Three Ages Overview:

Three Ages (1923) was a Comedy - Silent Films Film directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline and produced by Buster Keaton and Joseph M. Schenck.

BlogHub Articles:

Three Ages (1923)

By Lindsey on Jun 21, 2013 From The Motion Pictures

Buster in the stone age, with a very tall lady-friend. (Image: A Drifting Cowboy) “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,” a pr... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THREE AGES (1923)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 3, 2013 From Virtual Virago

Although it’s not as celebrated today as Sherlock Jr. (1924) or The General (1926), Buster Keaton’s Three Ages (1923) is still funny stuff, even if it ventures into more outlandish settings than most of Keaton’s films. This would be the first of Keaton’s efforts at creating ... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THREE AGES (1923)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 3, 2013 From Virtual Virago

Although it’s not as celebrated today as Sherlock Jr. (1924) or The General (1926), Buster Keaton’s Three Ages (1923) is still funny stuff, even if it ventures into more outlandish settings than most of Keaton’s films. This would be the first of Keaton’s efforts at creating ... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THREE AGES (1923)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 3, 2013 From Virtual Virago

Although it’s not as celebrated today as Sherlock Jr. (1924) or The General (1926), Buster Keaton’s Three Ages (1923) is still funny stuff, even if it ventures into more outlandish settings than most of Keaton’s films. This would be the first of Keaton’s efforts at creating ... Read full article


See all Three Ages articles

Quotes from

No Quote for this film.

Facts about

There are two references in the Roman section a - one classical and one biblical. The classical reference is to the story of Androcles and the lion (when Keaton is in the dungeon) and the biblical one is to Samson bringing down the temple upon himself and his enemies (when Keaton collapses Beery's house).
Towards the end of the movie, the names Havez, Mitchell and Bruckman appear on the football roster; they were names of Keaton's co-writers.
Buster Keaton's first feature film. He chose to construct the film as a series of separate episodes so the film could be cut into individual shorts to be re-released on their own if the feature was a failure.
read more facts about Three Ages...
Share this page:
Visit the Classic Movie Hub Blog CMH
Also directed by Edward F. Cline




More about Edward F. Cline >>
Also produced by Buster Keaton




More about Buster Keaton >>
Also released in 1923




See All 1923 films >>
More "Slapstick" films



See All "Slapstick" films >>