| Synopsis: The Iron Mask was Douglas Fairbanks' sequel to his popular 1921 vehicle The Three Musketeers. Fairbanks returns to his original role of D'Artagnan, while Marguerite de La Motte and Nigel De Brulier briefly reprise their Musketeers roles as, respectively, Constance and Cardinal Richelieu. After tying up loose plot ends from the first film, the middle-aged D'Artagnan and his equally venerable fellow musketeers Athos (Leon Bary, also returning from the 1921 film), Porthos (Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford) ... Full Synopsis
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| Douglas Fairbanks' last all-out swashbuckler, The Iron Mask is not on the level of some of the star's earlier efforts, but it still is mighty fine entertainment. The story itself is a bit of a swan song, a follow-up to The Three Musketeers that takes place a decade later. Fairbanks can still perform feats of derring-do and he's still in good form, but the buckle swashes every so slightly less easily. ... Read Review | |
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