Judge — June 5, 1920 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a photograph (credited to Abe) showing **Peggy Floyd**, described as "a Mack Sennett sirene," sitting under studio lighting equipment. The caption's humor plays on her predicament: she's "waiting the call of the wild director" while overdressed in her part, hoping to escape the spotlight and obtain "a chance to shed it, effulgence to pacify the Bennett-demand for undoubted beauty." The satire mocks **Hollywood's film industry conventions**—specifically the exploitative nature of studio system casting. Sennett's comedies were known for featuring attractive women in absurd situations. The joke suggests the actress is trapped under harsh studio lights, ironically needing to remove her "efful­gence" (radiance) rather than display it, highlighting the uncomfortable conditions and unrealistic demands placed on performers in early cinema.