Life, 1929-03-08 · page 35 of 44
Life — March 8, 1929 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains movie reviews and advertisements, not political cartoons. The movie section critiques two films: "Loop the Loop" (dismissed as boring despite featuring acrobatic stunts and actress Jennie Jugo) and "The Redeeming Sin" (mocked for its melodramatic plot about a girl pawning her honor). The primary illustration shows a scene from "Midnight Marauders Don't Fear Telephones!" — a silent film about a criminal caught in the act. The accompanying text uses this scenario to advertise Smith & Wesson revolvers. The pitch argues that while criminals might use humor as psychological defense, law-abiding citizens should rely on both police protection *and* immediate self-defense via firearms. The advertisement positions gun ownership as practical insurance against crime, reflecting early 20th-century attitudes toward civilian weaponry and personal security.
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Movies (Continued from Page 25) these ren who attempt to lead girls asuray, and in this case Warwick falls from the top of the tent while per- forming his supposedly daring “Loop the Loop” stunt. As far as you are able to see, the drop of sixty feet or so does nothing more serious than cut his lip. The folks in the movies are certainly getting tougher. An actress named Jennie Jugo is the gal the boys fuss over, and as long as she lolls around in an acrobatic costume you can understand what the fighting is all about. But when Frau- lein Jugo starts acting you wonder if it wouldn't have been better if they had hired a bowlegged girl. Some of the light and shadow photo- graphic effects which were featured in “Variety” have been reproduced in this picture, but they are not sufficient reason for sitting through the whole boring film. You can well afford to miss “Loop the Loop.” “The Redeeming Sin” HE TITLE suggests a story of a girl who sells her honor to get her mother’s wedding ring out of the pawn shop. As a matter of fact the plot is much worse than that. — If vinsage tte eis | MLidnight Marauders a log, he Redeeming Sin” could Don’t Fear Telephones! have been passed off facetiously as a “Listen, Mister,..whena guy gets caught melodrama dug up from the lavender and old lace of the gay nineties in the spirit of good clean fun. Mr. Chris- topher Morley is doing the same thing over in Hoboken with that famous old stage success, “After Dark, or Neither (Continued om Page 34) in the act like you are—there ain’t much left for him to do ’cept be non- shallant, as the cigarette fellers say. If I wasn’t too damned easy-goin’—I’d...”’ ~ Tragedy and comedy so often sound YUMOROUC alike until the last moment. Your thug rrr ¢ might not have a sense of humor. The ale) 4 telephone that connects you with the a, by outer world—the splendid police force Rufeut Vartegev that maintains law and order to the Now you can enjoy a fullest possible extent of its powers— ign Ongpconse caine the financial satisfaction of adequate - insurance —these cannot always re- full of sparkle and place the means of vigorous and im- a radical departure and pleasant relief from old . mediate self-defense. fashioned courses and an- ‘iquated methods. Pre- Seighcul, salbraid see ightful, well-paid pro- fession. Write for free il- lustrated book, * Last peri SMITH &WESSON Word in Humorous Illus- SPRINGFIE MASS.4-U. 8A. The Russell Patterson School Michigan Ave, at 20th St., Dept. 5 THE :- REVOLVE RB ANUFACTURER_ CHICAGO, ILL, nnn | Th 32 and 38 calibre S&P W Safety Revolvers make accidental discharge by adult or child imposible Our Descriptive Booklet “D” will be sent free upon request comicbooks.com