Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

8 Shadows From the Silver Sheet { GOSSIP BY THE ROUNDER j i — •* THEY’VE STARTED With the complete cast and executive staff chosen, Constance Talmadge has started on the Joseph M. Schenck production, “Duley,” her first feature of 1923, with Sidney Franklin directing. The entire Talmadge company has gone to Barstow, where the initial scenes are to be photographed. Lavish preparations have been made for the filming. Two California limited trains and scores of Indians will be used in the opening scene of the film. Jack Mulhall is to play opposite Miss Talmadge and Claude Gillingwater, noted character actor; Ann Wilson. Johnnie Harron, Ann Cornwall, Andre de Beranger, Gilbert Douglas and Milla Davenport are important members of the cast. Members of the executive staff chosen to work with Sidney Franklin are: Assistant director, Millard Webb; Jack Wagner and Harry Maynard, assistants to Mr. Webb; Norbert Brodin, cameraman; Johnny Walters, assistant cameraman; Jess Moulin, electrician; Eddie Tyler, property man; James Mannatt, still photographer, and John Podmore, grip. * * * At last the inevitable has happened! Jack Mower, with whom the producers have been dangling in the past, has finally signed a five-year contract with the Universal Film Company. During this period Jack will be featured. He has already started on a serial under the direction of Buddy Messenger. The cast supporting the leads is an excepitonal one of talent. So anyone desirous of writing Jack Mower during the next five years will herein gain his permanent address. VERSATILITY HAS FAULTS There are times when it doesn’t pay to be versatile, in the opinion of William Humphrey. Humphrey is now playing a principal role in Rex Ingram’s current production, “Scaramouche,” at the Metro Studio. He has just returned from a long trip abroad, during which he made several super-feature films in England and France. It seems to Humphrey, though, that nearly every time he gets a big role, as an actor, some producer comes along and offers him a fat salary check. The same thing has happened, too, while he has been busy directing. Only a few months ago, in England, while Humphrey was directing “The Wife God Forgot,” Robert Brunton, then in London, bid high for Humphrey’s services as an actor. And now, while he is tied up “in a knot” with his part in “Scaramouche,” another prominent local producer is angling for his services as a director. Dale Fuller in San Francisco. Although her note is terse, it says a good deal. It follows: “Hello — working like everything in ‘Greed’ as ‘Maria Marcopia.’ ” We suppose she is referring to Eric Stroheim’s picture. Stroock’s Genuine CAMELS-HAIR OVER-COATS $65 Piccadilly Model 548-550 South Broadway National Shirt Shops Loehr Harmon does his best. It doesn’t take any athletic ability the advice given by a supposedly sapient philosopher, and King Baggot, Universal director, has had his hitched to the same star for six pictures in succession. The star in question was Gladys Walton, but now the tables have turned and the director who used to co-star, before there were stars, with Mary Pickford in the old Imp Company, has been given a male favorite to direct, namely Herbert Rawlinson. “Crossed Wires” was the latest feature King Baggot made with Miss Walton, while the production he will make with Rawlinson is temporarily titled “Richard.” * * * Petrie’s on Sixth street knows a very fervent golfer who has nine holes in his socks and also insists on a couple of courses for dinner. 217 W. Si^tH St 751 S. BtoadWay (Formerptt E CHOCOLATE 5H0PS) A blend of delicious food and superior service in an environment of artistry and refinement gives character to the “Brown” Shops Luncheon DINNER Fountain Service Candy Ragtime Calif. Golden Per lb. $1.00 Pastry That Is Different Such is life in the movies! to “run” through money. For the convenience of busy people Resources 55 Million Dollars The Editor received a card from “Hitch your wagon to a star” was