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Silent Movie Sets at the Iverson Ranch
19231921 1926
1923
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Three Ages is a 1923 silent film starring comedian Buster Keaton
and Wallace Beery.
Three plots are intercut in three different historical periods—prehistoric times, ancient Rome, and
modern times (the Roaring Twenties)
The film's badly decayed negative was rediscovered in 1954 and has since been restored.
The film is available for download at
https://archive.org/details/Silent_ThreeAges_1923
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We will now show two short film clips from the 1923 movie
Three Ages
The first clip is the credits/beginning 6 minutes
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The secondThree Ages
movie clip shows the well known “Bathtub Scene”
and the fight at the “Fake Cave House” This clip is 3 minutes
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The Fake Cave House in 1923 “Three Ages”
The Fake Cave House is a common thread. It was built perhaps pre-1920, and can be seen in the other movies in
this presentation.
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Man-Woman-Marriage
was filmed in 1920 and released in 1921. It has been lost, and not seen
since it was originally released.
One copy may have survived at the EYE film institute in Amsterdam, but
is not available.
75% of the silent feature films produced in the U.S. have been lost.
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Lobby card for “Man-Woman-
Marriage” (Jerry England
Collection)
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The Fake Cave House in “Man-Woman Marriage
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“Man-Woman Marriage
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“Man-Woman Marriage
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Behind the scenes
photo from Man-
Woman-Marriage
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Behind the scenes
photo from Man-
Woman-Marriage
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The Fake Cave House in “Man-Woman Marriage
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Richard the Lion-Hearted
is a 1923 sequel to Robin Hood (1922; starring Douglas
Fairbanks), with Wallace Beery returning as Richard the Lion-
Hearted.
With its survival status classified as unknown, it is considered to
be a lost film.
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Fake castle front, built for "Richard the
Lion-Hearted"
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Fake castle front, built for "Richard the
Lion-Hearted"
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Notice the distinctive group of small rocks
highlighted here in 2015, on the ground below “Tower Rock"
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This is that same group of rocks more than 90
years earlier, in the "Richard the Lion-Hearted"
photo.
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Tell it to the Marines
is a 1926 silent movie starring Lon Chaney as a gruff Marine sergeant.
The climactic Chinese Bridge Scene was filmed at Garden of the Gods.
This film is available in DVD format.
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"Tell It to the Marines"
(MGM, 1926)
The Chinese bridge
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"Tell It to the Marines"
(MGM, 1926)
The Chinese bridge
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"Tell It to the Marines"
(MGM, 1926)
The Chinese bridge
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"Tell It to the Marines“
Bridge spanning a deep gorge
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"Tell It to the Marines“
Bridge spanning a deep gorge
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"Tell It to the Marines“
Bridge spanning a deep gorge
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"Tell It to the Marines“
Bridge spanning a deep gorge
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Behind the scenes photo
production shot shows that it is not
a deep gorge
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Single anchor point for the two south struts of Chinese Bridge, identified as “Anchor Point G” in photo to the right
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And yes, the Fake Cave House used
in “Three Ages” is in
the Chinese Bridge Scene
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And now to see how it all turned out!
Following is a 4 minute edited version of the
Chinese Bridge Scene from 1926,
Tell it to the Marines
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And now to see how it all turned out!
Following is a 4 minute edited version of the
Chinese Bridge Scene from 1926,
Tell it to the Marines
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In closing, filming continues at Iverson Ranch.
The following 30 second commercial was filmed three
months ago on August 15th, 2015, at the Garden of the Gods at
Overlook Point
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Sources/Acknowledgements
Log on to iversonmovieranch.blogspot.com, and join the mailing list. You will discover a detailed discussion of filming done at the Iverson Ranch.
This presentation focuses on a small portion of the website, the magnificent and unusual set productions that were created in the silent movie era.
Contributed content by Iverson Historian Ben Burtt
Prepared by Dennis Liff, Chatsworth Historical Society, November 2015