Judge — November 15, 1919 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page, November 15, 1919 **Title:** "Late for the Movies" **Image:** A cartoon by Walter De Maris depicting a crowded automobile speeding along a curved road, packed with six or seven people in fashionable 1919 attire, all appearing excited or alarmed. **Meaning:** This is a humorous domestic scene rather than political satire. The joke plays on the popular leisure activity of attending movies—a relatively new entertainment form in 1919. The caption and scene mock the frenzy and recklessness people displayed rushing to see films, cramming multiple passengers into a vehicle and driving dangerously fast. It satirizes the emerging "movie culture" and automobile enthusiasm of the era, poking fun at Americans' enthusiasm for these modern conveniences.