Character Studies

Nov 20, 1927

0h 6m

★ 6.0

Overview

Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each we see him applying makeup and changing the combing of his hair or putting on a wig. When he tilts his head down during each supposed makeover, up pops the actual celebrity (Keaton, Lloyd, Arbuckle, Valentino, Fairbanks, Coogan) he appears to have been making himself up as.

Genres

Comedy

Character Studies Trailers

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Cast

Self

Carter DeHaven

Self (uncredited)

Buster Keaton

Self (uncredited)

Harold Lloyd

Self (uncredited)

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Self (uncredited)

Rudolph Valentino

Self (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (uncredited)

Jackie Coogan

Actress Maggie's world collapses when her director husband is outed by the paparazzi when it’s discovered his new leading lady is pregnant with his baby. Seeking solace and healing, Maggie escapes to her ex-pat cousin’s beautiful hotel in Nevis. After a week in paradise, she discovers herself and meets a new love interest. Then reality comes crashing back in.

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