Life, 1925-11-05 · page 43 of 50
Life — November 5, 1925 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment reviews**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Cunard cruise advertisements** featuring the S.S. "California" offering Caribbean voyages—typical luxury travel marketing for wealthy 1920s readers. **"The Silent Drama" section** reviews contemporary silent films (Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman," Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush," etc.), with generally dismissive commentary. The reviews mock some films as tedious or poorly conceived—standard entertainment criticism. **A humorous how-to article** on securing Broadway revue tickets satirizes New York theater-goers' behavior: rejecting good seats as "too far" or "too near," calling newspaper friends expecting favors, then finally buying regular box office tickets—poking fun at New Yorkers' impractical theater-going habits. **Mollé shaving cream advertisement** featuring a woman's face, promoting brushless shaving. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and entertainment, with no significant political content or social commentary beyond light mockery of theater-patron pretension.
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Cunard Luxury and Comfort — the renowned Equipment, Cuisine and Service — may again be en- joyed on two 30 day CARIBBEAN CRUISES on board the s. s. “CALIFORNIA” a magnificent new steamer fitted with the new thermo tank ventilation system which supplies a current of fresh air — un- der the passenger’s own control — to every state- room, an innovation of the greatest comfort-value, when cruising in the tropics. Also electric fans in every room. Sailings from New York Jan. 23 and Feb. 26, 1926 Theinteresting, pleasing itinerary covers: Havana, Port au Prince, Kingston, Colon, Cartagena, La Guayra, Port of Spain, Barbados, Martinique, Fort de France, St. Pierre, St. Thomas, San Juan, Nassau, Bermuda. Comprehensive sightseeing tours ashore under the direction of Thos. Cook & Son. Full information on request CUNARD ~ANCHOR™~ 25 Broadway New York or Branches and Agencies THE SILENT DRAMA Recent Developments (@ (The regular Silent Drama department will be found on page 28) A Regular Fellow. Raymond Grif- fith as a highly humorous prince in a fast-moving comedy. Exchange of Wives. A fecble farce involving the ubiquitous Lew Cody. The Tower of Lies. Beautiful pho- tography, and fine work by Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer and Claire McDowell, but a morbid and none too convincing story. The Man on the Box. Syd Chap- lin_in more calisthenics. The Circle. One of the major crimes of movie history. The Freshman. Harold Lloyd as a collegiate boob who tries desperately hard to make good. The Pony Express. Involved melo- drama saved from torpidity by the nimble wit of James Cruze. The Merry Widow. John Gilbert and Mae Murray in a thoroughly de- lightful Balkan operetta, for which thanks are due to Erich von Stroheim. The Girl Who Wouldn't Work. A melodrama that misses fire. The Coming of Amos. Rod La Rocque is sufficiently pleasant, but the story is tripe. * Shore Leave. A nice little love story, with Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill. The Gold Rush. Do I have to re- peat myself? The Phantom of the Opera. Lon Chaney makes more faces. Don Q. Another “Mark of Zorro,” with Douglas Fairbanks running wild. The Wanderer. William Collier, Jr., brings the prodigal son to life. The Coast of Folly. Once upon a time, dear kiddies, there was a_poor little girl from Chicago named Gloria Swanson who married a Marquis and then_made a picture called “The Coast of Folly” which was just simply ter- rible. R.E.S. How to Get a Seat for That Revue 1. Go to the fifty-cent advance ticket agency and turn down two scats in the twelfth row because they’re too far away. 2. Go to a “gyp” agency and refuse seats in the first row because they are too near the orchestra. (And cost $12.20 each.) 3. Call up a newspaper friend and discover he is writing sports, not dra- matics. Tell yourself later in an in- jured tone that the dirty dog prob- ably would not have got them for you even if he could have. 4. Go to the box office and buy two in the sixth row at the regular price. There will be plenty there because no New Yorker ever thinks of buying his theatre tickets at the theatre. HLS. Many football advances are made to no good end. “YN Tor SHAVING? without BRUSH er LATHER Razor — pecicas wate! nd pense all ‘eri ‘need is Mound worite razor. te ‘A clean, smooth, comfortable shave in half. crit ean time, aod without the slightest smart or burn of the face—(lotions or talcum are never needed), Good for the Face _ Moll is fine for the shin. leis Be tooling aid healing, ae leaves a delightful after- feel of face comfort that lasts the whole day through, Large Tube at all Druggists 50c Generous Trial Tube Free comicbooks.com