Judge, 1918-02-09 · page 27 of 36
Judge — February 9, 1918 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This Judge page satirizes early Hollywood's absurdity by mocking actors pretending to be things they're not. Maine fishermen pose as Broadway types in a Goldwyn film despite knowing nothing about checkers—the joke being that actors don't need actual knowledge of their roles. Similarly, the page ridicules a movie director teaching an actress to "fall gracefully overboard" for a film called "A Heart's Revenge," and notes that Tom Mix's horse "Aggie" somehow understands when to fall during gunfights. The satire targets the fakery of silent film acting: performers need only look the part, not understand it. A secondary joke mocks Mary Garden, an opera singer forced to work two jobs (grand opera *and* movies) for meager pay, consoled only by her Serbian-born Pekingese dog—highlighting Hollywood's exploitative wages even for established talent.
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‘These Maine fishermen are camouflaging, for their habitat is Broadway. ‘They get away with it, however, in the Gold- wyn screen play, and while their white locks and whiskers are sheer bunk their checker game is a me. Imagine an actor knowing any thing or caring anything about checkers! Vhe cheerful cuss in the foreground is a movie director explaining to the young lady how to fall gracefully overboard into the girl about to take the is Sonia Markova. ‘The picture is to be called “.\ Heart’s Revenge” (nice, quict title, that), and the deserted soul out on the bowsprit is the camera-man waiting for the b\ —_ ‘Tom Mix, cowboy of the sercen, and his knowing horse, “Aggie,” are pictured below in a forthcoming Fox oduction—Cupid’s Round Up,” and Aggie” knows just how to fall when Tom gets ready to plug the desperadoes who are trying to kidnap Tom’s sweet- “heart in the play. bread and butter by work jobs—grand opera and the She has one consolation (be: ides her * pay-envelope) and he’s a Pekingese born in Serbia—says the press-agent. comicbooks.com