Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

6 With Comedians in Comedy Lane At the Screen Door By Clarke Irvine No, The Screen Door has nothing to do with the Hollywoodworkers! * * * Well, they’ve uncovered “The Covered Wagon” and it is no mystery! * * * Betting in the colony is 2 to 1 that Pola stays Negra-tive! * * * “Ham under glass” — a movie actor in a Ford sedan! * * * Goldwyn’s making “Red Lights,” adapted from a Bat-ty play, “The Rear Car.” They otta call it “Red Tights” and be done wi’ it. * * * Doug and Mary have a baby — canary, in fact, sevrul. Saw ’em in “The Love Nest” or “Canary Cottage” in Mary’s bungalow on the lot. Cute? Yeah! * * Veterinary yanks cat’s ’pendix! Thought that vogue was enjoyed only by us humans ’cause of our erect posture. Oh knife, where is thy conscience? * * * Small Son — “Pa, what’s a closeup?” Big Daddy — “When the cameraman uses a short-focus lens!” * * Otto Lederer, famous Hebrew character actor, met a director and asked if his company was to do a Jewish story. “No — but if they keep on cutting this picture sure’ll be one!” * * * Line for the submarine forms at the bottom! ^ Johnnie Walker, bless ’is name, sent this in through The Screen Door: Synthetic — “Hoi’ on, one of my legs is shrinking!” Synthetic, too — “Do’ know — hie — p’raps you’re right — but you’re walking wi’ one foot in tha gut-ter, ol’ pal.” 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 n )t feel obligated to buy. Special attention to MOVIE PEOPLE. W. A. SNELGROVE, 6274 Hollywood Blvd. Phone 439-180. SCOTTY HAS A BIRTHDAY Scott R. Beall (Scotty) was host at the first birthday party of his life Saturday. Members of the cast of “The Brass Bottle” and of the staff of Maurice Tourneur productions filled the parlor of his home at 1383 North Ridgewood while he was away on an emergency call to Mr. Tourneur's home. “Scotty” is assistant director and production manager of Maurice Tourneur Productions at United Studios. “A member of a theatrical family, I’ve been on the move all my life and hardly ever have lived long enough in one place to become acquainted with people so that they would know my birthday,” Mr. Beall declared after he had recovered from his surprise. He was presented with a silk lounging robe by the cast and staff and a gold wrist watch by Mr. Tourneur. Among those present, besides members of the his family and relatives, were: Mr. Tourneur, Harry Myers, Charlotte Merriam, Ford Sterling, Arthur L. Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Menasco, Louise Lester, Fred Pelton, Nan Collins, Aggie Herring, Clarissa Selwynne, Edna May Strauss, Buddie Erickson, Anna Manee, Wesley Jones and Frank Evans. Good impressions are on labels this year, says Dr. G. J. Crandall. Public Sales We have purchased 122,000 pair U. S. Army Munson Last shoes, sizes 5% to 12, which was the entire surplus stock of one of the largest U. S. Government shoe contractors. This shoe is guaranteed one hundred per cent solid leather, color dark tan, bellows tongue, dirt and water proof. The actual value of this shoe is .$6.00. Owing to this tremendous buy we can offer same to the public at $2.95. Send correct size. Pay postman on delivery or send money order. If shoes are not as represented we will cheerfully refund your money promptly upon request. National Bay State Shoe Company 296 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. Reginald Denny pulls some new lines on us this time. I once had a collie dog. A nice affectionate dog. Sometimes too affectionate. Doggone her. With a cold nose. And damp. Used to wake me up. Poking her nose in my face. And in the morning, early. Pulling all the blankets off and racing away with them. Br-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r ! So I sent her to the pound. AND!!!!!! I once had a wife. A nice affectionate wife. Sometimes too affectionate. Doggone her. With a cold nose. And damp. Used to wake me up. Poking her nose in my face. And' in the morning, early. Pulling all the blankets off and loudly screaming, “Get up!” Br-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r ! So I sent her to Reno. * * * Alice Lake, May McAvoy and other stars who have won the weekly Cocoanut Grove dancing contests at the Ambassador are priming themselves in readiness for the battle against society buds and others who have won, when the yget in the grand finals, which will be held on April 26th. There has been so much argument as to who should be the judges for these final contests, so that there would be no partiality shown to motion picture or society people, the Ambassador management decided to form a committee of judges from the dramatic critics of the Los Angeels newspapers. * * * Blanche Sweet and Bert Lytell started for an oil well where they were to shoot for “The Meanest Man in the World”; the machine broke down on the road and the camera car behind it skidded into it and sent the camera flying onto the pavement. The company went back to the lot for repairs. Something happened to the, studio wiring and three producing companies were without lights for two hours, with resulting idleness costing thousands of dollars. * * * Dr. J. F. Holleran says that when extremes meet, that should be the end of it.