The Iron Mask

1929 "The Further Adventures of "The Three Musketeers"!"

The Iron Mask

7 | 1h43m | en | Adventure

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.

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Released: February. 21,1929 | Released Producted By: Elton Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Douglas Fairbanks , Belle Bennett , Marguerite De La Motte

Director

William Cameron Menzies

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Douglas Fairbanks

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Belle Bennett

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Marguerite De La Motte

as Constance Bonacieux

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Reviews

Leofwine_draca THE IRON MASK is a well-mounted version of the popular Alexandre Dumas story, featuring some brief narration from Douglas Fairbanks, no less. It's one of the last silent films made back in 1929 before the new wave of talkies hit cinema screens, and it's directed by the experienced Allan Dwan. With a brief running time the film flies through the thick novel's plot at speed, inserting life and vitality into the story so that it never flags despite its age and dated feel.

netwallah This movie has the unique status of having been a sequel in novel form even before the movies started. Dumas père wrote The Man in the Iron Mask to exploit the success of The Three Musketeers, and no doubt Hollywood figured they might as well follow the novelist's example and produce another movie with Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan. Here, as always, Fairbanks is the pre-eminent swashbuckler, leaping onto his horse from windows, climbing trees acrobatically, and swordfighting against great odds, even when the story line calls for him to have aged at least twenty years. The costumes and sets are lavish, and the structure of the silent filmin the version I saw provided with a competent voice-over narrator, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.is almost coherent, though not entirely. It helps to know the story in advance. I would have preferred to see it in its original form, with intertitles.

jonnieking Forget all other versions of this film...including the Leonardo DeCaprio version. This is a Fantastic look back at the Golden Age of Films ! I am actually watching it right now: the version which has the Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narration.Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and truly a 'Cast of Thousands' run through this exciting, wonderful motion picture giving true meaning to the word 'motion' ! The cast is perfect: the heroes, the villains, the beautiful damsels, the sets, the townspeople...all interwoven into a true classic and a superb follow-up to "The Three Musketeers". Dumas himself would be proud.Like "The Bride of Frankenstein", this sequel almost surpasses the original and for film buffs and historians this is truly a 'must see' film.Perhaps, in this age of 'short attention spans', maybe some younger viewers won't be able to stick with this film. Silent, Black & White, some over-acting involved. BUT, if you fasten your seat belts, grab a big bowl of popcorn and a large soda or two, and, maybe a "Three Musketeers" Candy Bar for a special tie-in treat, you will laugh, you will cry, you will be impressed. AND, you will take a wonderful trip back in time to the Golden Age of Hollywood...and you WILL ENJOY !!

GAUCHO-3 Emotional end to the silent era. ERA