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The Three Musketeers

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Release Date : 1921-08-28

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Douglas Fairbanks Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : D'Artagnan

Original Name : Douglas Fairbanks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louis XIII

Original Name : Adolphe Menjou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anne of Austria

Original Name : Mary MacLaren

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cardinal Richelieu

Original Name : Nigel De Brulier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duke of Buckingham

Original Name : Thomas Holding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constance

Original Name : Marguerite De La Motte

Gender : Female

Character Name : De Treville

Original Name : Willis Robards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milady de Winter

Original Name : Barbara La Marr

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bonacieux

Original Name : Sidney Franklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aramis

Original Name : Eugene Pallette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rochefort

Original Name : Boyd Irwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Joseph

Original Name : Lon Poff

Gender : Male

Character Name : D'Artagnan's Father

Original Name : Walt Whitman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bernajoux

Original Name : Charles Belcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Planchet

Original Name : Charles Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Athos

Original Name : Léon Bary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Porthos

Original Name : George Siegmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Granville Redmond

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-06

Whilst I did quite enjoy this adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel, I found it all just a bit too whimsical. "D'Artagnan" (Douglas Fairbanks) is desperate to join the famous King's Musketeers so travels to Paris where he alights on the three that his father would have definitely told him to avoid! Porthos (George Siegmann); Athos (Léon Bary) and Aramis (Eugene Pallette) soon have our young, but accomplished, swordsman embroiled in plots that reach the highest offices of state. It is in these lofty echelons of power that Nigel de Brulier (Cardinal Richelieu) in trying to mould the rather weak willed King Louis XIII (Adolphe Menjou) to his will. The only fly in his ointment is the wily, determined Queen Anne (Mary MacLaren). I was always slightly puzzled by the rather wholesome way this lady is portrayed, since almost all of her vulnerability - essentially the crux of the whole story - comes from her affair with the British Prime Minister - the Duke of Buckingham (Thomas Holding). When Richelieu cottons on to this, and discovers that his Queen has made a gift of some rather valuable jewels to her paramour, he sets out to bring her down in disgrace. Only our four intrepid cavaliers can save the day... The sets and costumes are super, Fairbanks and Pallette deliver plenty of swashbuckling action when called for, but the film just lacked too much by way of action for me (and there is a degree of shot repetition, too). du Brulier has no menace to him at all as the scheming Cardinal and so any sense of peril as the musketeers rally to their task is largely lost in a rather glorified costume drama. Another film that celebrates it's centenary this year, and certainly worth watching - it's just a bit disappointing, is all....