Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, December 1924 · page 58 of 71
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This page contains gossip about silent-film celebrities, not political cartoons. The section mocks Hollywood's divorce epidemic, naming actors like Mary Miles Minter, Creighton Hale, and Leatrice Joy. The satire targets the film industry's romantic instability—multiple divorces are reported casually, with the tone suggesting this upheaval is routine ("the divorce mill...continues to grind"). The jokes rely on readers' familiarity with these now-obscure stars and their personal scandals. References like Minter "managing somehow to shorten" a jail sentence hint at using connections; the Dr. Mixsell item suggests romantic fickleness; the Marjorie Rambeau item implies a relationship has dissolved. The overall message: Hollywood's moral looseness and romantic chaos are absurd and deserving ridicule. Modern readers would need period context identifying these actors and the era's general disapproval of celebrity divorces.
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[Farmyard Fun and Filosophy] MARY MILES MINTER, when she heard that Louis Sherwin was in Ludlow Street jail in New York for failure to pay back alimony, rushed eastward and we think she'll manage somehow to shorten his six months sentence. Dr. Mixsell, of Pasadena, who was so attentive to Mary last year, has been given "the gate" and is now in London. * * * Thelma Morgan Converse got tired of the picture game after taking part in two productions, and is off for Europe to rest. * * * THE divorce mill out in the film colony continues to grind right along. The Howard Truesdells have been granted a decree, and Creighton Hale wants one from Victoire Hale. Leatrice Joy has asked for one from John Gilbert. Marie Dunn, who plays some in pictures, names Nancy Fair in her suit for divorce from Percy Dunn, a theatrical booking agent. * * * Jobyna Ralston, Harold Lloyd's leading lady, and Taylor Garnett, scenario writer on the Sennett lot, are often seen together these days. * * * MARJORIE RAMBEAU was supposed to be enamored of A. E. Anson, a player touring in her vaudeville sketch, "Brace-lets." However, Anson has lately left the company, so something's off. [53]