Three Ages (1923)

Directors

Edward F. Cline

Cast

Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts, Lillian Lawrence

The story

Three plots in three different historical periods — prehistoric times, ancient Rome, and the Roaring Twenties — are intercut to prove the point that man's love for woman has not significantly changed throughout history. In all three plots, characters played by the small and slight Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery compete for the attention of the same woman, played by Margaret Leahy. Each plot follows similar "arcs" in the story line in which Keaton's character works for his beloved's attention and eventually wins her over.

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