Judge, 1921-07-16 · page 2 of 38
Judge — July 16, 1921 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It promotes the July issue of *Film Fun*, a humor magazine devoted to motion pictures. The illustration shows a young man ("Young Brown") reading a copy of *Film Fun* while seated at a desk. The advertisement's humor derives from a gentle joke: Brown is so absorbed in the magazine's comedic film content that he applauds the pictures printed on its pages—treating static illustrations as if they were moving pictures on a screen. The ad emphasizes *Film Fun*'s appeal: 67 photographs and drawings of screen stars, plus 250 articles, stories, poems, and jokes. It was edited by someone who "made Judge so successful," suggesting editorial credibility and cross-magazine promotion.
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Younc Brown, A consiIs- TENTSTUDENT OF 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 “Firm 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