Life, 1929-05-10 · page 30 of 44
Life — May 10, 1929 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment listings**, not political satire. The large centerpiece is an **AT&T Bell System advertisement** explaining their improved long-distance telephone service as of 1928. The image shows businessmen using phones and a pneumatic tube system, illustrating "high-speed business" communication. The bottom illustration references "The 8:16" train, noting "There will always be commuters"—a mild joke about how despite faster phones, people still need trains for travel. The right column contains **movie reviews and supper club listings**—standard entertainment guides for a 1920s magazine. References include Mary Pickford, Buster Keaton, and Greta Garbo's current films. **No political satire is present.** This is essentially a services directory wrapped around corporate PR for the telephone company's modernization efforts.
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Planning high-speed business An Advertisement of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company More than 95% of the tele- phone calls from one town to another in the Bell System are now on a high-speed basis. This holds whether the call is from New Orleans to Boston or from New York to Oyster Bay. Even if it is a long call, the oper- ator in many cases now asks you to hold the telephone while the call is put through. Calls from one town to another used to be handled by one operator taking your order and giving it to another group of operators to put through. You now give your call direct to the operators who put it through — and put it through fast while you are on the line. The average time for handling all toll and long distance calls in the Bell System was further mate- rially reduced in 1928. A high-speed service to all parts of the country—calls from one town to another as swift, clear and easy as local calls—that is the aim of the Bell System. This is one of the many improve- ments in methods and appliances which are constantly being intro- duced to give high-speed telephone service. Better and better telephone service at the lowest cost is ever the goal of the Bell System. “Tue TeLerHone Books are THE Directory oF THE NATION” The 8:16 There will always be commuters. Confideritial Guide (Continued J from Page 26) Movies Snow Boat (Tatxie) Universal—Reviewed in issue. Tur Ratrnow Man. (Tarxie) Sono-Art—Re- viewed next week. Coguerre. (Tatxie) United Artists—Mary Pickford cuts off her curls, puts her rompers in storage and becomes an adult talkie star, You'll probably like her. Tue Witpv Party. (Tarxie) Paremount— Clara Bow talks quite plainly and contin. ues to sell what the public generally seems to consider sex-appeal. Tue Sprre Marriace, (Sounn) Metro-Gold- wyn—Buster Keaton furnishes some hearty chuckles with the assistance of Dorothy Se- bastian and a set of false whiskers. Hearts in Dice, (Tarxse) Fox—An excel- lent study of the Southern rural negro. Good singing and a swell comedy per- formance by Stepin, Fetchit. Broapway Meropy. (Tarxiz) Metro-Gold- wyn—The best of the song-and-dance talk ies. A triumph for Bessie Love. Tue Iron Mask. (Sounn) United Artists— The sequel to “The Three Musketeers”, but ot quite as good. Two short talking s- quences by Doug Fairbanks for their adver- using value. Tue Fryino Freer. (Sounp) Metro-Goldwyn —— Novarro, shows how Annapots juates me flyers. Exceptional aero- plane photography. Tue Sins or THe Farner. (Sounn) Para- mount—Even Mr. Volstead will like Emil Jannings as a bootlegger. A Woman or Arrains, (Sounn) Metro-Gold- wyn—Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in a slightly purified version of “The Green Hat.” Greta is great. Weary River. (Tarxix) First National—An- other crook reforms through the power of music. Richard Barthelmess sings the theme song (or goes through the motions). Tue Barker. (Tarxre) First National—A really good talking picture. Milton Sills supported by lots of sex-appeal. Recom- mended for adults. Tee Suopworn Ancet. (TALKING srquENcts) Paramount—Much better than the average. Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper and Paul Lukas. Supper Clubs "Dressy. C Cover Charge. H Head Waster. Asepassapon Gait, Park Avenue at 51st. Nice quiet place to dance. * C.$1.50-2.00. Barney's, 85 West 3rd. A swell place. A swell orchestra. C.$2.00-3.00, H.Arnold. Casanova, 151 West sqth, Great hang-out. C.$3.00. Crus Richman, 157 West 56th. Olsen is back. C$s.00. Cuvs Praza, Plaza Hotel. Nice place. Popular at Tea Dances. Hricn-Ho, 35 East s3rd. Nice place. Good orchestra. ® C.$2.00-3.00. H.George. Lipo, 7th Ave. at sand, Very Park Avenue. *C$5.00. H.Cabiati. Montmartre, 205 West so, Oldest supper club in town and still popular, C.$3.00. H.Charlie. Mocapor, 51st St. East of Bway. Nice place. No cover charge. Rexpezvous, Winter Garden Theatre. Clay: ton, Jackson and Durante, the funniest birds in town. C.$3.00-4.00, H.Leon. Sractape, St. Regis Hotel, Vincent Lopez speaking. °C.$1.50-3.00. H.Charles. (Continued on Page 36) comicbooks.com