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This page contains two distinct sections: a film review column and advertisements. **Film Reviews ("The Silent Drama"):** The left column reviews contemporary silent films, including titles like *Peg o' My Heart* (starring Laurette Taylor), *Omar the Tentmaker*, and *Salome* (with Nazimova). These are straightforward critical assessments of popular movies from the early 1920s—no satire or caricature present. The reviews praise or criticize acting, direction, and storytelling. **Advertisements:** The page features two major ads: one for the Elco Works' "Cruisette" (a small motorboat marketed as a "Home Afloat" for weekend recreation), and one for "The Homestead" resort in Hot Springs, Virginia. These are standard commercial pitches targeting leisure and tourism, appealing to middle-class readers with disposable income for recreation and travel. **Overall:** This is primarily a content/advertising page with no political or social satire. The reviews reflect 1920s cinema tastes; the ads reflect period consumer culture and vacation marketing.

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The regular Silent Drama depart- sai will be found on page 24) o’ My Heart. Metro—tThe di- seit geless Laurette Taylor appears again as the flip little Irish heroine of Hartley Manners’ play, and establishes herself as the great comedienne of the screen! Omar the Tentmaker. First National —An involved melodrama about the famous Persian poet who did so much to make wine popular. It is fairly well acted and beautifully set. Drums of Fate. Paramount—Mary Miles Minter is lost in Darkest Africa. | Gimme. Goldwyn.—A simple story of young married life, with Helene Chad- wick acquitting herself nobly as an in- surgent bride. It was written and di- rected by Rupert Hughes, a young fellow who is coming along fast in the film game. Second Fiddle. Hodkinson —Young Mr. Glenn Hunter, the physical em- bodiment of Merton Gill, appears as a garage worker who rises to a melo- dramatic situation. The Strangers’ Banquet. Goldwyn — Atypical Marshall Neilan hodge-podge, in which the good is liberally leavened with the bad. One Week of Love. Selznick —Moun- tain passion in Mexico, with Elaine Hammerstein and Conway Tearle pull- ing each other’s hair. The Hottentot. First National—A hard-riding farce, in which Douglas Macl can lands continually on his right eyebrow. Hunting Big Game in Africa. Snow. —The celluloid results of a six-thou- sand-mile tour through Africa, in- cluding photographs of all the wild ani- mals i their lairs. It is cloudy photog- raphy, but interesting. Salome. United Artists—Nazimova in an exotic rendition of Oscar Wilde's play. Gorgeous to look at, and unusual- | ly dramatic; but somewhat of a flop in the dear old box office. Books Received Later lays of Sergeant Con, by Norbert Lyone (Manila Publishing Company). Spani Colonial Literature in South Ameri- d Moses (Hispanic Society). tuart P, Sherman (Scribner). farlowe’s Overland Riders, by Jessie Flower, A. M. (Altemus) fy ybouna George Washington, ¢ Whipple (Altemus). of Young Abraham Lincoln, by Whipple (Altemus). ed Hours, Edward Howard 5 (Orchard Hill Press, Croton, N. Y.). tional Anthem, by J. Hartley Man: ners (Doran). W01 4fternoons in Chicago, by Ben Hecht (Co: ici-MeGee, Chicago). est Poets, by Theodore Maynard arks, by Matt J. Holt (The Standard ing ‘Co., Louisville). ; 4 Fijth Avenue Porade, by Percy Stickney Grant (Harper). Essays, by Percy Stickney Grant (Harper). ieee conquers All, by Robert C. Benchley Fury, by Edmund Goulding (Dodd, Mead). Yellow Butterflies, by Mary Raymond Ship- mai Andrews (Scribner). Auction ic by ynne Ferguson (Bristol Press). Collected Poems, by John Erskine (Duffield). More Drawings, by H. M. Bateman (Holt The Little Country Theatre, by Alfred G. Arvold (Macmillan). Why not go exploring in a CRUISETTE? ITHIN easy week-end or va- cationcruising distancefrom your home there are doubtless many beautiful spots that have been as a closed book to you—in fact, you could spend the next twenty years cruising without visiting the same place twice, so numerous are the waterways available to the man who owns a “Home Afloat.” And the Cruisette is really a float- ing home—a roomy, seaworthy boat with comfortable sleeping accommodations—a galley where you can cook real meals; a spa- cious cockpit with cushioned seats and a forward deck where you can bask in the-sun. Even if business prevents your taking The Elco Works long cruises, week-ends or eve- nings on the Cruisette, with re- freshing sleep, swimming or fishing, will keep you fit all through the heat of the summer. Standardized construction not only enables us to build the Cruisette at a price much lower than asked for other boats of any- where near its size, but also guar- antees your satisfaction. Standardized Models 30-foot Veedette Express 34-foot Cruisette 40-foot Elco Cruiser 45-foot Elco Cruiser Twin-Screw Deck House Cruiser These boats will be exhibited at the New York Motor Boat Show, where you are invited to come and see them —or write for illustrated catalog. Main Office and Works: 175 Ave. A, Bayonne, N. J. New York Office; 11 Pine Street SuNNY days_and sunny dispositions— combined for outdoor sport at Hot Springs. Celebrated: thermal bath establishment. 2500 feet comicbooks.com