Life — February 6, 1931 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This page contains three distinct sections: **Top**: A sketch titled "Copyright Applied For" listing Shakespeare play adaptations for motion pictures—showing how classical works were being rapidly adapted for film with sensational titles ("Forbidden Sweetness" for Romeo and Juliet, "Unhackled Women" for Merry Wives of Windsor, etc.). The accompanying cartoon depicts a mother and child viewing discarded clothes, captioned "Look, mummy—Dicky's gone and he's left all his clothes!" **Middle**: Brief humor pieces including "Inefficient Idling" (dialogue about chopped wood) and "Making Both Ends Meet" (about daily exercise routines). **Bottom**: A comic strip sequence showing figures posing before movie posters for films like "In Old Arizona," "Tarzan of the Apes," and "Adam and Eve"—satirizing early silent film titles and theatrical promotion. The overall theme critiques Hollywood's commercialization of entertainment through sensationalized adaptations and marketing.