Judge, 1927-09-24 · page 11 of 36
Judge — September 24, 1927 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# "Frozen Hearts" - Judge Magazine Satire This page contains two distinct pieces: **"Frozen Hearts" (top left):** A villain's monologue boasting about deliberately destroying a young woman's life—burning her home, murdering her family, pushing her sweetheart off a cliff, and forcing her into compromising situations. The joke's twist: he's a theatrical producer pitching this melodramatic plot to studios, unable to sell such an overwrought, implausible story. It satirizes the excessive sentimentality and contrived suffering common in silent-film melodramas of the era. **"Fun for Young and Old" (main content):** A contest inviting readers to write witty dialogue for a cartoon showing a man at a football practice speaking with another player about meeting a girl from Vassar. Readers could submit captions or draw speech balloons, with Judge offering $25 for the funniest entry. This was typical early-20th-century reader-participation content.
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JUDGE Frozen Hearts I certainly have made life hard for that girl. Four months ago she was en- joying life with her father and brother in a lovely little cottage at the foot of the great mountain. She kept house for them and each day she sang as she worked. Never a care in the world. And then I started my fiendish work. First, I had their home burned. Then I had her father and brother murdered—shot _ before her very eyes. This was enough to break any girl’s heart, but I was not content. I had only started. I had her sweetheart pushed over a high cliff while she looked on helpless. Since then she has been placed in every compromis- ing situation that I could arrange. She has been forced to wander lost for hours in the blinding snow, to swim cold rivers for her li everything that was un- it. Even now she is alone with the man she has hated all her life. Alone in a lit cabin far from other people. God only knows what the final outcome will be for this girl. And she has suf- fered all this at my own hand! All of it was planned by me. “Frozen Hearts” sure ought to be a swell picture—if I can get anyone to buy this plot! Runner (at practice)—Hey, Steve, when ya going to let me meet that little Jane from Vassar, huh? friend of mine! FUN FOR Y = JUDGE Will Pay $25.00 for the Funniest Dialogue YOUNG AND OLD! No. 6 Submitted for the Above Picture Soe My. Nop I thought ya were a If more than one person submits the same winning dialogue, each will receive the prize of $25.00. You may write your brilliant brainstorm right in the above bal- loons if you wish or you may draw a couple of your own balloons on a postal card and fill them in. Be sure and put the number of the contest on the card. And you may send in as many as you like. Send all entries to the BAL- LOON CON’ ~ EDITOR, JUDGE, 627 West 43rd St., New Y THIS WEEK’S CON- T (No. 6) CLOSES SEP- TEMBER 24th. THE WIN- NING DIALOGUE will be in the Oct. 15th issue. comicbooks.com