Judge, 1921-10-01 · page 2 of 36
Judge — October 1, 1921 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is **not a political cartoon or satirical content**—it's a **full-page advertisement** for *Film Fun*, a competing monthly magazine devoted to motion pictures. The ad uses persuasive copy to promote *Film Fun* by describing it as uniquely entertaining: it features short stories with developed plots, approximately 75 pictures per issue in "art tone," and promises complete, satisfying narratives without the cliffhangers of serialized stories in other magazines. The rhetorical device "Murder!" is used playfully—referring to how other magazines' serialized heroines are "trailed across Continents" through suspenseful situations, leaving readers in agony. *Film Fun* offers readers respite: no such dramatic suffering required. The ad encourages newsstand purchase of the October issue, positioning the magazine as distinctly different from other motion picture monthlies of the era.
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JUDGE, Oct City, N People are always in a good humor when they read FILM FUN. A laughing mind is a mind responsive to the good things of life. FILM FUN is curativé; it rests the eyes and tickles the fancy. It is thatirare combination in maga- zinedom—a periodical that is bothsartistic and amusing. Another. point in the popularity:of FILM FUN is thatvit is. made up of short contributions—all but the stofiesand ‘they are long enough to develop a plot and hold your interest. Everything in FILM FUN is enter- taining and every story complete.: The average maga- zine holds its readers for protracted periods. The heroine must:’be trailed across Continents, through situ- ation after situation until you are ready to cry i Murder! The readers; of FILM FUN have no such agonies. The monthly meal of text and pictures (dpyaverage of 75 of ’em, all in art tone) is spread for your déléctation com- plete and filling. If you haven’t seen FILM FUN for some time it will pay you to look it up on the newsstand. It’s so entirely different from all the other motion picture monthlies. It’s a big “buy” too. Say to your newsdealer: Give me the October number of FILM FUN An independent illustrated monthly magazine devoted to the best interests of the motion picture art throughout the world. lass “Matter, October 21, 1881, at. the . Published d_ copyrighte W. D. Green, § ary; 627 W comicbooks.com