I saw this at a screening of Buster Keaton's 'The General'. It was unannounced, but a pleasant little surprise. Featuring Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Rudolph Valentino, Roscoe Arbuckle, Douglas Fairbanks, and Jackie Coogan, it's a nice short film for anyone who gets a kick out of seeing celebrities of the silent era.
Audiences of today can definitely tell how Carter DeHaven's "impressions" of the aforementioned celebrities were done, but I'm not so sure on how keen audiences of the day were to "movie magic".
Overall, an amusing bit. It would have been more entertaining if Mr. DeHaven threw in an impression of an actress, but perhaps 1921 audiences weren't so comfortable with what would be transvestitism ... But, then again, Julian Eltinge made a living out of it.
Audiences of today can definitely tell how Carter DeHaven's "impressions" of the aforementioned celebrities were done, but I'm not so sure on how keen audiences of the day were to "movie magic".
Overall, an amusing bit. It would have been more entertaining if Mr. DeHaven threw in an impression of an actress, but perhaps 1921 audiences weren't so comfortable with what would be transvestitism ... But, then again, Julian Eltinge made a living out of it.