Judge, 1925-04-25 · page 16 of 36
Judge — April 25, 1925 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two satirical cartoons about Hollywood and employment, plus a film review column by Carroll Carroll. **Top cartoon:** A job applicant claims he can use a telephone, but admits he only lasted three months at his previous position and "never got the number"—mocking workplace incompetence and poor communication skills. **Bottom cartoon:** Titled "After Knocking Over and Smashing Statue," depicts a "self defense" scenario where someone claims to have drawn a knife in response—satirizing absurd legal justifications for violence or destruction of property. **Right column:** "The Reel Stuff" critiques contemporary films (likely 1920s releases), listing what's "wrong" with each picture. It mocks Hollywood excess—noting *Quo Vadis* has 19,999 of 20,000 things wrong, and *The Swan* satirizes Hollywood itself. A secondary item jokes about a charitable woman who would be insufferable watching a travel film about the Baktiari people, unable to stop guilt-tripping about wasted resources. The humor targets both employment absurdity and Hollywood's pretensions.
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: 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The Reel Stuf By Carroll Carroll What Wrong With These Pictures— The Last Laugh—Nothing. Greed—Very litth Sackeloth and Scarlet— Everything. No Man Has Loced— Ditto. Sally—A few scenes do not include Colleen Moore. Quo Vadis—19,999 things out of ac of 20,000, including Emil Jannings. The School for Wives—Its title. The Lost World—The plot, if any. The Swan—Hollywood. Prospective Euptoyer—Can you make yourself understood on the i tele phone? | i Sour Youtu—Can't say. 1 was only in my last place three months ooo000000000000000000000 Glorifying the Amer- ij and I necer got the number! ” 1g ican Travelogue ast week T saw a picture with no hero, this week one with 50,000, none of whom bore the name and style Valentino, Meighan or Dix. Aunt Louise, who did mis- sionary work in French-Indo China and always says, “It's a shame to waste those bread oo00000000000000000N00NNDNDNNNDNNNNN crusts when soo many dear little Armenian babies are starving” (what did Armenian babies live on before we Americans discov crusts), would enjoy Take her to sec it. On second thought don’t. For if you do she'll follow you around. the golf links the next time you play saying, every time you dig up a bit of the fairway, “It’s a shame to waste that good grass when so many members of the Baktiari tribes walk miles for it twice a ye Through ng river tor- rents, over snow-capped peaks, up almost perpendicular bluffs, their search for grass leads these primitive people. Like the faithful letter carrier their motto seemingly being “nor snow, nor rain, nor hail nor ~ ee eee Arter Knocxrnc Over Anp Saasutne Statve—Shelf defenshe—he drew a knife on me, he did. comicbooks.com