Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #59 — page 26: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains Hollywood gossip columns rather than cartoons. The pieces mock early 1920s film industry scandals: 1. **Alice Lake's engagement**: The column jokes about Lake's romantic history with various actors (Arbuckle, Farnum, Lytell), suggesting her relationships were frequent and somewhat mercenary. 2. **De Wolf Hopper's divorce**: A brief jab at the comedian's fifth failed marriage. 3. **Corinne Griffith's retirement**: Satirizes her announcement to quit films and raise a family after her honeymoon, cynically suggesting financial need will force her back. 4. **William Farnum's career collapse**: The sharpest joke—that Farnum, once significant, is now so obscure he's metaphorically dead, though a competing studio (Famous Players-Lasky) has rescued him from complete obscurity. The satire targets Hollywood's instability, failed marriages, and fickle careers.