Close Up (Oct 1920 - Aug 1923)

.jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii" A NEARER POINT OF VIEW “CLOSE-UP" A MAGAZINE OF MOVIE-LAND I VOL. X, No. 2. LOS ANGELES. CALIF., AUGUST 5th, 1923. TEN CENTS g liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiffliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiii ABOUT DALE FULLER “SYD” GETS BUSY LANDY LEAVES COOGAN COMPANY After six months with the Jackie Coogan Productions, Inc., George Landy has resigned as director of publicity for this organization. Prior to his affiliation with the Coogans, Landy was in charge o,f west coast publicity for Associated First National Pictures, under John McCormick, western representative, and also handled publicity and exploitation for Richard Walton Tully Productions. In New York, before coming to California, Landy was well known in film circles, where he worked in the publicity departments of a number of the important producing and distributing organizations. Laurence Weingarten will succeed Landy as publicity director for Jackie Coogan Productions. He returned recently from the East, where he spent about a year representing Sacred Films, Inc., in a general sales and publicity capacity. Before this affiliation, Weingarten was well known in publicity circles locally as a representative of Ince, Reid and other leading producers. “PECK’S BAD BOY” SERIES STARTED Arrangements have been made between Principal Pictures Corporation and Bennie Zeidman whereby the latter will produce the series of Peck stories for Principal Pictures distribution. Jackie Coogan made “Peck’s Bad Boy” and Sol Lesser of the Principal organization at that time, purchased the screen rights for the entire Peck series of books. “Peck’s Bad Boy and His Pa” will be the first story to be made. Edward F. Cline will direct the film which will be in full feature length. The scenario is now being prepared by Harry Carr, John Grey, and Walter Anthony. Work will commence immediately at the Principal Pictures studio, Hollywood. George K. Arthur is starting on “Jack of Diamonds.” Here’s a bright title for you. Maybe it’s a costume picture and has a king and queen. A protean production in which Dale Fuller will play every role, masculine and feminine, may be the latest cinema novelty if negotiations which are now under way between the character star of Von Stroheim's “Greed” and a certain firm of San Francisco financiers, who believe there would be a market for such a feature, materialize. Since leaving the stage, Miss Fuller, has made a specialty of complex character roles, first rising to prominence in Von Stroheim’s “Foolish Wives.” She has also appeared to advantage in Rupert Julian’s “MerryGo-Round,” “Tea With a Kick,” “Souls for Sale,” and is said to have her biggest role in “Greed,” which was based on Frank Norris’ “McTeague.” Protean sketches have been done in vaudeville by the noted Henri de Vries, and a masculine protean picture was made by Ray Cannon, but this will be the first time it has ever been attempted by an actress. LOUISE FAZENDA SIGNED With the signing of Louise Faenda to a long-term contract the Warner Bros, add another film favorite to their growing list of stars. ETHEL BROADHURST SCREEN INGENUE Who has returned to Hollywood. The biggest and most extravagant comedy-drama in the history of motion pictures, is to be directed for First National by John McDermott and will be a screen adaptation of Edward Paulton’s famous play, “Her Temporary Husband.” The film interpretation of this play will be six reels in length and the making of the picture will involve the expenditure of half a million dollars. Not that it will actually cost that much money! The town of Long Beach, California, with a population of 125,000, has placed itself at the disposal of Director McDermott. Long Beach won out over San Francisco and several other California cities because it was the exact locale necessary for the making of this picture. The Chamber of Commerce, city manager, city council and other officials of this city have offered to assist in making “Her Temporary Hushand,” the greatest comedy-drama that has ever been screened. The city fire department, police department, many fraternal organizations and secret societies of Long Beach will take part in many of the scenes which call for as many as ten thousand people. The interiors of the film will be made at the United Studios in Hollywood. An all-star cast will interpret the play. Sydney Chaplin has been cast in the leading male role. Work is scheduled to begin within the next week. GOOD PICTURES MAKE MONEY Director Frank Borzage, who just finished his new picture, “The Age of Desire,” is a firm believer in peace, but at the same time he is a fighter. He says that “Clean and inspiring motion pictures will do more than any other power to bring about world peace if properly applied.” His new picture is studded with a glittering star cast, including Mary Philbin, Myrtle Stedman, William Collier, Jr., Frederick Truesdell, Frankie Lee, Edith Yorke, J. Farrell MacDonald and others.