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This page combines movie reviews with period advertisements and humor. **The Silent Drama section** reviews contemporary films (1920s era), including works by stars like Richard Barthelmess, Marion Davies, and Gloria Swanson. The reviews are brief, sometimes dismissive—notably mocking Swanson's film as surrounded by "the greatest troupe of press agents ever assembled." **"Dumb Dora's Sister"** is a humor piece satirizing a woman of spectacular ignorance: she confuses literary works ("Emulsion" for Scott's writing), misunderstands medical terms ("acute lumbago"), and commits social gaffes (washing her hands in the finger bowl meant for rinsing). The joke relies on slapstick misunderstandings popular in 1920s comedy. The advertisements (Milano pipes, Wrigley's gum, Wrigley's Vendor dispenser) are period product promotions with no satirical intent—standard commercial content in Life magazine.

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This is Milano No. teas—as sportily. roughasthe "rough"? The Sweetest Pipe In The World The Milano Rustic models are beautiful briars, with a sporting, outdoor look about them—cool, comfortable, companionable pipes that strike up a life-long friend- ship at your first puff. Money cannot buy better pipes— simply because all Milanos are hand- fashioned of the finest briar grown. Milano Rustics aré priced from $4.00 up; the 26 smooth models, $3. 50up. All are Insured for your protection. Look for the White Triangle on the stem. Wa. DEMUTH & CO, World's Largest Manufacturers of Fine Pipes 230 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK MILAN Cthe Insured Pipe JtiaWwae (The regular Silent Drama department will be found on page 28) Soul Fire. Richard Barthelmess as a young composer who gravitates to the depths. Except for the very end, a fine picture. Zander the Great. Fair-to-middling melodrama, with Marion Davies as the girl who reforms the bootleggers. The Night Club. A great_ many comical antics by Raymond Griffith. My Son. Nazimova does some fine work ina mother-love drama. The Crowded Hour. In the trenches with Bebe Daniels and Kenneth Harlan. Recompense. Ditto, with Marie Prevost and Monte Blue. Chickie. Dorothy Mackaill “stenographer who craves luxury. Proud Flesh. A good farce ruined by too many sub-titular wise-cracks. His Supreme Moment. Ronald Colman and Blanche Sweet in a tropical setting. Not so good. Mme. Sans-Géne. Gloria Swanson surrounded by the flower of France's aristocracy and the greatest troupe of press agents ever assembled. You can afford to pass this up. Grass. A genuinely great picture— with no actors, no scenario and no bunk, Charley’s Aunt. Syd Chaplin in an old-fashioned farce. The Last Laugh. Many thanks to the kind friends who have written to tell me that they enjoyed this. Smouldering Fires. Pauline Frederick in the most intelligently con- structed story that has come out of Hollywood this year. as a Quo Vadis. A new version of the famous spectacle, with Emil_Jannings as Nero. R.E. S. Dumb Dora’s Sister I Know a girl who's terribly dumb. You never saw a girl so polished in ignorance! I wouldn't call her Dumb Dora—her_ name's Dorothy. But, from what I gather, she must be Dora's sister. She thinks she’s clever because she can distinguish a tennis racket from other noises. She told me she thought her doctor was crazy about her because he told her she had “acute lumbago.” I had read Scott's “Ivanhoe” and told her how much I liked it. She said she thought Scott’ ‘mulsion” was the best thing he ever wrote. Only the other night, I took her to a fashionable restaurant, and as we were leaving the waiter said, “Thank you, come again,” and she said, “Yes, and you must come out and sce us some time.” I nearly fell off the stool. And, would you believe it, when the waiter brought the bowl containing warm water and a slice of lemon, she actually washed her hands in it! I put sugar in mine. H. H.W. “How’'p you come out in trig.?” “Not so bad—I was highest of all those who flunked.” (THE SILENT DRAMA 2 Recent Developments 3 oe will be found most every where that confections are sold. ~ It is a Salesman of Cheer - of Refresh- ment -of long-last- ing Enjoyment~ Itisa monitor that stands for BigValue for little Money. SEALE TIGHT KEPT RIGHT ‘after every meal’ 7 Jhe Flavor Lasts / S comicbooks.com