Judge, 1928-08-25 · page 33 of 36
Judge — August 25, 1928 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes editorial content with period advertising. The main article ("Judging the Movies," continued from page 23) discusses whether citizens should worry about television and talking movies—suggesting anxiety about new media was already present in the early sound-film era. The author argues that if you don't share certain moral/religious convictions about entertainment's dangers, you needn't fret about these technologies. The cartoon below shows "India Rubber Man" getting his hand slammed in a door by someone fleeing to the fourteenth floor—a visual gag about physical comedy and slapstick, likely referencing silent-film or vaudeville humor styles. The advertisements reveal contemporary concerns: Beeman's Pepsin Gum (aids digestion), treatments for auto sickness and seasickness, and Abbott's Bitters as a "tonic appetizer." These products suggest early 20th-century anxieties about digestive health and motion-related nausea from new transportation technologies.
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