The general : and Three ages

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Label

The general : and Three ages

Title remainder

and Three ages

Statement of responsibility

Buster Keaton

Title variation

• Buster Keaton
• General & three ages
• Three ages

Title variation remainder

the general and Three ages

Contributor

• Kino Classics (Firm)
• Leahy, Margaret, 1902-1967
• Mack, Marion, 1902-1989
• Mitchell, Joseph A.
• Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961
• Smith, Charles H., (Charles Henry), 1865-1942
• Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955
• Cavender, Glen, 1883-1962
• Beery, Wallace
• Metro Pictures Corporation
• Lobster Films (Firm)
• Cline, Edward, 1892-1961
• Vroom, Frederick, 1857-1942
• Havez, Jean, 1872-1925
• Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966

Actor

• Smith, Charles H., (Charles Henry), 1865-1942
• Beery, Wallace
• Vroom, Frederick, 1857-1942
• Cavender, Glen, 1883-1962
• Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
• Leahy, Margaret, 1902-1967
• Mack, Marion, 1902-1989

Film director

• Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955
• Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
• Cline, Edward, 1892-1961

Film distributor

• Lobster Films (Firm)

Film producer

• Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961

Presenter

• Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961

Production company

• Metro Pictures Corporation

Screenwriter

• Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955
• Havez, Jean, 1872-1925
• Mitchell, Joseph A.

Subject

• Prehistoric peoples -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Locomotive engineers -- Drama
• Fiction films
• Silent films
• Comedy films
• Slapstick comedy films
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
• Feature films

Genre

• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Drama
• Slapstick comedy films
• Comedy films
• Silent films

Language

eng

Summary

"Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is not simply one of the greatest silent comedies ever made, it is one of the greatest films of any era. In restaging the true story of one man s journey behind enemy lines to reclaim his captured locomotive during the Civil War, Keaton stages a series of complex chases, using lumbering trains as comedic props. Keaton s inventive mind is matched only by his physical athleticism, making THE GENERAL a truly breath-taking experience. Keaton's first foray into making feature films, THREE AGES is a parody of D.W. Griffith s Intolerance, dramatizing man s quest for love in three parallel settings a modern city, the Stone Age, and ancient Rome and loading each plotline with amazing stunts and hysterical sight gags."-- Container

Member of

• Three ages (Motion picture)
• General (Motion picture : 1927)

Cataloging source

CLE

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• The general: photography, Dev Jennings, Bert Haines
• Three ages: photography, William McGann, Elgin Lessley

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Language note

Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment

LC call number

PN1995.75

LC item number

.G464 2017

PerformerNote

• The general: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frederick Vroom, Glen Cavender
• Three ages: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts, Lillian Lawrence, Blanche Payson

Runtime

143

Technique

live action