Judge, 1923-03-10 · page 16 of 36
Judge — March 10, 1923 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **film advertisement/promotion page**, not satire. It publicizes "The Scarecrow," a 1920s Film Guild production based on Percy Mackaye's play, starring Glenn Hunter and Mary Aster. The page includes: - Character sketches (costume designs) - Plot descriptions of the supernatural melodrama - Photographs from the film showing scenes and actors - Story details about Lord Ravensbane, a devil-created character kept alive by tobacco who vanishes in smoke when his pipe breaks The humor appears incidental—the absurd premise (a devil's son sustained by smoking) rather than deliberate satire. This is promotional material designed to entice Judge magazine readers to see the film, not to mock political figures or social issues.
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Glenn Hunter 22 ‘‘The Scarecrow’’ A Film Guild Production of Percy Mackaye’s Masterpiece Mary Aster as Rachel, the girl who loves and is loved by the devil's own offspring. Glenn Hunter as Lord Ravensbane, Mister Devil’s little boy. Elliot Cabot and Glenn Hunter as Richard Talbot and Lord Ravensbane What chance has Richard to be him- self again if he must meet in mortal com- bat the devil’s own favorite son? Lord Ravensbane is mysteri- ously produced by the devil, and is kept alive by the use of tobacco. When he wants to shuffle off, instead of hitting the well-known pipe, he breaks it and goes up in smoke,