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ART TROUBLE-1939-Two rich brothers (one is James Stewart in his film debut) don't want to go to art school in Paris. To fool their parents, they hire two mugs (Harry Gribbon & Shemp Howard) to take their place. It's full of slapstick and one liners and Shemp does a funny violent dance with a woman. Also with Marjorie Main and Mary Wicks. 

Directed by Ralph Staub who made several other shorts with the Gribbon/Howard team. Co-star Gribbon had worked in vaudeville, on Broadway and for Mack Sennett and in his day was very well known.

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CHARACTER STUDIES-1927-In this silent short subject, actor/director Carter DeHaven “impersonates” well known Hollywood stars. The gimmick here is that he doesn't really impersonate them, they play themselves: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks and Jackie Coogan all appear (uncredited) as themselves. It has a new piano score by Phillip Carli. Carter DeHaven later Chaplin's assistant director on MODERN TIMES (1936) and acted in THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940). 

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TRADER HOUND-1931-Crazy short film where all the main characters are played by dogs! This is part of a series of 9 “Dogville” shorts released by MGM from 1929-1931. They were directed jointly by Zion Meyers (who wrote many 3 Stooges shorts) and Jules White (who directed many 3 Stooges shorts). There's a fight involving a phony gorilla and some racist humor. The series was banned in England due to animal cruelty. 

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