Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

15 ilium mm ~ RSONALITI ' ^iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiinMiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiuniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiuiiiiiinnniiiiiminmninii^ PEGGY BROWNE IN CAST After several years of globe-trotting and picture making in Europe and northern Africa, Richard Stanton, pioneer author, famed for his productions under the Ince and Fox banners, is once more to handle a made-in-California megaphone. He has been signed by Universal to make a special production starring William Desmond, dealing with those favorite heroes of fiction, the Northwest Mounted Police. Before coming West, Stanton had a deal on to make independent productions at the old Betzwood studios near Philadelphia, but the lure of California’s sunshine proved too strong a magnet and he is again in our midst. Stanton has been a favorite with producers because of his efficiency in making quality productions with no loss of time. For this reason his services were eagerly sought from the day the first red cap grabbed his portmanteau at the Espee station in Los Angeles. * * * * Neal Hart has a complaint. He says: “Here in L. A. there are nine girls to every man. I’d like to know what five of mine are doing right now.” * * * “Figuratively speaking, women have a language of their own,” asserts Eddie Barrett. * * * Free verse is not as hard to understand as the writers, says June La Vere. VIN MOORE A Comedy Director of Note “WELCOME TO OUR CITY” When John Tait, the famous restaurateur from San Francisco, decided to give our local natives and tourists a complete restaurant, he did not spare himself in its creation. For if you will make a trip on Broadway, between Fifth and Sixth streets, you will see the most effective and convenient restaurant in the city of Los Angeles. The transformation is simply astounding! The many thousands who patronized the Superba Theatre would hardly recognize their old happy hunting ground as it appears today. John Tait has never been blamed for doing things in half measures. His name is a synonym for perfection in things that cater to one’s thirst and hunger. We doubt very much if there is a cafe man in the entire United States who carries his enviable reputation. His place of business is known as “Tait’s Coffee Shop” and we venture to say that it is the most completely equipped coffee shop in Southern California. It is unique in its area, it has a balcony and restaurant complete on it. The main floor is fully one hundred and fifty feet deep — or more, and the kitchen ranges are separated at intervals for just so many customers. Its lunch counter for quick service will seat approximately one hundred and five or more at one sitting. Behind it there are a couple of hundred quarter oak tables for those desirous of leisurely dining. The entire scheme of decoration is gold and blue. The myriad globes throw a continuous stream of daylight on the diners beneath. This establishment is a long needed want in this city, as it is situated in the heart of the business district and ' is directly in the path of the many thousands who leave the theatres late at night. Thus it will serve as a rendezvous and a place for relaxation after the evening performance which the patrons may have witnessed. It remains open Twenty-four Hours Every Day! During this period a small army of employees will cater to you. The service and price are the outstanding features. Such things appeal most to patrons, but when we say this, you mustn’t get the impression that the food is of lesser quality, for on the contrary, the very highest grades of Comestibles are served. On the three occasions that we have been at the Coffee Shop, we heard only the highest form of praise for the establishment, food and service. The Moving Picture Colony — more especially the producing companies on location, filming episodes in the film stories in the city— are “catching on’ and it isn’t an unusual sight to see fifty to one hundred actors and actresses in this Coffee Shop at some period betwixt night and dawn. Eventually, no doubt, John Tait’s Coffee Shop will become the rule, instead of the exception, in catering to the various producing units who have to work in Los Angeles every night in the interests of the Silent Art. In behalf of the Moving Picture Colony, Close-Up extends the heartiest welcome to John Tait and his original ideas and effective, complete establishment to the city of Los Angeles. A DESIRABLE HOME We have the finest LIST of SELECTED HOMES in HOLLYWOOD. Won’t you let us show you just one of them? We will gladly CALL for you at any time, and you need not feel obligated to buy. Special attention to MOVIE PEOPLE. W. A. SNELGROVE, 6274 Hollywood Blvd. Phone 439-180. Joseph W. Girrard claims that the best place to repent for a misspent life is in Hollywood. * * * That well-known western actor and handsome manly individual Jack Hoxey is being featured in five-reel films with the Universal Film Company. He has already started.