Judge, 1919-08-16 · page 21 of 36
Judge — August 16, 1919 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* collects brief comedy items mocking early cinema and contemporary society (likely 1910s-1920s based on references to film industry practices). **Movie Industry Satire:** Multiple jokes target Hollywood's rapid growth and absurdities—actresses earning enormous salaries, studios demanding expensive "raises," and the disconnect between film fantasy and reality. "A Movie Baker" jokes that even inedible props must meet sanitary standards, mocking the film industry's peculiar priorities. **Social Commentary:** The "Personal Experience" cartoon (in Danish) and anecdotes about church workers and automobile owners reflect period anxieties about modernity and changing social values. **The "Last Word" joke** inverts expectations: a theater patron's polite hat-removal request becomes passive-aggressive when he admits he'd already planned to move seats—a commentary on social pretense. **Notable:** Theda Bara reference confirms the 1910s-1920s timeframe; she was a famous silent film actress. The magazine collects brief, punchy gags typical of early 20th-century American humor publications.
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MOVIES Match—"I hear determined to marry an actress.” Yes.” “Permit me to condole with you.” “Condole? That stufi’s out of date Why, she makes ten thousand a week in the movies.” —Aansas City Journal Precept — Van — Congratulate me! Bill proposed last night Inn—How in the world did he get up the courage? Van—We went to a movie show last night and saw a delicious love scene in the picture. —Film Fun “The ays she toming To It star wants another raise. She money.” Good heavens! What “She wants to maintain press agent in every city in the ¢ Film Fun needs the for?” a personal ntry.”” A Movie Baker—"Here you! You are not baking those pies in a manner iently sanitary for foodstuffs.” hese are movie pies to throw at Kansas City Journal. A Personal Experience “Tyfus, jo Tak, jeg har haft den selo—en modbydelig Sygdom er det, en ganske neder- dragtig Sygdom, enten kreperer man af den, cller man bliver skérkocedet.” phus, yes, that’s an awful sickness. Ihave had it myself. You either die of it or go mad."—Klods Hans (Copenhagen). In the Museum of Natural History Paris), Le Rir The Last Word—* Madam,” said the little man at a motion picture show “would you mind removing your hat?" “TL certainly would replied the haughty matron “Yes, ma'am. I'm not the least bit disappointed. 1 rather thought you would object, so I picked out another seat before 1 asked you.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. sir,” A Dry Scenario—" Now this scenario of mine is laid entirely in the desert. It will be very inexpensive to film.” “1 sce that. But there’s no chance for my beautiful bunch of bathing girls.” Louisville Courier Journal. A Possibility—"And you've named her Gwendolynne. Why didn’t you call her something more practical?” That is practical. She may want to go into the movies when she grows up.” —Wichita Eagle Horrors—Visitor—Why did you dis charge your shipping clerk? Exchange Manager—He sent a Theda Bara film, instead of an educational, to a church affair.—Film Fun Studio Tragedy—“What’s the mat- ter with that motion picture comedian?” “He's laid up for repairs.” “Did he meet with an accident?” Not exactly. One of the supernu meraries who had a grudge against him inserted a horseshoe in a pic.”"—Birming- ham Age-Herald. 2 have the wrong catalogue.” A Word Grenade—Lxcited Proprie- tor—He: Ad Writer—What is it? “Never use that word ‘verve’ aga an advertisement! Here in this morn- ing’s issue you have a statement that our ‘salesforce is full of verve’ and the con- founded printer has got it ‘nerve’!” Philadelphia Ledger Shade of Hoyle—" You must join our Baraca,” said the affable church worker. “I'm afraid T can't, ma’am,” said the new arrival in the neighborhood Why not?” “Well, to tell the truth, I don’t know one card from another.”’—Birmingham Age-Herald. In a Manner of Speaking—Walter Adams is now zoosing around in a new automobile. Luther Martin transacted matrimony in Morrilton Saturday.— land (Ark.) Democrat. Pays Some—'Latin is a dead lan- guage, isn’t it?” Ves?! “Does it pay to study it?” “Depends on your game. Doctors and ers seem to make it pay very well.” vansas City Journal. comicbooks.com