Life, 1927-10-27 · page 27 of 36
Life — October 27, 1927 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for Palmolive Shaving Cream**, not political satire. The large illustration shows a man applying shaving cream, with the product bottle prominently displayed. The ad's appeal is straightforward: Palmolive claims supremacy as a shaving product and offers a "10-shave test" coupon so consumers can prove its superiority themselves. The copy emphasizes that countless men praise it and that sales figures are "amazing." The smaller text on the left contains **film reviews** of recent movies (Wings, The King of Kings, Seventh Heaven, etc.), which was typical Life magazine content. There's also a brief editor's note about the Tunney-Dempsey boxing match. The $2,500 prize contest announcement at bottom-left appears unrelated to the shaving cream. This is a standard commercial page from the 1920s, demonstrating how magazines funded themselves through advertising while providing entertainment and cultural commentary.
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Life that it is in constant danger of be- ing blown off the screen by some passing gust from the ventilating machines. In spite of this, or probably be- cause of it, I found “Three's Crowd” infinitely touching, tender and soothing, and I think that Harry Langdon is a beautiful character, even if he is an elf. The Seventh Round HAVING expressed my dissatis- faction with the U. S. Govern ment for preventing me from seeing the Tunney-Dempsey fight pictures, I went to Detroit, and there they were, in full view. How they got from Illinois into Michigan is seme one else's business, but I had the great satisfaction of observing that Tunney had emerged completely from dreamland and was ready to stand up and go on with the fight after the count of two in the seventh round, R. EB Sherwood. Recent Developments (The following pictures, pr iewrd in Lire, are recommend Sunrise. Janet Gaynor and George OBrien in an extraordinary combination of realism and fantasy, directed by F. W. Murnau. College. A thoroughly cuckoo Keaton comedy. ‘ Carmen. Dolores Del Rio is prac- tically ideal as the celebrated cigarette girl The Student Prince. As directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and played by Ramon Novarro and Jean Hersholt, this is a legitimate tear-squeezer Service for Ladies. A fly, flip and intelligent farce, with Adolphe Menjou. Underworld. George Bancroft in a horribly grucling crook melodrama. Chang. Real animals, a real jungle and a great many real thrills The Garden of Allah. latest and most beautiful proc The King of Kings. The with De Mille trimmings. Seventh Heaven. Janet Gaynor's triumph, The Way of All Flesh. that Emil Jannings is flouri American soil. Stark Love. A_ supremel: drama of actual life in the mountains. The Patent Leather Kid. Richard Barthelmess as a prizefighter who wanted to remain neutral What Price Glory. Raoul Walsh's worthy adaptation of America’s greatest play Wings. The amazing activities of our Air Force in France, pictured with brutal frankness. The Callahans and the Murphys. There seems to have been some mistake. gram’s i cating gz on powerful Carolina A $2500.00 PRIZE CONTEST will be announced soon! | It sin This Tube, Men | | The supremacy we do not ask you to believe until you've proved it for yourself. A 10-SHAVE s OFFERED FOR THE COUPON | | Gentieen: Ask your druggist, and he w probably tell you Palmolive Sha‘ | Cream is his fastest seller. Countless men have written prais- ing it; sales figures are amazing. Our years of experimenting have been crowned with success. We believe we will win you, too. But before we ask you to buy a tube, we wish Palmolive Shaving Cream to prove its own case on your beard. Hence we offer a 1o-shave test, free. Just use coupon. . THE PALMOLIVE-PEET 731 Try the sar free with the tube of Shaving Cream. Here are new delights for every man. Please let us prove | them to you. Clip coupon now PALMOLIVE Shaving Cream n of Palmolive r Shaving Talc comicbooks.com