Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Close Up
Date:
Oct 1920 - Aug 1923
Volume:
Close-Up (1920-1923)
Leaf #:
000202
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Global Cinema, and Switzerland
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:
June 20, 2024
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“Night by Night” — In Hollywood (Without apologies to Emile Coue or Anyone Else) By OBSERVATUS * * * This is translated from the French to the English and down to the low-down for the Hollywoodites. Here goes: * * * Jean Riley, actress, has sent her husband, Bill Mooney, to jail for one or two years on the charge of bigamy. * * * Saw Aileen Pringle, Goldwyn player, in a new coat of monkey and broadtail. What does this mean ? * * * Louise Fazenda, comedy actress, is pulling a funny gag by running around with a guy who is not in pictures. * * * N. B. — Morphine is now selling for $65 an ounce. * * * William D. Taylor, slain director, only left $18,733 to his daughter. Where are the other two dollars ? * * * Elaine Hammerstein claims that her Selznick contract was broken by “mutual consent." This must be a new joke. * * * There is supposed to be a new theory on the Taylor case. But it’s only a new detective with some personal views. * * * Pauline Frederick seems to be spending her time “courting” these days. That is, according to her lawsuits. * * * No, the Vitagraph Company is not out of business. * * * It seems that the wild waves kept Cecil B. DeMille from seeing the wild cannibals. This was a wild idea in the first place. * * * Ruby Miller, English actress, who is considered the best dressed woman in London, is here in the city. Anyway, she has made some of our would-be high-brows sit up and take notice. * * * Charley Chaplin has titled his first dramatic picture featuring Edna Purviance, “Public Opinion.” This is a good title for a new picture, as a lot will depend on the title — if you know what I mean. * * * Penrhyn Stanlaws, noted artist and director, claims that bobbed hair is no longer in style. What does he mean — “no longer in style”? I never saw bobbed hair yet that was long. ♦ * * Wanda Hawley says her husband, whom she is suing for divorce, called her a “brainless fool." Well? * * * Now that the narcotic head has the list of addicts, what is he going to do with it? 1 don’t think he knows himself. * * * Estelle Taylor claims that some man stole a $2000 brooch from her handbag at a popular cafe. Why did she let him get so close? One picture girl said that the only valentine she got was a broken heart from a villain. * * * Eddie Gribbon, comedy actor, was mistaken for a waiter the other night at a local cafe when he appeared in evening clothes. * * * Someone used a blackjack on Max Fisher’s head, but he said it didn’t hurt him. That’s a hard-headed guy for you. v * * Carlos de Mandil, orchestra leader at the Mission Theater last summer, has been divorced because he was vain about his whiskers. This is ticklish business. * * * Jack Gardner, “the human fly,” is in pictures. Does this mean we all get a swat at him ? * * * A man laughed so loud in a theater in New York that he was arrested and fined $10. According to that, a giggle is worth about two dollars to a comedian. * * * “Elevator Man Kills Man Who Rang Twice” — headline. What if he had rung four times? Would it have been worse than death? * * * Now that Phyllis Haver is in the real estate business, does that mean we can see her “lots”? * * * Is Marguerite De La Motte going to marry John Bowers? * * * Antonio Moreno has been posing for collar ads, but he does not receive any credit. * * * Conrad Nagel signed a contract with Goldwyn, but forgot to tell Lasky anything about it, and now they are mad at him. * * * Goldwyn is fighting the suit that Helene Chadwick brought against them recently for not allowing her to work any place else. (Very softly) — Helene is very ambitious. * * * Barbara La Marr has weakened to auto-suggestion and will be the queen at the Auto Show in Dallas, Texas. * * * Howard E. Bixby, the smallest actor in the movies, was married recently to a woman of normal size. This is certainly the long and short of matrimony. * * * According to the press agent, Frank Mayo saved Eleanor Boardman from drowning while doing some water scenes (without water) at the local studio. * * * That reminds me, Eleanor Boardman was bit by a camel. Don’t use ’em; Lucky Strikes are much better. ♦ * * If it wasn’t for the women, what would the poor men do? They would have more money! (Fade Out)