Three Ages (1923 film)
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| Three Ages | |
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 Theatrical poster for Three Ages (1923) |
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| Directed by | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck Buster Keaton |
| Written by | Buster Keaton Clyde Bruckman (uncredited) Jean C. Havez (uncredited) Joseph A. Mitchell (uncredited) |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Margaret Leahy Wallace Beery Lillian Lawrence Joe Roberts |
| Cinematography | Elgin Lessley William C. McGann |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 24, 1923 |
| Running time | 63 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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Three Ages is a 1923 black and white American feature-length silent comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery. The first feature Keaton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in (unlike The Saphead (1920), in which he only acted), Keaton structured the film like three inter-cut short films. The structure also worked as a satire of D. W. Griffith's 1916 film Intolerance.
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[edit] Plot
Three plots in three different historical periods—prehistoric times, ancient Rome, and modern times (the Roaring Twenties)—are intercut to prove the point that mens' love for woman have not significantly changed throughout history. In all three plots, characters played by Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery compete for the attention of the same woman, played by Margaret Leahy.
[edit] Cast
- Margaret Leahy as the Girl
- Wallace Beery as the Villain
- Buster Keaton as the Boy
- Lillian Lawrence as the Girl's Mother
- Joe Roberts as the Girl's Father
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| The films of Buster Keaton |
| Full Lengths |
| Three Ages - Our Hospitality - Sherlock, Jr. - The Navigator - Seven Chances - Go West - Battling Butler - The General - College - Steamboat Bill Jr. - The Cameraman - Spite Marriage - Hollywood Cavalcade - Easy to Wed - In the Good Old Summertime - Excuse My Dust |
| Shorts |
| The Rough House - Convict 13 - One Week - The Scarecrow - Neighbors - The Haunted House - Hard Luck - The High Sign - The Goat - The Playhouse - The Boat - The Paleface - Cops - My Wife's Relations - The Blacksmith - The Frozen North - The Electric House - Daydreams - The Balloonatic - The Love Nest - The Gold Ghost - Allez Oop - One Run Elmer - Tars and Stripes - Grand Slam Opera - Blue Blazes - Mixed Magic - Love Nest on Wheels - Life in Sometown, U.S.A. - Hollywood Handicap - Streamlined Swing - The Railrodder |
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