The Iron Mask

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The Iron Mask

1929,

1h 27m,

Adventure

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Anne, wife of Louis XIII, delivers twin boys, prompting Count De Rochefort (Ullrich Haupt) to have midwife Constance (Marguerite De La Motte) placed in a convent to keep the births secret. Musketeer D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks) is commanded to take one twin to Spain, while the elder is raised in France. Years later, the exiled prince learns his identity and returns to France to claim the throne, placing his brother in an iron mask to disguise him and prompting D'Artagnan back into service.

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Oct 20, 2014

Dwan's deft, understated way with action sequences meshes perfectly with Fairbanks's lighthearted, light-footed acrobatics.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Jul 18, 2023

The touch of melancholy, while alleviated by a cheerful fantasy epilogue, was prescient.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jun 16, 2005

3/5

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Aug 29, 2003

4/5

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

May 1, 2003

3/5

Fairbanks was getting old, but still offers his trademark dash and flamboyance; one of the last great silent films.

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Rob Vaux

Flipside Movie Emporium

Oct 3, 2002

3/5

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Feb 1, 2019

The best thrilling movie ever made!

Finn S

Aug 3, 2018

One might imagine that those in the movie industries would welcome the changes that the new technologies, sound recording, would bring. Instead history teaches that most, well many, resisted it. In this film, Douglas Fairbanks' last silent, beyond the story is a touch of melancholy. "All for one, and one for all!", the particular anthem for this oft-told tale goes, but one senses that it doesn't simply refer to the Musketeers alone here. Fairbanks et al seem to be bidding 'goodbye' to a cherished friend as well, the silent movie. Our generations can only imagine the impact, the emotions embraced, for those living through those times with what we refer to now as antiquated technology, but for them ... And so this is kind of their wishing 'goodbye', in their own way. Silently.

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Anakin W

Jul 29, 2018

Good movie but the quality was pretty distracting. I loved how it made you feel every emotion from pain to glee. Although this may be a movie that I probably wouldn't watch again, it wasn't that bad.

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Allan Dwan

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Douglas Fairbanks

D'Artagnan

Belle Bennett

The Queen Mother, Anne of Austria

Marguerite De La Motte

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Synopsis

Anne, wife of Louis XIII, delivers twin boys, prompting Count De Rochefort (Ullrich Haupt) to have midwife Constance (Marguerite De La Motte) placed in a convent to keep the births secret. Musketeer D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks) is commanded to take one twin to Spain, while the elder is raised in France. Years later, the exiled prince learns his identity and returns to France to claim the throne, placing his brother in an iron mask to disguise him and prompting D'Artagnan back into service.

Director: Allan Dwan
Production Co: Elton Corporation
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 1929, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 27m

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