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Stars of the Silent Screen: Douglas Fairbanks Sr in The Iron Mask

on BBC Two England

A swashbuckling adventure presented in a specially tinted version with piano soundtrack.
'All for one and one for all' is the motto of the Three Musketeers and premier swordsman of France, D'Artagnan, played with great style by the athletic Fairbanks. When Louis XIII is granted a son and heir, unknown to him there is a twin who is kidnapped and imprisoned in an iron mask by De Richelieu. Twenty years later, the villainous De Rochefort plots to seize power by replacing Louis XIV with his rival twin. However, he underestimates the old spirit of the musketeers....
Based on The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask by ALEXANDER DUMAS Produced by DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
Directed by Allan DWAN. Films: page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Xiii
Unknown:
De Richelieu.
Unknown:
De Rochefort
Unknown:
Alexander Dumas
Produced By:
Douglas Fairbanks
Directed By:
Allan Dwan.
D'Artagnan:
Douglas Fairbanks
Athos:
Leon Bary
Porthos:
Stanley Sandford
Aramis:
Gino Corrado
Constance:
Marguerite De La Motte
De Richelieu:
Nigel de Brulier
Queen Mother:
Belle Bennett
Louis XIII:
Rolfe Sedan
Louis XIV and:
William Bakewell

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