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      The Three Musketeers

      Released Aug 28, 1921 2h 0m Adventure List
      92% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 74% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Leaving his country village, D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks) heads to Paris in hopes of becoming a musketeer. Soon after, he meets three of them -- Athos (Leon Barry), Porthos (George Siegmann) and Aramis (Eugene Pallette) -- and joins their struggle to defend Queen Anne (Mary MacLaren) against the devious Cardinal Richelieu (Nigel De Brulier). The cardinal's been scheming to expose Anne's infidelity by stealing a brooch she gave her lover (Thomas Holding), and the musketeers vow to get it first. Read More Read Less

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      Variety Staff Variety There is a flare and sweep about the film, with the assembling, cutting and continuity seeming spotlessly correct. Douglas Fairbanks and D'Artagnan are a happy combination. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Exuberantly embraces the melodramatic absurdities of Dumas's moral universe [though] Don Q Son of Zorro did better with this kind of sophisticated European intrigue. Rated: B- Oct 10, 2005 Full Review Carl Sandburg Chicago Daily News As a spectacle photodrama that cost a million dollars, The Three Musketeers is not much ahead, if at all, of other million dollar spectacle photodramas which have passed before our eyes in recent months and years. Mar 28, 2022 Full Review Robert E. Sherwood LIFE As for the rest of the production, The Three Musketeers is well worthy of its story and its star. Oct 5, 2021 Full Review Harriette Underhill New York Tribune The Three Musketeers is a thrilling, gripping, unadulterated success. Nov 7, 2019 Full Review Francisco J. Ariza Cine-Mundial A very long and very entertaining comedy in the style of Chaplin. [Full Review in Spanish] Sep 9, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Murty C "The Three Musketeers (1921)" - Swashbuckling heroes, lavish sets, action packed - these are some of the phrases which sprang to my mind after viewing this magnificent movie. Surprisingly, I did not think of it as a "silent movie" - the acting and action made me forget about it. This is the first time I had watched Douglas Fairbanks and it was indeed a pleasure to watch this great actor who also produced this picture AND donated it to the Museum of Modern Art (along with all his other pictures) so that generations may continue to watch it. (Kudos and thanks to MoMA, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and Film Preservation Society, who collaborated in restoring this priceless gem. Thanks also to Turner Classic Movies and Jacqueline Stewart for airing this as part of Silent Sunday Nights.) All of the cast carried out their roles very professionally but the movie naturally centers around Fairbanks as he plays D'Artagnan, the central character in this timeless adventure by Alexander Dumas. Despite looking older than the teenager he was supposed to be, Fairbanks carries it off with a flourish. Or, I should say, with many sweeping flourishes of his hat - something which is a delight to behold. Another quality of Fairbanks that struck me was his exceptional athleticism, a quality which aided his expert swordsmanship, breathtaking horse riding, and numerous stunts. This is the stuff of which little boys' dreams are made of and it is a revelation to see that there was an actor who lived and breathed this stuff. Fairbanks did a terrific job from the production viewpoint too, creating sumptuous sets featuring 17th century Paris and Calais harbor, as well as outdoor shots of the French provinces. The only reason I did not give this five stars is the hastily contrived ending, although it was faithful to the original plot for about three quarters of the way. But, then, there is no way that the original voluminous story can be fit into a single reasonably sized film. The film is sure to whet the viewer's appetite to read the full original and the sequels and follow all the diabolical plots and heroic actions in the French royal court. Don't miss this, and be sure to have your popcorn with you! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/22 Full Review jordan m The first act of this movie made for tough sledding as there was a ton of exposition and they did it in a pretty rudimentary way, doing nothing to avoid excessive dialogue scenes & instead spending half the screentime showing intertitles of what the characters were saying. My wife wasn't wearing her glasses so I felt like I'd just cracked open the book from the 1840s & started reading it to her instead of pulling up a Fairbanks movie. That said, once the rising action began the movie really became quite enjoyable as the sword fights were good, Fairbanks's athleticism was certainly on display and even the music, which was somewhat invasive in the dialogue scenes, did a good job reaching crescendo where it coincided with what was happening on screen. I did find it odd that there was very little if any camera movement as several of the principals had worked with D. W. Griffith, who had pioneered camera movement in the previous decade. In all this was far from the worst silent movie we've seen and I'm looking forward to the 1929 sequel! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member good silent version of this often told tale. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This 3 Musketeers movie is just like all the others, no surprises here, it's no better and no worse than any other. Overall it is pretty fun and entertaining, but it's long and has a bunch of boring scenes with the queen and duke and other characters. It could have been better. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Barbara La Marr was a great deal of naughty fun in this romp through a very theatrical Paris. The fight scenes were nifty, but the film as a whole was a good thirty minutes longer than it needed to be. Still, I'm glad I finally got to see it, and I can't help but smile when Doug does his athletic buckling of swash. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member See it for the stunts alone. Douglas Fairbanks was the Jackie Chan of his time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Leaving his country village, D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks) heads to Paris in hopes of becoming a musketeer. Soon after, he meets three of them -- Athos (Leon Barry), Porthos (George Siegmann) and Aramis (Eugene Pallette) -- and joins their struggle to defend Queen Anne (Mary MacLaren) against the devious Cardinal Richelieu (Nigel De Brulier). The cardinal's been scheming to expose Anne's infidelity by stealing a brooch she gave her lover (Thomas Holding), and the musketeers vow to get it first.
      Director
      Fred Niblo
      Screenwriter
      Alexandre Dumas, Douglas Fairbanks, Edward Knoblock, Lotta Woods
      Distributor
      United Artists
      Production Co
      Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
      Genre
      Adventure
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 28, 1921, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 30, 2016
      Runtime
      2h 0m
      Aspect Ratio
      Academy (1.33:1)
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