Judge, 1921-07-09 · page 2 of 36
Judge — July 9, 1921 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It promotes the July issue of "The Magazine of Reel Merriment" and a publication called "Film Fun." The illustration shows a young man labeled "Young Brown, a consistent student of the movies" presenting a magazine to a woman at a desk. The joke is that Brown applauds pictures on screen but won't applaud the same pictures in his "Film Fun" magazine—a humorous contradiction about his inconsistent standards. The advertisement emphasizes "Film Fun" as "the only publication in the world devoted to the humor of the screen," containing 67 photographs of stars and 250 articles, jokes, and sketches. It notes the editor made "Judge" successful, positioning this as a comparable quality product for motion picture fans of the 1920s era.
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Younc Brown, A _cCOoNSsIS- TENTSTUDENTOF THE MOVIES, SEES NO REASON WHY HAV- ING APPLAUDED THE PICTURES ON THE SCREEN HE SHOULDN’T 5 APPLAUD THE WONDERFUL PICTURES IN HIS COPY OF “Fitm Fun.” HE July number of “The Magazine of Reel Merriment” is the best issue ever offered the motion picture fans of America. It is the only publication in the world devoted to the humor of the screen. It contains 67 corking photographs and drawings of screen stars, and 250 articles, stories, poems, jokes and personality sketches. Film Fun starts with the funniest cover ever published on any movie magazine, and is a solid meat of merri- ment through its entire contents. Edited by the man who made Judge so successful, it is beautiful in appear- ance and fascinating in text and pictures. Read it—bigger, better, breezier and more beautiful than ever—the July FILM FUN At Your Nearest Newsdealer—NOW ay Matter, October 2., 1881 at the ffice at New York City, N. Y., oi 1879. $7.00a Shes 5¢ a Copy, 20¢ in Canada, Published weekly and_ copys righted roar by the Leslie-Judg Green. Pres.; gies ra Cooke, Vice-Pres.; E. J. McDonnell, ‘Treas.: W. D. Green, Secretary; 225 Fifth ‘AV