Character Studies (1927)

Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each impression we see him applying makeup, then he ducks down below the makeup table and pops up, in order, as ... See full summary »

Stars:

Carter DeHaven, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Jackie Coogan

Cast

Cast overview:
Carter DeHaven	...	Himself

Storyline

Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each impression we see him applying makeup, then he ducks down below the makeup table and pops up, in order, as Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Rudolph Valentino, Fatty Arbuckle, Douglas Fairbanks, and Jackie Coogan, all played by themselves.

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Plot Keywords:

makeup | special effects | impersonation | movie star | stage show

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 November 1927 (USA)

Also Known As:

Carter DeHaven in Character Studies

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min 6 min (2005 alternate)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally produced in 1925 for a party thrown by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, it was released commercially in 1927.

User Reviews

Interesting

Character Studies (1927)

** (out of 4)

Historically interesting, if overall silly, film has Carter DeHaven doing various impersonations of other silent screen stars. Instead of him actually doing the impersonations, through editing, the real stars end up coming out of the magic box. Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Jackie Coogan, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino and Fatty Arbuckle appear as themselves. Overall the film is rather boring and there's nothing too special here outside of seeing the real stars. What makes this film so interesting is that it was apparently filmed in 1925 as some sort of "friends" movie because Arbuckle had already been blacklisted from appearing in movies due to the murder case he went through.