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The Three Musketeers

1921

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Douglas Fairbanks' longest and most elaborate production up to 1921, The Three Musketeers was Fairbanks' first full-blown costume adventure (his modestly produced 1920 The Mark of Zorro was regarded as an extension of his breezy contemporary comedies). Fairbanks assumes the leading role of D'Artagnan, who after challenging musketeers Athos (Leon Barry), Porthos (George Siegmann) and Aramis (Eugene Pallette--yes, Eugene Pallette) to a duel, joins forces with them in opposition of the scheming Cardinal Richelieu(Nigel De Brulier). Plotting to discredit Queen Anne (Mary McLaren) in the eyes of her husband King Louis XIII (Adolphe Menjou) Richelieu dispatches Milady de Winter (Barbara La Marr) to pilfer the diamond brooch given by Anne to her British lover, the Duke of Buckingham (Thomas Holding). With the help of the lovely Constance (Marguerite de la Motte) D'Artagnan and the Musketeers race against time to retrieve the brooch and save their Queen. The film ends with D'Artagnan emerging victorious, a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his lips; the actual, darker denouement of Dumas' original Three Musketeers would be dramatized in the opening reels of Douglas Fairbanks' valedictory silent film, The Iron Mask (1929).~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Three Musketeers details

Formats:	TBC DVD, U LOVEFiLM Instant
Starring:	Douglas Fairbanks, Adolph Menjou, George Siegmann, Thomas Holding
Director:	Fred Niblo
Genres:	Action/Adventure - Romantic, Romance
Collections:	Tenuous Numbers

Title	Runtime	Certificate
The Three Musketeers	1hr 53 mins	U

LOVEFiLM Instant Information

Run time:	1 hour 53 minutes
Rental release:	Not currently released

Name	Discs
The Three Musketeers	TBC Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	2 hours
Rental release:	Not currently released
Main languages:	Silent

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One of the great silent classics from one of the greatest silent stars. Still impressive.

By roncoach (365 reviews) from suffolk , 25 Dec 2011

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This is one of the legendary Fairbank's greatest roles as D'Artagnan-----IMHO, only Gabriel Byrne ( so many years later, and more than probably 50 screen D'Artagnans later) came close to being the best to play the role.

This was a more serious than usual film for Fairbanks , and as long, nearly 2 hours, as a talking picture ( which were still 10 years away when this film was made). It showed him at his swashbuckling best-----and that's saying summat given the number of swashes he buckled over many years :)))))

It's an interesting aside that , PERSONALLY, I happen to think the best sword-fight on screen ( just beating Flynn/Rathbone in Robin Hood) involved Fairbanks' son , battling against the wonderful Ronald Coleman in the brilliant 1930s' version of 'The Prisoner Of Zenda'. So Fairbanks Jnr, whilst never achieving the legendary status of his illustrious silent screen father, has a special place in cinema history for me.

A must-see for all cinema buffs , especially afficianados of the silent era.
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One of the great silent classics from one of the greatest silent stars. Still impressive.

By roncoach (365 reviews) from suffolk , 25 Dec 2011

This is one of the legendary Fairbank's greatest roles as D'Artagnan-----IMHO, only Gabriel Byrne ( so many years later, and more than probably 50 screen D'Artagnans later) came close to being the best to play the role.

This was a more serious than usual film for Fairbanks , and as long, nearly 2 hours, as a talking picture ( which were still 10 years away when this film was made). It showed him at his swashbuckling best-----and that's saying summat given the number of swashes he buckled over many years :)))))

It's an interesting aside that , PERSONALLY, I happen to think the best sword-fight on screen ( just beating Flynn/Rathbone in Robin Hood) involved Fairbanks' son , battling against the wonderful Ronald Coleman in the brilliant 1930s' version of 'The Prisoner Of Zenda'. So Fairbanks Jnr, whilst never achieving the legendary status of his illustrious silent screen father, has a special place in cinema history for me.

A must-see for all cinema buffs , especially afficianados of the silent era.
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Swashbuckling splendour

By santaclaws (85 reviews) from Wales , 09 Sep 2011

Fabulous movie! Great entertainment! I had heard of Douglas Fairbanks (senior) but had never seen one of his films and he was a magnificent D'Artagnan.
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