Life, 1922-05-25 · page 33 of 34
Life — May 25, 1922 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and film reviews** with no significant political cartoon content. The **top section** reviews recent silent films—comedies, romances, and dramas typical of early 1920s cinema. Notable: a dismissive review of Charlie Chaplin's *Pay Day* ("isn't quite anything") and praise for Harold Lloyd's *Grandma's Boy*. The **advertising** dominates: the E.Z. Garter (a garter that stays up without adjustment), Hoo-Dye shock absorbers (hydraulic devices marketed to reduce "road shell shock" for motorists), and Resinol soap for dandruff. The only potential satire is subtle: the *Morale Building* article describes a Warp & Woof factory dance where employees get promoted based on appearances and personality rather than merit—mildly poking fun at corporate pretense. This is primarily a **commercial** page typical of Life's hybrid content: entertainment journalism mixed with advertising.
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(tie SILENT DRAMA~) 4) Recent Developments #4 (The Regular Silent Drama department will be found on page 22) The Prisoner of Zenda. Metro.—Rex | Ingram’s production of Anthony Hope’s great romantic novel, superbly acted and thoroughly pleasing to the eye. Reported Missing. Selznick—Owen ) Moore in a rapid-fire comedy which is marred by some rather absurd propaganda. The Glorious Adventure. Blackton.— A spectacular English film, done in violent colors, | Diana Manners in the leading role. The Poverty of Riches. Goldwyn.— Proving, to those who take the trouble to see it, that money is not everything. It's a novel idea, all right. Grandma’s Boy. Pathe.—The best Harold Lloyd comedy yet. Fascination. Metro—A wild Ameri- can flapper goes to Spain looking for exciter her ribs. Mae Murray is the flapper. Human Hearts. Universal—An_ ex- cellent cast in a stereotyped story. The Loves of Pharaoh. Paramount.— A remarkable drama of ancient Egypt. which leads one to the conclusion that | pleas love must be now in its second childhood. septic, First National_—Anything Pay Day. that Charlie Chaplin does is good, but this picture isn’t quite anything. Smilin’ Through. First National— Norma ‘Talmadge as an ectoplasm, who death trying to tell people that there is nothing so great as love. Cold Feet. Educational—An excep- fun at more or_less frozen north. For Review Next. Week—“Sherlock Holmes Shop,” Husband. veda ecall, thor- udder B verra Bf | ac r war nobil- ading er he ing in My Lady Godiva” and “His Wife's TRADE MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFF, THE ORIGINAL wipe nthe «| |GARTER estate » wife great place.” do K. ]| your th ‘feet to the : ri | throb Your feet will throb and tire easily, and ym me you will have enlarged veins, if you + be wear any garter (whether narrow or wide) that needs tightness or adjust- ments to keep it up! The E. Z, Garter, the first and original wide garter, needs no adjustments, because basic patents. It fits—gives real comfort to lg feet. Look for name E. Z. on the carter, ith the beautiful Lady | nt, and gets a knife between | hangs around for forty years after her | tionally funny Christie comedy that pokes | f James Oliver Curwood and the | ’“Beyond the Rocks,” “The Beauty | | something” for the W. & W. employees. | At heart, Messrs. Warp & Woof were | illuminating comments were heard: 35c to $1 everywhere, in single grip and the Z. 2-grip—and the new E. Made solely by the Thos. P. Bridgeport, ‘You ride on a liquid cushion Hoo-Dye is an hydraulic device . that ends the shocks that bring nerve exhaustion and frequent ill-health to the mo- torist—by laying a gentle and restraining hand upon springs enthusiasm, Not merely a shock absorber— but a liquid cushion—that compels your car to move with velvet ease over any kind of road. It ends the day cf tiresome motor travel—of road “shell shock,” and makes it instead a restful recreation. We have published a booklet by R. Kendrick Smith, M. D., D. O., one of America’s foremost physicians and osteo- paths, “How Motoring Shocks Affect the Nervous System”. For his own health’s sake, every motorist should have a copy. Send for it today, and then ever after Ride Easy With Hoo-Dye Hoo-Dye is regular equipment on the. ma- jority of the finest foreign cars, and in this country it is standard equipment on Cunninghams, while many thousands have been applied to Pack- ards, Pierce - Arrows, Cadillacs, Studebakers, Mercers, Hudsons, Buicks and other of America’s best cars. Call Tel-U-Where for Our Nearest Distributor Tue Houpartte Company, 1418 West Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Manufactured by the Houde Engineering Corp, Canadian Distributors: Canadian Fairbanks Morse Co., Ltd., Montreal HOO-DYE SHOCK ABSORBERS (HOUDAILLE ) HYDRAULIC the way the Big Boss kept paying at- tention to a certain party all evening. He'd better lay off if he knows what's good for him, the big goof.” A Stenographer—‘And after the fifth encore he takes me out to his machine and gives me the grandest shot of liquor. Dance? Who, him? I should say NOT. But—well, you know.” An Office Boy—“There’s no fun in these parties for kids like me, but I guess they do a lot of good to the morale.” FLW. Morale Building ‘HE old established firm of Warp & Woof gave a dance. Ostensibly they gave it because they wanted to “do hopeful of promoting the morale of the working force and thereby increas- ing its efficiency. The dance was given in the shipping department of the Warp & Woof fac- tory. After it was over the following The General Sales-Manager — “I'll say it was some party. The last partner I had was a regular pippin. And dance! Oh, baby! Let’s see, what department was she in now? That girl deserves to get ahead.” The Junior Vice-President—“There’s something in these new steps, after all. Really, for an old-timer I quite outdid myself. Wonder who that girl was with the dark hair and that funny little way of holding on. We need a new stenographer in our department.” The Chief Clerk—“On the whole, a fair enough shindig. Only I didn’t like Soothing and Healing Removes dandruff and lessens loss of hair Aided by Resinol Soaptt tends to keep the hair li and lustrous comicbooks.com