Judge, 1928-03-03 · page 31 of 36
Judge — March 3, 1928 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **theater review column** with advertising. The left side critiques three Broadway plays: Mr. Delf's floorwalker comedy (dismissed as crude slapstick about false teeth and corn-eating), Tom Cushing's "La Gringa" (praised only for actress Claudette Colbert, but criticized for relying on tired "pigeon-English" stereotypes about a tropical girl displaced to New England). The **"Fish" cartoon** (upper right) satirizes awkward social situations—specifically the embarrassment of encountering someone after years and mistakenly calling them by the wrong name, then nervously covering with a cigarette. The lower section announces **Judge magazine's "Cheer Leaders" contest**, soliciting original college humor and artwork from undergraduate contributors, with payment and prizes offered. This reflects 1928 entertainment culture: Broadway's reliance on ethnic stereotypes and physical comedy, plus magazines' practice of crowdsourcing collegiate content.
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Judging the Shows (Continued from page 19) single other thing convincingly, he will always be found tof pretty good when it comes to th: part of the play that calls upon him to carry on an imaginary conversation over the phone. Mr. Delf's play deals with a floorwalker who shoulders all the troubles and burdens of his large family and who eventually ar rives at the great philosophical truth that worry doesn't get any- one anywhere. His charac! are stencils; his dialogue is that of a Ps Theater sketeh nd his comedy is of the kind that has to do with false teeth, the diff culty of eating corn on the cob and the little boy who persists in hanging around when his sister's bean calls, It is all very dismal and dispiriting stuff, IIL. L Grins.” by ‘Tom Cushing, | has only ‘the personable Miss Claudette Colbert to reeom - = ra sigaee mend it. 1 like te look at La EMBARRASSING MOMENTS Colbert. as she is a very comely wench, but 1 decline to grant my self this great kick 1f at the same time Tam called upon to listen to such sta drool as the M Cushing ladles out. That drool ten years and call her Helen . . . he non as to do ve rubber-stamp . 4 ° hs as ae rub dans chalant .. . light a MURAD cigarette. pigeon-English, native — costume and all, from her hateful tropical environment, lands in New Eng land amon lot of puritanical | old maids, finds the new environ ment a darned sight worse than the other one, and in the last act © 1928, P. Lontlard Co., Eat. 1769 aticaks back, with a derixory flirt of the rearo, to the old diggings. Miss Colbert, poor girl, docs | what she can do with the archaic hooey, but has a tough time of it. THE CHEER LEADERS Jupur announces a new policy for its CHEER LEADERS Department. When you meet Cynthia, the college widow, for the first time in Jupcr is going to use ORIGINAL material from college artists and writers, : will pay good prices for all matter accepted and. in ion, there will be prizes awarded for the funniest nd the funniest text used during 1928. “1 see yer 'usband’s 'ead's in Only contributions from undergraduate students will be con Misa. Brown’ sidered. Indicate name, college and class on each one and ‘a brick fell on ‘im at address CHEER LEADER DEPARTMENT of JUDGE, 7 West Hird St, New York City, and ENCLOSE RE “Dear me! And did it put URN POSTAC ‘im M2 sleep? a, Price and prize offer information will be sent upon request. “Lor’, no. It woke tim up.” —Passtxa Siow comicbooks.com