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The Three Musketeers

  • 19211921
  • 1h 59m
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6.9/10
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Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers (1921)
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Cardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artag... Read allCardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artagnan to join the King's Musketeers in his quest for adventure. He wins the right to members... Read allCardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artagnan to join the King's Musketeers in his quest for adventure. He wins the right to membership by proving his prowess with the sword and forms an eternal alliance with Athos, Portho... Read all
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  • Director
    • Fred Niblo
  • Writers
    • Alexandre Dumas(by: "The Three Musketeers")
    • Edward Knoblock(adapted by)
    • Lotta Woods(scenario editor)
  • Stars
    • Douglas Fairbanks
    • Nigel De Brulier
    • George Siegmann
  • Director
    • Fred Niblo
  • Writers
    • Alexandre Dumas(by: "The Three Musketeers")
    • Edward Knoblock(adapted by)
    • Lotta Woods(scenario editor)
  • Stars
    • Douglas Fairbanks
    • Nigel De Brulier
    • George Siegmann
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    • 20User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    Douglas Fairbanks and Marguerite De La Motte in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks and Marguerite De La Motte in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks, Léon Bary, Eugene Pallette, and George Siegmann in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks and Marguerite De La Motte in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks and Barbara La Marr in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks and Marguerite De La Motte in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks and Marguerite De La Motte in The Three Musketeers (1921)
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    Douglas Fairbanks, Léon Bary, Eugene Pallette, and George Siegmann in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers (1921)

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    Douglas Fairbanks
    Douglas Fairbanks
    • D'Artagnan
    Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier
    • Cardinal Richelieu
    • (as Nigel de Brulier)
    George Siegmann
    George Siegmann
    • Porthos
    Eugene Pallette
    Eugene Pallette
    • Aramis
    Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou
    • Louis XIII
    Mary MacLaren
    Mary MacLaren
    • Anne of Austria
    Thomas Holding
    Thomas Holding
    • Duke of Buckingham
    Marguerite De La Motte
    Marguerite De La Motte
    • Constance
    Willis Robards
    Willis Robards
    • De Treville
    Boyd Irwin
    • Rochefort
    Barbara La Marr
    Barbara La Marr
    • Milady de Winter
    Lon Poff
    Lon Poff
    • Father Joseph
    Léon Bary
    Léon Bary
    • Athos
    • (as Leon Bary)
    Walt Whitman
    Walt Whitman
    • D'Artagnan's Father
    Sidney Franklin
    Sidney Franklin
    • Bonacieux
    Charles Belcher
    Charles Belcher
    • Bernajoux
    Charles Stevens
    Charles Stevens
    • Planchet
    Janet Chandler
    Janet Chandler
    • Child
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fred Niblo
    • Writers
      • Alexandre Dumas(by: "The Three Musketeers")
      • Edward Knoblock(adapted by)
      • Lotta Woods(scenario editor)
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    • Trivia
      Alexandre Dumas' source for his novel was a book by 19th-century writer Courtils de Sandraz, which was purporting to be D'Artagnan's biography; the Musketeers were actually real people, not fictional characters created by Dumas.
    • Goofs
      D'Artagnan sees the barrel of the gun held by Richelieu's gunman poking through the curtains, but whenever the gunman is shown, he is standing back from the curtains with the gun raised.
    • Quotes

      Cardinal Richelieu: If you were about to die, what would you do?

      D'Artagnan: Your Eminence, I should write the history of France.

    • Connections
      Featured in Movies Are Adventure (1948)

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    9/10
    "If you were to die, what would you do?"/"Your Eminence, I would write down the history of France"
    Another great Douglas Fairbanks film, not one of his best but still hugely entertaining. As an adaptation it is rather abridged, the details and spirit are there but there are versions since that have had much more depth to characterisation and such, the musketeers here are still very fun to watch but can feel like window-dressing. However, as a film and a stand alone there is plenty to love. Aside from the abridgements the only real misgiving was the rushed ending. The Three Musketeers though is still beautifully photographed and the costumes and sets equally evocative and lavish. It is wittily written, a lot of chat especially for a silent film but it has the Dumas spirit and none of it feels like irrelevant filler. As well as rousingly scored, there are three scores available one from 1921 and the others from 1996, the most fitting of the three is Louis F. Gottschalk's from 1921. The story is still diverting and goes at a crisp pace, with lots of twists and turns along with a real sense of adventure, excitement and suspense, basically all the ingredients for a great period adventure. The action sequences are highly athletic with lots of exciting bravado, it is edge-of-the-seat stuff with no signs of clumsiness or predictability. Fairbanks is great, he is full of charisma with touches of arrogance, wit and sparkling humour and tackles his stunts with a real effortless ease. Margarite De LaMotte is a touching Constance and Barbara La Marr a sensual and haunting Milady DeWinter. Adolphe Menjou is appropriately cruel and the Musketeers are well-played, but aside from Fairbanks the standout in the acting department was Nigel De Brulier as a sly and malevolent Richelieu. Overall, the 1973 Richard Lester version is still the definitive adaptation of The Three Musketeers but if we're talking about adaptations being judged on their own this is one of the better and most enjoyable ones, apart from the Burbank Films Australia animated version and the updated one from the Asylum I don't think any of the adaptations are really terrible(yes that is including the 1993 film). 9/10 Bethany Cox
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    • Release date
      • August 28, 1921 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Los tres mosqueteros
    • Filming locations
      • Raleigh Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,270,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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