Judge — July 25, 1914 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page satirizes the European craze for movie poster stamps. The headline "POSTER STAMPS THE EUROPEAN CRAZE" with the subtext "Europe is poster-stamp mad. The fad has just started here" indicates this was a new collecting phenomenon reaching America. The twelve stamps shown are reproductions of actual European film posters from 1914, featuring silent films like "Ragtime," "Just for the Movies," and "She's My Daisy." Some stamps appear to be German exhibition posters ("Kunstgewerbe Museum"). Judge's satire mocks Europeans' enthusiasm for collecting decorative stamps depicting movies—treating cinema as high culture worthy of philatelic preservation. The piece suggests American audiences are just beginning this supposedly frivolous trend, warning readers about this imported European fad.