Judge, 1925-06-13 · page 21 of 36
Judge — June 13, 1925 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a film review column by Carroll Carroll critiquing contemporary movies. The main content addresses Thomas Meighan's film "Old Home Week," suggesting Paramount uses a formulaic "carbon copy" approach to production—recycling plots and themes across different pictures. Carroll implies Meighan's comedic talents are declining. The bottom illustrations labeled "The Discus Thrower" compare ancient (200 B.C.) and modern (A.D.) versions of the same athletic feat, likely satirizing how modern entertainment mirrors classical themes without innovation—fitting with the column's critique of repetitive filmmaking. The page also lists back-number film reviews including titles like "The Sporting Venus" (about Scottish flappers) and "The Last Laugh," reflecting 1920s cinema culture and the era's fascination with flappers and slapstick comedy.
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000] ° ro |o |o ° ° ° ° ° |o ° |o ° ° ° ° ° ° |o ° ° ° |o ° ° ° ° ° ° ry ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ir) ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° The Reel Stuf By Carroll Carroll Back Numbers Welcome Home—What hap- pens when grandpa comes home. The Sporting Venus—About Scotch flappers; not flapper’s Scotch The Talker—A dull picture on a passé subject. Up the Ladder—Wateh the struggling inventor climb. Friendly — Enemies—Weber and Fields and fine! The Last Laugh—It’s still being shown somewhere. See it! 7 Features—Count "Em, 7 HEN I was in the drant and False Alarm business, we had a system whereby five or. six carbons, on different colored sheets, were made of cach letter dictated. Paramount uses the same idea in turning out pictures for Thomas Meighan. The local color may be different but the matter never varies. Meigh- an’s latest, “Old Home Week,” is no exception to the rule, in spite of the fact that it's by George Ade and not very funny at that. However, if you like Tommy see it. The one of his tricks he do in this film is Could it be that the years are beginning to tell on the nation’s big brother? Forced to find something to write about, I fled from the Rivoli into a rainstorm and hailed one of those cheap red taxis, called with the charac- teristic New York consistency 20th Century Brown and Whites, and told the driver to rush to the Rialto. There I found Alice Terry in a pic- ture called “Any Woman” (Continued on page /S) 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 200 B.C. The discus thrower comicbooks.com