Judge, 1918-03-02 · page 27 of 36
Judge — March 2, 1918 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes silent film stars and the movie industry's demands on performers. The text mocks: **Norma Talmadge**: Criticized for earning $10,000 weekly while exhausted from shooting nine reels per fortnight, managing press agents and dressmakers—implying stars are overpaid yet perpetually frazzled. **George Beban**: Shown manipulating a baby to extract tears from audiences in an emotional melodrama, satirizing the artificial sentimentality of silent films. **Catherine Calvert** and other unnamed actresses appear in promotional photos for their films. The bottom item ridicules a scenario involving "Taylor Holmes" (likely actor Taylor Holmes) sleeping in another man's room while wearing a monocle—sarcastically questioning both the plot's contrivance and the character's pretentiousness. The satire targets Hollywood's manufactured emotions, absurd plotting, and the physical/financial toll on performers, suggesting the industry prioritizes spectacle over sense.
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The man with the sock on his head ist George Beban. With the help of a hired studio infant he is prying open the tear- ducts of movie fans as a sob-brother in “Jules of the Strong Heart.” Cw Move S OLowere Catherine Calvert as the heroine of “A Romance of the Underworld” ~ has been, shad- Poor Norma Talmadge, i eae worn to a frazzle by the . \S page. strenuosities of her art and 8 i How would you like , the exactions of the camera- to be the man higher man, has just retired to up? The understanding the deep seclusion of a Palm fallow: ia oldidoc Beach caravanserie—for ten Fairbanks. days. It takes a : ae super strong woman to draw down a pitiful ten thousand a week and yet keep up the awful grind of agonizing through nine reels a fortnight, to say nothing of the interruptions of press agents, dresssmakers and suchlike. Elizabeth's brother brought home his friend (Taylor Hoimes) to spend a week with them and gives the guest his room. Elizabeth (Virginia Valli) not_knowing this (being an innocent movie picture actress) goes in to wake her brother in the morning and finds the stranger. We don’t want to be over-critical but it seems to us the brother's friend is too darn fresh. And why does he sleep in his monocle? comicbooks.com