In,his,first,independently,produced,feature,film,Buster,tells,of,love,and,romance,through,three,historical,ages:,the,Stone,Age,,the,Roman,Age,,and,the,Modern,Age.Three,Ages,is,a,1923,black-and-white,American,feature-length,silent,comedy,film,starring,comedian,Buster,Keaton,and,Wallace,Beery.,The,first,feature,Keaton,wrote,,directed,,produced,,and,starred,in,(unlike,The,Saphead,(1920),,in,which,he,only,acted),,Keaton,structured,the,film,like,three,inter-cut,short,films.,The,structure,also,worked,as,a,satire,of,D.,W.,Griffith‘s,1916,film,Intolerance.,The,film,was,shot,in,this,manner,as,a,kind,of,insurance,for,the,Studio.,While,Keaton,was,a,proven,success,in,the,short,film,medium,,he,had,yet,to,prove,himself,as,a,feature-length,star.,Had,the,project,flopped,,the,film,would,have,been,broken,into,three,short,films,,each,covering,one,of,the,‘Ages.‘
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