Les trois âges

Titre original : Three Ages

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.The misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.The misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.

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- 1 nomination au total

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Rôles principaux14

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Buster Keaton

The Boy

Margaret Leahy

The Girl

Wallace Beery

The Villain

Joe Roberts

The Girl's Father

Lillian Lawrence

The Girl's Mother

Kewpie Morgan

The Emperor
(as Horace Morgan)
…

Lionel Belmore

Undetermined Role
(unconfirmed)
(uncredited)

Bernard Berger

Roman-age child
(uncredited)

Basil Bookasta

Stone-age Child
(uncredited)

George Bookasta

Stone-age Child
(uncredited)

George Davis

Roman Guard Knocked Down
(uncredited)

Louise Emmons

Old Fortune Teller
(uncredited)

F.F. Guenste

Butler
(uncredited)

Blanche Payson

The Amazon
(uncredited)

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Histoire

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Anecdotes
The most famous stunt in the movie was actually built around what went wrong with the original stunt. Buster Keaton intended to leap from a board projecting from one building onto the roof of another building, but he fell short, smashing into the brick wall and falling into a net off-screen. He was injured badly enough to be laid up for three days. However, when he saw the film (the camera operators were instructed to always keep filming, no matter what happened), he not only kept the mishap, he built on it, adding the fall through three awnings, the loose downspout that propels him into the firehouse and the slide down the fire pole.

Gaffes
In the medium shot of the Stone Age soothsayer scene, Buster's hands are resting together near the side of the turtle. But in the cut to a close-up, we see only a hand double's right hand, and it's directly in front of the turtle's mouth. (It's clearly a hand double, since Keaton was missing his right index finger tip.)

Citations
The Boy: [in the Stone Age] I want to ask the Wee-gee if she loves only me.

Autres versions
In 1995, Film Preservation Associates copyrighted a version with an orchestral score; no details were specified on the print.

Connexions
Edited into The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979)

Commentaires des utilisateurs33

Commentaire en vedette

8/10

Incomparable

First time of seeing Buster Keaton's first feature film and I have to admit I liked it a lot and only wish I'd stumbled across it years ago. The Rohauer blurb at the start warns that the Three Ages single nitrate print was rediscovered and salvaged in 1954 just in time before combustion, and many frames that seemed hopelessly glued together were separated. So, it's rocky viewing in places, but I've seen and survived much worse.

It would have been OK as the 3 short films but as a take on Intolerance it's inventive and funny from the start to the finish: In the Stone Age with baddie Wallace Beery riding an elephant and goodie Buster riding a pet brontosaurus; In the Roman Age Buster riding a chariot with wheel locks and adapted for sledging, No Parking signs in Latin; In this technological Age of Speed Need and Greed his car beautifully falls to bits at the first hump. Both him and Beery are after the Girl through the ages, a never ending tussle. Favourite bit: As the caveman he gets knocked backward over a cliff edge but still blows a kiss to the camera - an amazing second or two!

Great stuff, reaffirming my love of silent film comedy.