Judge, 1922-01-14 · page 36 of 36
Judge — January 14, 1922 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **advertising copy**, not political satire. Judge magazine is promoting "Film Fun," a companion publication dedicated to cinema entertainment. The page advertises Film Fun's February issue (64 pages, 20 cents) featuring: - **"Flimericks"** — puns combining "film" with limericks - **"Scenario"** — a new moving-picture guessing game - Content about movie stars, including "Movie Stars in Disguise" and "Hidden Stars" - 170 photographs and reviews of 10 new feature films The illustration shows a figure in silhouette viewing a mirror or screen — a visual metaphor for cinema itself. The humor is gentle wordplay ("reel jokes" punning on "real"; "Have you a movie back?" — unclear reference, possibly "movie back" as a joke type). This reflects the early 1900s film industry's novelty and the enthusiastic fan culture developing around cinema during this period.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Reel fun— “FILM FUN NEW | IDEAS COMICS JOKES NEWS CONTESTS FICTION ‘SCENARIO ILM FUN for February is on the stands—64 pages of dandy pictures, good stories and reel jokes. The cover is just a suggestion of the good things inside —you’ll like the ‘‘Flimericks’’ and the new Moving Picture Game ‘‘Scenario’”’ —you’ll be interested in the question, ‘‘Have you a movie back?’ ; —the pages of Star Shots on the Links, the Villain page, the page of Movie Stars in Disguise, the Scenario Con- test, Film Flaws and Infilmation, the Hidden Stars, Film Fun’s Photo Stories —170 smashing fine pictures and the review of 10 new Feature Productions. This is the treat that Film Fun is offering you in its February issue, 20 cents at any good news stand! PRESS OF WILLIAM GREEN, NEW YORK comicbooks.com