Life — June 16, 1927 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page shows two historical cartoon panels under the heading "Movie Opportunities." **Top panel:** Shows Rin-Tin-Tin (a famous dog star of silent films) rescuing two infant figures labeled Romulus and Remus from a tiger. This references the Roman foundation myth where a she-wolf (not a tiger) rescued the twins who founded Rome. **Bottom panel:** Depicts "The Baptism of King Clovis of the Franks," a medieval historical event, rendered as a chaotic scene with multiple figures in period costume. Both panels appear to propose historical or mythological scenarios as potential film subjects, satirizing Hollywood's appetite for dramatizing classical history and legend. The joke suggests these famous historical moments could be reimagined as movie plots, likely mocking contemporary filmmaking trends or Rin-Tin-Tin's popularity in cinema.