Judge — January 7, 1928 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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Judge’s Weekly Pun Contest ‘4 d (ee a 4 ) will | received “Tl be shoving you, always" the prize is awarded—each will re | All puns must be submitted on p of post-cards. None Address, Pun Editor of Jupar, up a new gag for him. This is : “Who was that beautiful girl 1 I seen you with last night?” Phat wasn't me, that Robert Benchley.” (1 knew it wasn't very good, but. it Mae up could continue our discussion.) “You rave about cheap mov- ies,” Mac said. “Do you alize that True Story 1 zine has the greatest newsstand circulation of any monthly pub- lished in this country? Think how long ‘Abie’s Irish Rose’ was demanded by the public. If you have a list of twelve movies produced in one year that offer so much emotional or mental stimulation as so many novels or operettas, I think a lot more of the movie producers than I did when I first began to waste my afternoon listening to you. Why, that means a good movie every month, You can't expect them to be much more artistic.” “You're still wrong,” I coun- tered. “In the first place, it doesn't take a lot of moncy to make a good movie. Look at ‘A Woman of Paris.’ (I know that didn't make any money, but let me go on.) ‘Underworld’ didn’t cost much ‘Uncle Tom's for instance. — Every- body knows that the trash out of Hollywood can be attributed to the producers’ low rather than fi i was cheered so we os as Cabin,’ breeding, Next mass of nit-wits with too much money who haven't sense enough to stay contestant sends in the winning pun during will be returned. paragraph, Mac had bolted out of the door. ‘That's the trouble with these artists. ‘They never know what to do with themselves. | As I haven't seen Mae yet I December 17 have no conclusion for this dis GEORGE A, MACKIE EpE mg’ list vat the st movie Tf you don’t West like it send me your photograph anda and Tl send you those two stories Mac told me. Winner for week ending cussion twelve Hartford, Conn, postage stamp Jeper for the most terrible one ch week—and it will be iustrated by one of Jepar's artists and the original drawing will be sent to | the winner; cept in the ¢ » Way of AIL Flesh” of a tic. In case yi This Is Paris” than one “What P the same week for whieh “Potemkin © the prize, | nud Be Surprised” “Battling Butler” Send in your worst pun, unrise “Underworld” more » Glory” t-cards or slips of paper the size W. t5rd St. New York City. “y him again. see the doctor's attending What's he got?” —Tir Bits away from cheap entertainment.” 7 I suppose, > writing movie ly for the sake of ) art.” That hit home and I “What a mad dance the guests couldn't keep back a tear or two, are dancing. so Mac hastened to tell me two “Tt isa very funny stories, Unfortu. cake nately I can’t print them. of ad © then carried on. “It's —M easy to sce the big holes in movie plots, but it’s not so easy to de- velop one. ‘Try it) some time. scenario and then criti- ault, [put a pan- gramophone instead > record!” NookFeR Biaerrer, Munich rhed down and took a manuscript out of my brief case. “LT have.” I said brightly. “I'll read it to you.” However, be- fore I had read even the first We call her Babe. because shea akcays running home. lo wedding, Donal, “I'm very pleased you've come in for the but what have you brought the fowls for” “Heck, mon, they'll be throwing rice, will they not?” —Aussir ‘BOWARD LANGER PRINTING CO., INC., JAMAICA, BT. comicbooks.com