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Dunham Thorp, Motion Picture, New York, December 1928.
Movie-Go-Round
By Louella O. Parsons
Los Angeles, Sept. 1. – Hollywood tourists, disappointed
in not getting into the studios, can cheer up and take
heart. Harry Crocker, scion of the famous Crocker family
of San Francisco and able young juvenile actor,
has established a museum where, for the price of 25 cents,
miniature motion picture sets, relics of certain films
and the costumes worn by world famous stars may be seen.
On Sunset boulevard, 5815 to be exact,
and across the street from the Warner Brothers‘ Studios,
Mr. Crocker has established this motion picture
museum of Hollywood. On Friday night it was formally
opened with Charlie Chaplin assisting Mr.
Crocker in the professional preview. Charlie, who has sent
his famous derby, his trick cane and the first pair
of pants he wore in his comedies, is greatly interested
in this museum. Why not? Harry is his assistant
and has been associated with him for several years.
Photo. Harry Crocker
(...) San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 2, 1928
& Snapshots of Hollywood
By Louella O. Parsons
Motion Picture Editor, Universal Service.
ANDREA DE SEGUROLA dancing the tango at the
Montmartre with Gloria Swanson. Lou Anger
travelling to San Diego via plane. They are all doing it these
days. George K. Arthur going to market with a friend.
Eleanor Boardman trying to make up her mind whether to cut
her hair to play a part in a picture or keep it long.
Henry Bergman assisting his friend, Harry Crocker, at the
opening of the Motion Picture Museum. Emil
Jannings sending part of his luncheon to Ruth Chatterton,
who occupies a nearby dressing room at the
Paramount Studios.
Snapshots of Hollywood collected at random: June
Collyer depositing the week‘s salary in the bank
of Italy. Lina Basquette lunching at the Montmartre in riding
clothes. She left the horse at home. Buster Keaton
buying fishing tackle to take to Catalina. Vera Reynolds
with newly blondined hair. Dewey the Dempsey‘s
chauffeur, announcing that the Dempsey play is a success.
Ruth Elder backing into another car on Hollywood
boulevard. All of Hollywood at the professional preview
of Harry Crocker‘s museum.
(...) San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 6, 1928
„So he went to Charlie, his boss, and begged the item“
Editorial content. „Art: Gilt and Golden
Hollywood Has Historical Museums of Both Sorts
By Dunham Thorp
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-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.“ (...)
Second of nine photos: „Charlie Chaplin‘s original outfit.“
Harry Crocker‘s Motion Picture Museum on Sunset
Boulevard in Los Angeles opens August 31, 1928 and closes
January 1, 1929.
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