Life, 1921-09-29 · page 29 of 34
Life — September 29, 1921 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a Goldwyn Pictures advertisement for a 1921 silent film about married life. The "dangerous curves" metaphor refers to the emotional and relational challenges young couples face—not literal hazards. The film depicts three domestic scenarios shown in the small photographs: marital routine ("The Daily Divorce"), the arrival of children ("The First Baby"), and temptation during separation ("The Old Lover"). These represent the common strains on marriages. The advertisement's pitch appeals to different audiences: wives will find emotional resonance, husbands will gain empathy for their spouses' burdens, and parents will recognize universal family struggles. The copy emphasizes the film's supposedly innovative realism—that it "lives"—distinguishing it from typical escapist cinema. This reflects 1920s attitudes about marriage as requiring navigation of predictable crises, presented here as entertainment and moral instruction.
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Goldwyn Presents A comedy drama of American married life- with Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix Rup ert Hughes Directed by E.Mason Hopper THE DAILY DIVORCE: Every morning Harley had to tear himself away from her in ordér to fet to the office—late! THE FIRST BABY: Phoebe learns that there is a lot besides poetry about bringing up babies. THE OLD LOVER: The long business trip means for Harley, the big chance; but for Phoebe more loneliness, and—the old lover. OST motion pictures end with a marriage. But here’s one that begins with a marriage— a marriage of just two such young people as started their great adventure next door to you this summer. Any wife will laugh a lot and cry a lot—when she sees it. Husbands will come away from this picture with a deeper understanding of what their young wives have to cope with. Fathers and moth- ers will chuckle and weep over it. There are dangerous curves that every married couple must take. What are they? How can they be rounded without a crash?—Perhaps you think you know. “Dangerous Curve Ahead” shows them to you cleverly, lightly, yet with a deep insight into human hearts. Author and director worked together for one year on this picture. Such close co-operation is the result of Goldwyn’s plan of bringing American authors into direct contact with picture production. This picture lives. It is something refreshingly new in the art of the screen. A Goldwyn Picture beginning nd Nation-wide showing. ct Watch your theatre 27 announcements. comicbooks.com