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Professor J. Tarbotton Armstrong, curator of the Cinematograph Museum which recently has been opened, under the auspices of the University of Southern California
TWO down, and — how many generations is it that the sins of the fathers still go visiting? Our sainted cinema, born of penny arcades and art museums, has now, in its twenty-oddth year, whelped a two-bit peep-show and a Cinematograph Museum.
The former makes a slight bluff at being inspired only by an altruistic yen to satisfy the frustrated yearnings of out
Art: Gilt
Hollywood Has Historical
By DUNHAM THORP
of-towners barred admission to the lots. But this is only for politeness' sake, and is not insisted on. They're perfectly willing to be frank, and admit that it's really nothing more than the bright idea of an already wealthy young man to make himself even more so — a good thing, while it lasts.
Harry Crocker, the son of a San Francisco millionaire, and an assistant to Charlie Chaplin, is the young man. And to this young man came a vision: hosts, hordes, myriads and multitudes storming studio gates, only to be turned away with their curiosity still unsatisfied. Maybe these people would pay to have this craving fed? And if they would? Divide a myriad by four, and you still have plenty dollars.
So he went to Charlie, his boss, and begged the item that is still the most cherished in his whole exhibit: his original costume — shoes, pants, coat, cane, and all. With such a start, could he fail?
He didn't. Doug and Mary came next, and also came across. Jack Gilbert donated the costumes he wore in "The Big Parade" and in "The Cossacks": Valentino's "Son of the Sheik" outfit was exhumed, and several swords, including one from "Monsieur Beaucaire." Lillian Gish gave her "Scarlet Letter," and Fred Thomson a gold-and-silver-inlaid saddle. And so it went. Crocker is well liked, and — anything to help a friend.
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ACCUMULATED CULTURE
HEN, as the 'piece de resistance, a complete set, with ights, camera, wax
At the left, Charlie Chaplin's original outfit; then Valentino's "Son of the Sheik" clothes; at the right, Harry Crocker, in an old instrument of torture
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