Life Magazine – November 30, 1928 (# 2404) – John Held, Jr. – Talkie movies

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Cover : Cast and Crew filming a movie with sound, “The Talkie : now when he kisses her I’ll drop the handkerchief, and I want to hear some NOISE!,” art by John Held, Jr.

– Full page Lucky Strike cigarettes ad with nice art of Gertrude Lawrence.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Gluyas Williams (Seriously, Calvin, hadn’t you better begin to be thinking about the future?), Lui Trugor (or something like that : The Infernal triangle.), C. H. Sykes (The month), Strothmann (Lest we forget),
– Two page centerspread is two pages from the sketch book of Percy L. Crosby, the Life artist who does the Skippy cartoon art.
– Some current events include : The country has been overdosed with politics and now we can have a rest, Prosperity is the religion of the USA, much on vote splits on the last election.
– Contains a section labeled as “Home Life : a weekly periodical for family people.”
– Full page with yellow Willys-Knight car ad, signed but illegible.
– Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with nice autumn scene of three hikers resting and smoking, not signed.
– And much, much more.