Judge, 1934-04 · page 11 of 36
Judge — April 1934 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Judge's Camera Contest Explanation This page features humorous "candid camera" photographs satirizing 1920s theatrical and high-society figures. The top image jokes that theatrical producer Lee Showboat was literally placed in "dead storage" with his failed show's scenery—mocking his flop production. The middle photo captures socialite Elsa Maxwell at one of her famous scavenger hunts, where guests were fetched as "items" to retrieve, humorously suggesting Maxwell herself was brought as a prize. The bottom images mock entertainment culture: one shows Julius Corset (unclear who this refers to) bathing; the final cartoon satirizes prudish theater-goers with adjustable "Blinder" spectacles designed to block views of chorus girls' bodies while watching comedians—a jab at both moral hypocrisy and the era's sexualized chorus line performances. The satire targets vanity, theatrical pretension, and sexual double standards of the Jazz Age elite.
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Judge’s Camera Contest RAPID lens has permanently recorded the odd situa- tion that recently arose when Lee Showboat, theatri- cal producer, was found to have been placed in dead storage along with scenery from his latest flop. EREWITH a candid camera shot of the terrifically embarrassing moment at Elsa Maxwell's latest Scavenger Hunt when one of the guests brought in Elsa Maxwell from a quiet bridge party at the Algonquin. g2 portrait of Julius Corset, practises up in the bathtub for a pleasant summer season of bathing at nearby New York beaches, HIS picture shows the new adjustable “Blinder,” spectacles for theatre-goers who desire to concentrate on the comedian without hav- ing to look at a lot of half-naked chorus girls. comicbooks.com