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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
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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
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    • 18User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    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)
    Douglas Fairbanks, Léon Bary, Boyd Irwin, Eugene Pallette, and George Siegmann in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks, Léon Bary, Eugene Pallette, and George Siegmann in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks, Léon Bary, Nigel De Brulier, Marguerite De La Motte, Sidney Franklin, Thomas Holding, Boyd Irwin, Barbara La Marr, Mary MacLaren, Adolphe Menjou, Eugene Pallette, Mary Pickford, Lon Poff, Willis Robards, George Siegmann, and Charles Stevens in The Three Musketeers (1921)
    Douglas Fairbanks, Fred Niblo, and Mary Pickford in The Three Musketeers (1921)

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    Douglas Fairbanks
    Douglas Fairbanks
    • D'Artagnanas D'Artagnan
    Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier
    • Cardinal Richelieuas Cardinal Richelieu
    • (as Nigel de Brulier)
    George Siegmann
    George Siegmann
    • Porthosas Porthos
    Eugene Pallette
    Eugene Pallette
    • Aramisas Aramis
    Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou
    • Louis XIIIas Louis XIII
    Mary MacLaren
    Mary MacLaren
    • Anne of Austriaas Anne of Austria
    Thomas Holding
    Thomas Holding
    • Duke of Buckinghamas Duke of Buckingham
    Marguerite De La Motte
    Marguerite De La Motte
    • Constanceas Constance
    Willis Robards
    Willis Robards
    • De Trevilleas De Treville
    Boyd Irwin
    • Rochefortas Rochefort
    Barbara La Marr
    Barbara La Marr
    • Milady de Winteras Milady de Winter
    Lon Poff
    Lon Poff
    • Father Josephas Father Joseph
    Léon Bary
    Léon Bary
    • Athosas Athos
    • (as Leon Bary)
    Walt Whitman
    Walt Whitman
    • D'Artagnan's Fatheras D'Artagnan's Father
    Sidney Franklin
    Sidney Franklin
    • Bonacieuxas Bonacieux
    Charles Belcher
    Charles Belcher
    • Bernajouxas Bernajoux
    Charles Stevens
    Charles Stevens
    • Planchetas Planchet
    Janet Chandler
    Janet Chandler
    • Childas 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.
    • 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)

    User reviews18

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    Light But Enjoyable, With Plenty of Material For Fairbanks
    This light but enjoyable version of the often-filmed story of "The Three Musketeers" also offers Douglas Fairbanks plenty of material that plays to his best strengths. While he made several other movies that had more substance to them than this one does, the role of D'Artagnan is one of the roles that was best suited to his talents.

    The adaptation of the Dumas novel considerably abridges both the story and the characters. It does not really attempt to deal with many of the themes of the book, instead concentrating on the parts with the most action and suspense. In itself, this results in a perfectly entertaining movie with plenty of things going on. But to enjoy it, you do have to set aside any expectation that the movie might come up to the book's standard (which in any case would be a difficult goal for a normal-length film feature to accomplish).

    Fairbanks revels both in his early scenes as the ambitious young Gascon and in the rest of his sequences as the companion of the Musketeers. He also gets lots of help from the supporting cast. Nigel De Brulier has probably his best role as Cardinal Richelieu (a role he would also play in several later movies), with the austere, reserved Cardinal providing an ideal match for De Brulier's style. Marguerite De La Motte is appealing as Constance, and Barbara La Marr makes Milady de Winter a worthy adversary.

    Everything fits together pretty well, and while this film version is much lighter than the novel, it succeeds at what it intended to do.
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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
    • 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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