The Three Musketeers
About The Three Musketeers
In 17th-century France, D'Artagnan wants to join the king's musketeers and instead befriends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they are pulled into the fight around Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. Douglas Fairbanks plays D'Artagnan. Fred Niblo directed. The picture is from Alexandre Dumas's novel.
Cast & crew
More about The Three Musketeers
Fairbanks produced it and shares the writing credit with Edward Knoblock and Lotta Woods. Arthur Edeson photographed it. Louis F. Gottschalk wrote the music. Release date August 28, 1921. Running time 119 minutes. Some scenes were shot in the Handschiegl Color Process, billed as the Wyckoff-DeMille Process. Eugene Pallette, Sidney Franklin, Nigel De Brulier, Marguerite De La Motte, Barbara La Marr, Adolphe Menjou, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. are billed. Wikidata lists Raleigh Studios as a location. The sequel is The Iron Mask (1929), again with Fairbanks as D'Artagnan and De Brulier as Richelieu.
Themes
Making
Fairbanks produced, co-wrote, and starred.
Look
Arthur Edeson shot it, with some scenes in the Handschiegl Color Process.
Technique
Selected scenes use the Handschiegl Color Process.
Music
Louis F. Gottschalk composed the score.
Notes
- Fairbanks Jr. is on the cast list of his father's film.
- Handschiegl color was used on some scenes, not on the whole print.
- Wikipedia names De Brulier's Richelieu in the note on the sequel.
Scenes
- D'Artagnan falls in with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis instead of simply joining the corps.
Influenced by
- Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers
Influenced
- The Iron Mask (1929)
Also available
- Internet Archive (The_Three_Musketeers)
- Wikimedia Commons (The Three Musketeers (1921).webm)
