Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1924)

Gossip East 6-? West By Cdl York Till' monthly Hollywood sensation is Charlie Chaplin's victorious fistic encounter. Mm h to his own amazement and chagrin, Charlie was oru of the principals of a sensational fistic dud. fought in a wel) known Hollywood cafe, in the presence of his former wife, Mildred Harris, and his own guest of the evening, Mar) Mile Minter. The gentleman on the other end of Charlie's mighty right and the other end was the floor, believe me -was C. C. Julian, a well known oil operator in Los Angeles, It happened like this: Charlie and Mis Minter and another eouple were dining at the new and very fashionable Cafe Petroushka, on Hollywood Boulevard. This new eating pla< e is the latest favorite with the film colony — being run by a Russian pi in cess and cooked for by the chef of the late Czar Nicholas — and there was a large crowd presenl on this Sunday evening. Another party, a large one, which incluui '. Mildred Harris and Peggy Browne, a friend of hers, came in and took the next table to Chaplin and his party. According to all reports the ladies had nothing to do with the ensuing encounter. Julian, it is stated by all witnesses to the "The bigger they are the harder they fall," says Untiling Chaplin. And he paired it in the Cafe Petroushka in Hollywood recently. The gentleman with the .stem expression and pleated trousers in the background is Norman Sella/, once known to fame as Kid McCoy. The punchee is Mack Swain affair, even the ladies of his own party, was extremely boisterous, knocked over a lamp and did various other damage, before, on one of his trips about the room, he knocked against the chair occupied by Mr. Chaplin. The famous comedian asked him to be careful, whereupon .4// Hollywood teas delighted with the announcement of the engagement and is anxiously awaiting the marriage of Betty Compson ami Director James Cruse Julian assaulted him. striking him in the face. Whereupon Mr. Chaplin arose and with a neat left-right sent Mr. Julian to the floor. Spectators declare it was a very nifty and forceful piece of work. Charlie, who is always a most gentlemanly and well-conducted person, was much upset by the light forced upon him and especially by the fact that anyone might believe either Miss Harris or Miss Minter was involved in the matter. On the following Tuesday night Charlie attended the rights at the Vernon arena, and was received with wild cheers by the enormous crowd. From the ringside to the gallery, they greeted him with approbation and congratulations and he found himself the hero of the evening. npHERE has been some speculation as to * whether or not Rudolph Valentino's long absence from the screen would affect his drawing power on his return. Well, here's what happened recently in William-burg, a section of Brooklyn. Rudie was sued by the Roman Bronze Company for $165 for a bronze statue, used by an Italian newspaper in a contest. He was called to a magistrate's court in Williamsburg to answer to the suit and the news spread through Brooklyn. The result was that when Valentino arrived he had to have police assistance to force his way through the crowd of women that stormed the courtroom just to see him. Hundreds of women thronged the sidewalks, refusing to obey the orders of the police to move on. They wert on hand when Rudie arrived and there were more of them when he left, after paying half the bill of $165. It was fully ten minutes after he came out of the courtroom before the police could make a way for bis automobile through the crowd. WHEN Marguerite Snow Cruze, who is known to all her many friends in Hollywood as Peggy, recently returned from a visit to her mother in Georgia, she found that her divorced husband, James Cruze, the famous 71