User: PseudoSkull
File: Three Ages (1923).webm
Author: Buster Keaton, Edward Francis Cline
Publisher: Metro Pictures
Year: 1923
PD: PD/US|1977|film=yes
Note:
Cat: Comedy film, Films with historical settings
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00:00
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{{c|
JOSEPH M. SCHENCK
<br>
{{xx-smaller|presents}}
<br>
{{xxxx-larger|{{sc|[[Author:Buster Keaton|Buster Keaton]]}}}}
<br>
{{xx-smaller|in}}
<br>
{{xxxx-larger|{{sc|"Three Ages"}}}}
<br>
A Metro Attraction
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00:27
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{{c|
Directed by<br>BUSTER KEATON
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00:33
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{{c|
Assistant Director
<br>
ROBERT IVES
<br><br>
Photography
<br>
ELGIN LESSLEY and<br>WILLIAM C. McGANN
<br><br>
Technical Director
<br>
FRED GABOURIE
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00:44
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{{c|THE PLAYERS}}
{{TOC begin}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|The Girl's Father|''Joe Roberts''}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|The Girl's Mother|''Lillian Lawrence''}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|The Villain|''Wallace Beery''}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|The Girl|''Margaret Leahy''}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|The Boy|''Buster Keaton''}}
{{TOC end}}
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01:11
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{{c|THREE AGES}}
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01:15
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{{c|PREFACE}}
{{di|I}}F you let your mind wander back through History you will find that the only thing that has not changed since the World began is—LOVE. Love is the unchanging axis on which the World revolves.
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01:35
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{{di|T}}HERE is no better way to prove this than by comparing the love stories of three widely separated periods of Time.
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As appropriate examples we have selected the Stone Age, the Roman Age, and the Modern Age.
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01:53
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{{di|T}}he Stone Age.
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02:09
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{{di|B}}eauty is a part of Yesterday, Today, and Forever.
{{right|{{smaller|''. . . Miss Margaret Leahy''}}}}
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02:27
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{{di|I}}n every age Beauty is sought by the Adventurer.
{{right|{{smaller|''. . . Mr. Wallace Beery''}}}}
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02:43
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{{di|T}}hrough every age there is the faithful worshipper at Beauty's shrine.
{{right|{{smaller|''. . . Buster Keaton''}}}}
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04:12
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{{di|Y}}outh is eternally protected by the sheltering wing of devoted parents.
{{right|{{smaller|''. . . Miss Lillian Lawrence<br>. . . Mr. Joseph Roberts''}}}}
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04:43
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{{c|{{di|F}}rom the beginning of time parents have found different methods of choosing their daughter's mate.}}
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05:32
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{{di|A}} troubled heart ever yearns to know the future.
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05:42
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{{c|"My card!"}}
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06:02
{{ft/d|
{{c|"I want to ask the Wee-gee if she loves only me."}}
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06:38
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{{c|{{di|R}}OME In all Her Glory.}}
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08:32
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{{c|
{{lgb|la|
NON<br>
{{larger|POSTUM}}<br>
EXIT
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08:34
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{{c|NO PARKING}}
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09:25
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{{c|"Thou rankest high in the Roman army—"}}
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09:33
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{{c|"—and thou art the rankest!"}}
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09:55
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{{c|"Wise Soothsayer—can'st thou tell me if yon fair wench love'th me alone?"}}
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10:56
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{{c|{{di|T}}HE PRESENT AGE Of Speed, Need, and Greed}}
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14:31
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{{c|"I want you boys to know that I am master of my own home, and the choice of my daughter's husband rests entirely with—"}}
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14:47
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{{c|"—my wife!"}}
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14:57
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{{c|"Of course you gentlemen understand that my daughter's happiness hangs in the <u>balance</u>."}}
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15:10
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{{c|FIRST<br>NATIONAL<br>BANK}}
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15:22
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{{c|LAST<br>NATIONAL<br>BANK}}
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16:28
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{{di|A}}gain turning back to prehistoric days.
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17:39
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{{c|{{di|A}} man's attempt to arouse Jealousy is as old as Time.}}
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20:39
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{{c|RECTOR CAFE}}
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26:50
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{{cb|
Get rid of that big boob and meet me outside<br>I am sitting behind you pretending to be asleep.
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28:24
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{{c|"We will fight this out at sunrise!"}}
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28:50
{{ft/d|
{{c|"I think I had better dictate my will before sunrise."}}
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29:39
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{{di|S}}unrise.
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31:45
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{{c|
{{smaller|WEATHER<br>FORECAST}}
<br>
FAIR
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{{smaller|AND}}
<br>
WARMER
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32:16
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{{c|
{{xx-smaller|WEATHER<br>FORECAST}}
<br>
{{smaller|{{sc|Snow}}}}
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33:01
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{{c|"Thou art challenged to a chariot race in yon arena at high noon tomorrow—when I shall drag thy name down to disgrace!"}}
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33:35
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{{c|
{{sb|
SPARK<br>PLUG<br><br>SPARK<br>PLUG
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34:14
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{{di|H}}igh Noon.
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39:26
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{{c|{{larger|LOCAL}}<br>FOOTBALL TEAMS<br>CLASH TOMORROW<br>{{smaller|<u>LINE-UP</u>}}}}
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{|
! <u>NORTH SIDE</u>
! —
! <u>SOUTH SIDE</u>
|-
|MITCHELL
|L. E. R.
|KEATON
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|BRUCKMAN
|L. T. R.
|GABE
|-
|GRAY
|L. G. R.
|DEVLIN
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|HAVEZ
|CENTER
|HARMON
|-
|LESLIE
|R. G. L.
|MORRIS
|-
|M<sup>c</sup>CANN
|R. T. L.
|CHESTER
|-
|BRUNO
|R. E. L.
|S<sup>t</sup> CLAIN
|-
|HAINES
|—QUARTER BACK—
|ANGER
|-
|BOOTH
|L. H. R.
|BERNARD
|-
|JACKSON
|R. H. L.
|COLLINS
|-
|CRAVES
|F. B.
|MORGAN
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{{rh|{{xx-smaller|BEERY}}|{{xx-larger|COACH}}|{{xx-smaller|NEALE}}}}
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39:33
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{{c|
{{smaller|DAILY<br>NEWS}}
<br><br><br>
{{xx-smaller|BULLETIN}}
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40:02
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{{c|"He doesn't play—he's just the coach for the other team."}}
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40:30-40:36
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{{c|{{xx-larger|<u>LINE-UP</u>}}}}
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{|
! <u>NORTH SIDE</u>
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|BEERY
|L. E. R.
|KEATON
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|BRUCKMAN
|L. T. R.
|GABE
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|GRAY
|L. G. R.
|DEVLIN
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40:43
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{{c|{{smaller|UNDERTAKING PARLOR}}}}
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40:54
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{{di|T}}he Game.
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41:00
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{{c|SCORE BY QUARTERS}}
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44:45
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{{c|SCORE BY QUARTERS}}
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46:02
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{{c|'''''BIG WEDDING TOMORROW'''''}}
{{hr|3em}}
Mr. Wallace Beery of this city and Miss Margaret Leahy will be married at Grace Church at 12 o'clock tomorrow. The ceremony will take place at exactly high
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46:32
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{{c|{{di|I}}n the meantime the prehistoric young man returns to the city from a sight seeing tour}}
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50:42
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{{c|"Take yon maid to my domicile."}}
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51:11
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{{c|{{di|S}}omehow he vaguely remembered that somewhere——sometime——somebody made friends with some lion by doing something to some of its paws.}}
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55:33
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{{di|A}}fter a delightful ride in the patrol wagon——
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56:04
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{{c|{{xx-smaller|{{monospace|74252{{gap}}74252}}}}}}
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56:09
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{{c|BIGAMIST<br>FORGERY<br><br>
{{xx-smaller|DATE EXAMINED}} 6-7-19 {{xx-smaller|{{sc|Prisoner's Signature}}}}
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56:14
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{{c|{{larger|SOCIETY}}<br>'''''BIG WEDDING TOMORROW'''''}}
{{hr|3em}}
Mr. Wallace Beery of this city and Miss Margaret Leahy will be married at 12 o'clock tomorrow at Grace M. E. Church.<br>
[...]
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57:29
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{{c|{{smaller|L.A. POLICE STATION 6}}}}
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1:01:50
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{{c|"Back to the church!"}}
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1:01:59
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—and if anything more were needed to show that love has not changed——
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1:03:17
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{{c|THE END}}
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