Title from container. Sherlock Jr.: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton; Three ages: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery. Special features: Sherlock Jr.: music by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra; music by the Club Foot Orchestra; vintage jazz score compiled by Jay Ward; audio commentary by film historian David Kalat; documentary short on the making of the film, written by film historian David B. Pearson; visual essay on the film's locations by Silent echoes author John Bengtson. Special features: Three ages: music arranged and directed Robert Israel; organ score by Lee Erwin; piano score; Man's genesis (1912), a nine-minute excerpt of the D.W. Griffith prehistoric romance that inspired Keaton's parody; visual essay on the film's locations by Silent echoes author John Bengtson; Three ages re-cut as a trio of stand-alone short films.
Contents:
Sherlock Jr. (45 min., 1924) / a Metro attraction ; directed by Buster Keaton ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck ; screenplay by Jean Havez, Joseph Mitchell, & Clyde Bruckman -- Three ages (63 min., 1923) / a Metro attraction ; directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck ; screenplay by Jean Havez, Joseph Mitchell, & Clyde Bruckman.
Summary:
Sherlock Jr.: A movie theater projectionist who dreams of becoming a super-sleuth brings his fantasies to life; Three ages: Man's quest for love is played out in the Stone Age, ancient Rome, and the Jazz Age.
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