Life, 1927-11-03 · page 34 of 44
Life — November 3, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces typical of Life's format: **"Busy Days in Hollywood"** mocks the film industry's ethnic-themed movies by listing absurdly mixed titles ("The O'Hannigans and the Horkowitzes," "Izzy's Eskimo Mama"). The satire targets Hollywood's casual, often stereotypical approach to ethnicity in filmmaking during this era. **"Oh, Henry!"** references H.L. Mencken, the Baltimore editor and cultural critic. The joke is that library patrons near Mencken's home are suddenly checking out books on raising canaries—apparently influenced by his outspoken opinions on unrelated subjects. It satirizes Mencken's outsized cultural influence and people's tendency to follow intellectual figures even into absurd territory. **"A Good Trick If He Does It"** is a brief, unclear satirical note about a magician's claim. The remainder is **advertising**: Munsingwear underwear/hosiery and Mollé shaving cream—standard commercial content of the era.
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32 Life LET MUNSINGWEAIR COVER YOU WITH SATISFACTION | | Busy Days in Hollywood | (Special Dispatch to Lire) | HOLLYWOOD, Calif—Su per | Sappy Features, Inc., will start work next week on “The Moriaritys and the Finkleheimers.” At the Blotz All-Star Studios work of titling “The O’Hannigans and the Horkowitzes” is being rushed Actual filming of ‘The Flan nigans and the Feigelbaums” has been completed by Bigger and Bet ter Films. A cast is being assembled at the Blatz Studios for “The O’Rourkes and the Rosenheimers.’ “Nanook of the North’ will be re issued soon, A slight change is be ing made in the plot, and the new edition will be titled: “Izzy's Eskimo Mama.” Chet Johnson. Netornos . what I'm tellin’ yer, Mrs. Horan, is ne , because every body’s talking about it Vew York World. \UNSING Hosiery Cur Underwear Munsingwear union suits, because of the correct manner in which they are designed, the satisfactory way in which they fit and cover the figure and the unusual service and comfort they give the wearer, are | -MO-LAY- for sale by one or more of the leading merchants in practically every | trading center of importance in the United States. FoR SHAVING WITHOUT Munsingwear hosiery like Munsingwear underwear is BRUSH ORLATHER a quality product made for every member of the} family. If you want the utmost in underwear and hosiery value, ask for Munsingwear. | dust Try This Munsingwear Quality Assures Comfort and Service THE MUNSINGWEAR CORPORATION Wash voursfecestolres MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA _ _ ST ERINGe oe Oh, Henry! shave once-over and then A reartexixo phenomenon is noted in slips up to the library and draws these dry your face. Baltimore, where at the public library — books out himself. It is recatled that his u h nearest the home of HL. L. hero and model, Nietzsche, was in private It’s a revelation in quick, Mencken, editor and critic, the greatest life peculiarly mild and gentle. And demand is for books on raising canaries! while urging homo boobiens to a dict of easy shaving with perfect Such is far ch is influence! A literary raw-meat, most likely this ter- face comfort. One tube man sends his voice thunderi to the ror of Hollins Street in the secrecy of will convince you. farthest corners of the land in prai his den pores over endless volumes on of Lewis, Cabell and Nietzsche, and how to make the wee birdies sing. in his own precinct people are readi —Elmer C. Adams, in Detroit News. how to mix bird seed and when to hays the cage ina sunny window, It would A Good Trick If He Does It be easy to understand if the man had “Keene tases be, Cosi Vel oi ever written a critical boost for can. has s cess of the raising, but a hopeful search of all the 3 in’ Sve 4 yeriodicals shows he has ae ele , , F \) MNo doubt the explanation is that Aasttess though he, ete All Druggists Mencken false pastes on a mustache, —New Yorker. comicbooks.com