Life — January 25, 1929 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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The New Books Ir you didn’t read Harold by Lloyd's story of his life in Perry the Saturday Evening hired A last fall you'll enjoy it all the Githens more now that it has come out in handy book form. It is called, very appropriately, “An American Comedy” (Longmans) and the by-line reads, “Acted by Harold Lloyd, directed by Wesley W. Stout.” No one who has ever shricked at the gentleman with the shell-rimmed glasses can fail to get a good time out of this book. It is a crisp and rollicking confes- sion of one of America’s leading cutups. Harold Lloyd might be called the business man of the comedians. Certainly, he put laughter on a business basis, and gave giggles a place on the profit and loss sheet. In addition, he is about the only down without a broken heart, the only comic who is content to grin without looking wistful. In his book, he tells how it is done, how gags are born and pictures are made. He thinks he is a successful screen comedian because he “knows the tools of his trade,” because he “has a store of knowledge of comedy effects, what they are and how to obtain them.” I's a business. T Saw Ir Mysetr (Dutton), by Henri Barbusse, purports to be a collection of horror tales but turns out, on further in- spection, to be a tirade against somebody or other vaguely termed “They,” by which M. Barbusse probably means the Capital- ists. Supposedly, these stories are true. In along foreword, the author says as much, but here and there I find evidence to the contrary. Details, always important, are vague or downright inaccurate. And in one place, masquerading under an African locale, I recognized the old Russian folk (Continued on page 32) ADDING MACHINE VEST POCKET SIZE Doce werk of higher priced machine Gearanteed | A Personal Invitation to Car Owners: F you Want to Know What Real Riding Comfort is, drive a Houdaille equipped car—or try to keep up with one. DOUBLE-ACTING: Houdailles absorb those shocks that make springs “‘strike bottom.’ They kill recoil before it starts. HYDRAULIC: They automatically and instantly adjust their resistance to the size of bumps and speed of spring action. Take this as your Personal Invitation to drive around to Houdaille Headquarters in your town. Drive a Houd- aille equipped car, or better yet, have a set installed on your own car for 30 days’ trial. Houdaille hydraulic double-acting shock absorbers contribute greatly to the riding comfort of Lincoln, Ford, Pierce-Arrow, Cunningham, Stearns- Knight, Jordan, Nash Advanced Six, Chrysler Imperial, Graham-Paige 619, 629 and 835, Studebaker President and 33 European Cars. HOUDE ENGINEERING CORPORATION 537 BE. Delavan Avenue Buffalo, New York HOUDAILLE Double-Actin, SHOCK ABSORBERS comicbooks.com