Judge, 1925-06-06 · page 21 of 36
Judge — June 6, 1925 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page contains film reviews by Carroll Carroll for Judge magazine. The top cartoon shows a wife enthusiastically describing her husband's military prowess to a friend, joking that Turkish soldiers are effective fighters because their wives nag them constantly—a domestic humor trope playing on stereotypes about nagging spouses. The bottom cartoon depicts a chauffeur and passenger discussing a woman's outfit in exaggerated detail, mocking the pretentiousness of wealthy society figures obsessing over fashion minutiae. The humor lies in the driver's bemused reaction to such frivolous concern. The left column reviews contemporary 1920s films starring popular actors like Emil Jannings and Gloria Swanson, along with a longer piece on "Welcome Home," praising its unconventional love triangle plot and the performances of Warner Baxter and Lois Wilson. The reviews represent typical entertainment journalism of the era.
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+ ° ° ° ° ° ° o ° ° ° ° oO ° ° o ° ° ° oO ° ° ° ° 1O ° ° |\o oO =} ° ° oO ° ° ° oO ° 000000000000000000 The Reel Stuff? By Carroll Carroll See Stuff Friendly Encmies—Let Lew Fields play a tune on your heartstrings. The Last Laugh—lat Emil Jannings play an encore. A Kiss in the Dark—Then laugh it off with this. The Night Club—Raymond Griffith, as cute as can be. Chickie—Be sure to avoid this. Madame Sans-Géne—Gloria Swanson gives Napoleon some advertising. The Fool—Edmund Lowe does the same for God. Grass—A Persian tribe proves the luxury of rapid transit. Three Star and Scotch LonG film row, where A the twelve-mile limit is a speed law and the Eighteenth Amendment a broken one, in short, Broad- way, where the traffic is thick and the public is “thicker,” anything goes. Therefore, a bad picture, similar to a dog biting a man, is not news, but a good one has the proverbial news and editorial value of a man biting a dog. And while, as I said, everything goes, it is seldom that such a pleasing and true to life picture as “Welcome Home” arrive: “Welcome Home” is an un- conventional triangle play on two counts: (1) it’s about a husband and wife who love cach other like the deuce, (2) the third party is not Barbara La Marr, but the young hus- band’s father who, being re- duced in circumstances, comes to live with his son. Luke Cosgrave as the old father is superb, Wamer Bax- ter as the husband gives a sympathetic and ingratiating performance and Lois (Bright- eyes) Wilson is simply fine. T (Continued on page 28) 1(0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000! 7 *4st-MOVING Huspanp—So that’s why they're such wonderful fighters. Driver—And her gown was lavender with green and gold figures. Can you imagine! comicbooks.com