Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

9 On Strips of Celluloid WHEN YOU’RE RUSHED FOR TIME AND MUST EAT Make a Bee Line for the CALIFORNIA CAFE Where Prompt Service and Fresh, Good Food Awaits GUS HARITOS, Proprietor 353 South Spring, Near 4th William Sullivan had this told to him. Female lingerie models often become absent-minded when entering one’s home. Dustin Famum does another short story for Close-Up. “JUST LIKE A WOMAN” Alice was pretty. More than that, she was snappy, she was chic. In other words, she had class about her. But why on earth did she go with a chap who didn’t even know how to talk to a girl? The one reason was that she loved him. Which is quite enough — for a woman. She finally decided to break him of the habit of silence. So she did. Now that they have been married for a year, he has fallen back into his old habit. Alice does all the talking. The men will understand this story. The women can. but won’t. WALLACE BEERY, DIRECTOR Green goggles and puttees for Wallace Beery. He is going to join the ranks of motion picture directors. In fact, he is already getting ready to make his first public appearance as a director — at the Writers’ Revue of 1923, which takes place at the Philharmonic Auditorium on the nights of April 27 and 28. Beery has been cast for a leading role in the stage production which the motion picture writers have been rehearsing for the past two weks. He is to be a director and has been practicing so earnestly that he can yell “camera” or “cut” without a single self-conscious blush. A new one by Edgar Lewis. We rented an apartment and got a “flat” rate. * * * Mitchell Lewis went down to Westlake Park to listen to the boys paddling the girls around the lake. ’Tis said that a pretzel is Ben Turpin’s coat of arms. PERT POINTS A new short story written by Estelle Taylor for Close-Up. “ABSENT-MINDEDNESS” Robert Jones was a book agent and he was bashful; then too, he was absent-minded. He wasn’t bad looking and he wore his clothes well when he wasn’t too absent-minded. He liked girls that he knew real well. How he ever got to know them is a mystery. However, Mable was one he knew. Robert was taking her out this evening, and they were riding on the street car to the movies downtown. Conversation languished to a mere occasional monosyllable on Robert’s part as he gazed — apparently fascinated— at the bright lights which flashed by. Suddenly recognizing a familiar land-mark, he arose and walked to the rear platform as the car stopped at a downtown corner. He swung off gracefully, remembered he was not alone, and helped the lady waiting to alight; then escorted her to the curb. As she stepped on the sidewalk, he noticed that she was knock-kneed. Mable was bow-legged. It was the wrong girl! I said that Robert was bashful. Did he now excuse himself and dash after the car? No, as he looked at her face, he absent-mindedly forgot he was bashful and asked the fair stranger what theater she preferred. Shirley Mason has a new one. A tall girl vampire asked for short vamp shoes, but couldn’t wear them because the new Sheik model squeezed her too much. The Royale Country Club Features the BURTNETT-MILLER ORCHESTRA (“THE UPPER TEN” HARMONISTS) This aggregation is composed of selected Soloists known for their pre-eminent ability as Masters of Syncopation. The WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY night AFFAIRS WILL LINGER IN YOUR MEMORY. “You Can’tMake Your Feet Behave When They Play” WHEN ARE YOU COMING? Let Us Know by Phone Santa Monica 63492 Wig Rental Hepner Method Permanent Wigs Waving our Specialty to Order Toupees Hair Hepner Toilette Preparations Dressing Phone 52220 1001 West Seventh Street Marcelling (Just west of Figueroa) Shampooing Jjepner INCORPORATED No Parking Restrictions NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D. C. LOS ANGELES