THE THREE MUSKETEERS

(1921, Fred Niblo) “One for all and all for one!” 38-year-old Fairbanks effortlessly portrays the innocence and naïveté of the young D’Artagnan, as he and his comrades-in-swords contend with non-stop intrigue and mass duels at the court of Adolphe Menjou’s Louis XII.
Approx. 107 min. 35mm. 

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“When Alexandre Dumas sat down at his work table, he no doubt had only one end in mind: to create a story for Douglas Fairbanks. Never has a famous character from a famous novel found finer treatment in a movie… Not only is the physical grace and superb poise there but also the intense fire, the animation of spirit that was so vital a part of Dumas’ magnificent hero.” 
– Robert E. Sherwood

“The key difference between Fairbanks and all who have followed is that he was that larger-than-life personality he portrayed in his films, while others are simply acting like him… Fairbanks’s d’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers was the role he was born to play.”
– Jeffrey Vance