Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is a gossip column satirizing Hollywood and literary figures of the silent film era. The main targets include: **Nina Wilcox Putnam** — a writer whose success allegedly inspired a western studio writer, who brags he can sell stories because "if a wholesome looking person like Nina...can sell stories, I can." The satire mocks his cynical reasoning and implies Putnam's respectable appearance contradicts her actual behavior (smoking, slang-using). **Gloria Swanson and Marie Prevost** — mocked for bobbing their hair, with "Prevo" presented as a rhyming nickname. **Lady Sackville West** — mentioned as an extra on a film set alongside various aristocratic and socialite figures. The column's tone is cattily gossipy, using innuendo and mockery typical of 1920s scandal journalism about Hollywood's perceived moral decline.