# Three Ages

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Cast and Crew :
| Cast ||
| Role | Actor |
| | Buster Keaton |
| | Margaret Leahy |
| | Wallace Beery |
| | Joe Roberts |
| | Lionel Belmore |
| | Blanche Payson |
| | Kewpie Morgan |
| | Lillian Lawrence |
| Crew ||
| Distributor | Metro Pictures, Netflix |
| Director | Buster Keaton (d. 1966), Edward F. Cline (d. 1961) |
| Producer | Joseph M. Schenck (d. 1961), Buster Keaton |
| Screenwriter | Clyde Bruckman (d. 1955), Joseph A. Mitchell, Buster Keaton |
| Cinematographer | Elgin Lessley (d. 1944), William C. McGann (d. 1977) |
| Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1977, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 46 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States. ||
JOSEPH M. SCHENCK
presents
Buster Keaton
in
"Three Ages"
A Metro Attraction
Directed by BUSTER KEATON
Assistant Director
ROBERT IVES
Photography
ELGIN LESSLEY and WILLIAM C. McGANN
Technical Director
FRED GABOURIE
THE PLAYERS
THREE AGES
PREFACE
IF 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.
THERE is no better way to prove this than by comparing the love stories of three widely separated periods of Time.
As appropriate examples we have selected the Stone Age, the Roman Age, and the Modern Age.
The Stone Age.
Beauty is a part of Yesterday, Today, and Forever.
. . . Miss Margaret Leahy
In every age Beauty is sought by the Adventurer.
. . . Mr. Wallace Beery
Through every age there is the faithful worshipper at Beauty's shrine.
. . . Buster Keaton
Youth is eternally protected by the sheltering wing of devoted parents.
. . . Miss Lillian Lawrence . . . Mr. Joseph Roberts
From the beginning of time parents have found different methods of choosing their daughter's mate.
A troubled heart ever yearns to know the future.
"My card!"
"I want to ask the Wee-gee if she loves only me."
ROME In all Her Glory.
NON POSTUM EXIT
NO PARKING
"Thou rankest high in the Roman army—"
"—and thou art the rankest!"
"Wise Soothsayer—can'st thou tell me if yon fair wench love'th me alone?"
THE PRESENT AGE Of Speed, Need, and Greed
"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—"
"—my wife!"
"Of course you gentlemen understand that my daughter's happiness hangs in the balance."
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
LAST NATIONAL BANK
Again turning back to prehistoric days.
A man's attempt to arouse Jealousy is as old as Time.
RECTOR CAFE
Get rid of that big boob and meet me outside I am sitting behind you pretending to be asleep.
"We will fight this out at sunrise!"
"I think I had better dictate my will before sunrise."
Sunrise.
WEATHER FORECAST
FAIR
AND
WARMER
WEATHER FORECAST
Snow
"Thou art challenged to a chariot race in yon arena at high noon tomorrow—when I shall drag thy name down to disgrace!"
SPARK PLUG SPARK PLUG
High Noon.
LOCAL FOOTBALL TEAMS CLASH TOMORROW LINE-UP
| NORTH SIDE | — | SOUTH SIDE |
| MITCHELL | L. E. R. | KEATON |
| BRUCKMAN | L. T. R. | GABE |
| GRAY | L. G. R. | DEVLIN |
| HAVEZ | CENTER | HARMON |
| LESLIE | R. G. L. | MORRIS |
| M$^c$CANN | R. T. L. | CHESTER |
| BRUNO | R. E. L. | S$^t$ CLAIN |
| HAINES | —QUARTER BACK— | ANGER |
| BOOTH | L. H. R. | BERNARD |
| JACKSON | R. H. L. | COLLINS |
| CRAVES | F. B. | MORGAN |
DAILY NEWS
BULLETIN
"He doesn't play—he's just the coach for the other team."
LINE-UP
| NORTH SIDE | — | SOUTH SIDE |
| BEERY | L. E. R. | KEATON |
| BRUCKMAN | L. T. R. | GABE |
| GRAY | L. G. R. | DEVLIN |
UNDERTAKING PARLOR
The Game.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| NORTH SIDE | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| SOUTH SIDE | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
TIME LEFT TO PLAY
SCORE BY QUARTERS
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| NORTH SIDE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SOUTH SIDE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
TIME LEFT TO PLAY
BIG WEDDING TOMORROW
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
In the meantime the prehistoric young man returns to the city from a sight seeing tour
"Take yon maid to my domicile."
Somehow he vaguely remembered that somewhere——sometime——somebody made friends with some lion by doing something to some of its paws.
After a delightful ride in the patrol wagon——
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BIGAMIST FORGERY
DATE EXAMINED 6-7-19 Prisoner's Signature
SOCIETY BIG WEDDING TOMORROW
Mr. Wallace Beery of this city and Miss Margaret Leahy will be married at 12 o'clock tomorrow at Grace M. E. Church. [...]
L.A. POLICE STATION 6
"Back to the church!"
—and if anything more were needed to show that love has not changed——
THE END
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:
* The principal director
* The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
* The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
* The cinematographer
* By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot
The longest-living of these authors died in 1977, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 46 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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