A restless young man travels west, encountering adventure, romance, and danger.A restless young man travels west, encountering adventure, romance, and danger.A restless young man travels west, encountering adventure, romance, and danger.
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- TriviaMarjorie Daw and Kathleen Kirkham, daughter and mother, were seven years apart in age. Daw was only 15(!) when this film was made, which means that she was closer in age to the actress playing her mother than she was to the actor playing her leading man (Douglas Fairbanks was 18 years her senior).
- GoofsWhen Chin-de-dah leads Vandeteer and Elsie through the Canyon, the shadows of the cameraman and another crew member are visible on the ground.
- Crazy creditsExcept for Douglas Fairbanks, whose name appears above the title, there is no cast list. Actors are introduced by intertitle cards just before they appear on the screen. The IMDb cast list therefore uses this "order of appearance" sequence.
- Alternate versionsIn 2006, the Danish Film Institute copyrighted a 68-minute version of this film, with a musical score played by the Mont Alto Orchestra. Additional restoration and music credits stretch the time to 69 minutes.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Chaplin (1992)
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Incomplete but still very worth while viewing!
Although best known for his swashbuckling adventure films of the 1920s like THE MARK OF ZORRO, THE BLACK PIRATE and THE THREE MUSKETEERS, Douglas Fairbanks was already wowing the audiences in earlier years from 1915 onwards, particularly with his amazing physical feats which led to his more famous action hero roles of the 20s. In fact, many of his pre-1920 films have more raw action and amazing feats than the more sophisticated productions of later years, and A MODERN MUSKETEER is a prime example: one astonishing action sequence shows Fairbanks doing some running somersaults, leaping over walls and then a horse in a single bound before virtually running up a perpendicular church wall and its steeple with the speed and ease of a monkey! Anyone who has thrilled to other early Fairbanks films like WILD AND WOOLLY, MANHATTAN MADNESS and HIS MAJESTY, THE American will surely be as amazed and entertained as I was to watch A MODERN MUSKETEER. Although it's incomplete, with only the first 3 reels surviving, it showcases the trademark comedy and action talents of Douglas Fairbanks in his years leading up to his biggest film successes. A few short scenes show Fairbanks as D'Artagnan a foretaste of his later success in THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and then the story revolves around a young man from Kansas who, like D'Artagnan, is always looking to rescue a damsel in distress. It is wildly funny, and despite its missing ending, really worth while viewing.
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- bgtaylor
- Mar 27, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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