Judge, 1926-04-10 · page 32 of 36
Judge — April 10, 1926 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical film reviews from Judge magazine's "Judging the Movies" column. The critic discusses several 1920s movies: **"The Untamed Lady"** starring Lawrence Gray: The reviewer expresses skepticism about the narrative that a temperamental woman can be permanently "tamed" by marriage, questioning whether such fundamental personality flaws truly change. **Tom Mix westerns** ("My Own Pal"): The critic notes Mix's signature stunt work—jumping his horse Tony into moving trains and performing motorcycle lassoing sequences—while commenting on the cowboy-turned-cop plot. The cartoons provide comedic relief: one shows a wife making a pun about her husband hitting his thumb; another depicts a slovenly husband expecting breakfast on the floor after his wife leaves. The reviews reflect 1920s attitudes toward gender and marriage while showcasing Judge's blend of film criticism with visual humor aimed at middle-class readers.
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| Tassel, “The Untamed Lady.” Tem- per sticks out all over her and robs i| her quite miraculously of her looks | | and charm. You wonder how Larry | Gastlen can remain so determined to marry her. She has already sur- vived a string of fiancés when Larry, played by Lawrence Gray, assumes the réle and decides that he will tame her. Not until he has come un- pleasantly close to death in the process does she have a change of heart. The implication is that they are married and live happily ever after. But do they? Does a temper like that ever permanently succumb to repentance? I wouldn’t trust it, mates. Te latest Tom Mix picture differs from all his others in two par- ticulars: he jumps his wonder horse, Tony, into the open door of a mov- ing baggage car, and he sheds, tem- porarily, his eight-gallon hat to become a New York policeman. “My Own Pal” is the story of a cowpuncher who dreams of adven- ture and fortune in the Big City, rescues and adopts en route a circus juvenile (played with humor and ability by little Virginia Marshall), gets a job on the force, and in a series of hair-raising encounters with the underworld wins the hand of the police chief's daughter. Per- sonally I’d like to know how they managed the scene in which he pur- sues on his motorcycle a crook who is fleeing in an open Ford, lassoes | lieu him and then still at full speed | | | aor —r drives the other side of a tree, up- | Young Wife (whose husband has knocked his thumb digging)—Oh, setting both himself and his quarry. | John, and you said you always called a spade a spade. —London Mail Spill is right! | i] Judging the Movies (Continued from page 17) | relatives, servants, doctors and de- tectives. You can well imagine that the quest waxes hot and exciting, a Vi sort of button, button, who’s got the button game played with bullets. cr is probably due to an innate timidity, but I find an ill-tem- pered woman quite as unpleasant to contemplate as a physical de- formity. Mister Dooley said once that he could never love a woman | who could lick him. I would go a step further and say that I could never love a woman who could want i to lick me. i So I regret to report that our i i | Gloria is a little too darn lifelike missus comes back to-day or I shall have to breakfast on the floor to- i yt in her impersonation of St. Clair Van morrow. —Passing Show I | comicbooks.com