Old Historic Roma Cafe on Spring Street, and will remember its urbane proprietor, Travaglini, well this Italian gentleman and good fellow made a trip to Europe and a short while back returned to the scenes of his former culinary achievements — Los Angeles. He has just opened a very nice and desirable restaurant on Seventh and Burlington. It is called, Travaglini’s Roma Rotisserie. If its your luck to return home and discover there isn’t any dinner you can run over and take home a complete cooked dinner, a la Roma. SOUTH SEAS PICTURE RENAMED The title of “Passions of the Sea” has been changed to “Lost and Found,” with a sub-title, “In the South Sea Islands.” The picture was made in Tahiti under the direction of R. A. Walsh. The cast includes House Peters, Pauline Starke, Antonio Moreno, Mary Jane Irving and Rosemary Theby. Carey Wilson is the author. Pola Negri was recently displeased with one of the gowns she had to wear in a picture and so she showed her temperament. That’s what they get for not giving her a bathing girl career. GERTRUDE STEVENS Comedy Ingenue