The aforementioned fairbanks had established his style of athletic, allamerican comedy by this point, and we have two examples of his work from 1917 on the roster of nominations. It would be another three years before his first true allcostume picture, the mark of zorro. Apr 24, 2008 the musketeer 2001 official trailer mena suvari, tim roth movie hd duration. As rendered on screen, most of the story occurs in contemporary times. It stars tim roth, catherine deneuve, mena suvari and justin chambers as dartagnan. The ones at the beginning and the end of the film were the best, with some incredible stunt work. To say that his acting is wooden is being generous. As the first douglas fairbanksallan dwan collaboration for artcraft pictures, a modern musketeer 1917 proved to be significant as the link between fairbankss contemporary comedies and the later costume films. A modern musketeer 1917 by popegrutch douglas fairbanks extends his brand of goodnatured athletic allamerican comedy into the realm of swashbuckling with this feature from 100 years ago. Based on the short story, dartagnan of kansas by e. When the boy marries the dear one, he decides to sever his relations with the underworld, which is led by the musketeer of the slums. So in hopes of becoming a modern dartagnan, he mounts his steed a model t ford and sets out across the west in search of excitement and adventure. The lead in this film is played by former underwear model and nonactor justin chambers.
In 1917, they, along with charlie chaplin, with whom he had a close friendship, travelled across the u. After the outbreak of the first world war, a priority for the royal navy was to secure the approaches to the english channel, to prevent elements of the german high seas fleet from breaking out into the atlantic, or from interfering with british maritime trade and convoys to the continent. A modern musketeer 1917 passed 1h 8min adventure, comedy, western 30 december 1917 usa a restless young man travels west, encountering adventure, romance, and. Thacker, zasu pitts a blonde girl on a kansas street. It is with these films that the american moviegoer fell in love with the actor they would. First, it shows fairbanks testing the costume film waters with some three musketeers scenes juxtaposed with the modern story. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1917 movies 1917. Tired of small town life in kansas, douglas fairbanks mounts his trusty steed the model t and goes in search of adventures out west in an attempt to become a modern day dartagnan. The youtube channel are proudly partenered with machinima. Jul 16, 2017 a modern musketeer 1917 by popegrutch douglas fairbanks extends his brand of goodnatured athletic allamerican comedy into the realm of swashbuckling with this feature from 100 years ago. Winner of 2009 il cinema ritrovato dvd awards, douglas fairbanks. A now complete and restored print of the film still exists and is currently in the. Part 1 and part 2, 1911 silent film shorts from edison studios starring sydney booth a member of the booth family as dartagnan.
Alas, his wellmeaning efforts to emulate his musketeer idols nearly always backfire in a hilariously disastrous fashion. The carousel was built in 1916, the bowling and billiard parlor to the right opened in 1917, along with the blue streak racer roller coaster, a dual track racing coaster, at back department of special collections, university of southern california. Ned thacker, through prenatal suggestion, is born in kansas with the spirit of dartagnan, of gascony, and, naturally, his gallantries are very much misunderstood by maids and matrons of today, but when he falls in love with dorothy morane it takes something more than a millionaire rival to head him off, and it takes even more than a halfcrazed indian guide and the face of the grand canyon to. He is also chivalrous to the point of madness dumas again. The musketeer is a 2001 film directed by peter hyams, very loosely based on the classic adventure novel the three musketeers by alexandre dumas. Reaching for the moon and a modern musketeer both 1917 are modern comic adventures with fantasy excursion that look ahead to the costume pictures of the twenties. Media in category a modern musketeer the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including the thief of bagdad, robin hood, and the mark of zorro, but spent the early part of his career making comedies. Fairbanks set up his own production company, the douglas fairbanks film corporation. Both of titles feature new orchestral scores by rodney sauer and the.
He produced 3 films for artcraftfamous playerslasky corp. And so the release in 1917 of a modern musketeer was douglas first attempt to portray his boyhood rolemodel, and adapt it to then modern times, too. Douglas fairbanks was one of the biggest movie stars of the silent era. A week of silent swashbucklers yohoho and all that. Anderson and starring logan lerman and ray stevenson, luke evans, christoph waltz, mads mikkelsen, orlando bloom, milla jovovich, gabriella wilde and matthew macfadyen.
The halfbreed 1916 is a plea for racial tolerance, while a modern musketeer 1917 is a swashbuckler film with some reportedly. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Fairbanks films the flood in when the clouds roll by recalls the hurricane in an earlier film starring fairbanks, a modern musketeer 1917, directed by allan dwan. You can watch this full movie free with english subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view, netflix. A modern musketeer music department 1917 music department the birth of the tramp 20. Otherwise, a modern musketeer is similar to the usual modern comedies fairbanks made before the mark of zorro and the three musketeers transformed his career. A modern musketeer includes eleven of the joyful modern dress comedies, westerns, satires, dreamfantasies and romances which, though mostly seldomseen, made fairbanks a tremendously popular hero. Using the thenfamiliar technique of interpolating several plot lines into one movie, a modern musketeer, begins with a costume scene throwback to the times of.
Fortunately, athos, porthos and aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. A modern musketeer resource learn about, share and. The films are accompanied by musical scores performed by eric beheim. Happily, however, this fragment includes a delightful dream sequence in which fairbanks imagines himself to be a. Happily, however, this fragment includes a delightful dream sequence in which fairbanks imagines himself to be a 16thcentury swashbuckler a fascinating and arguably more enjoyable precursor to his own 1921 screen version of the three musketeers. Dodge, frank campeau chindedah, eugene ormonde forrest vandeteer, tully marshall james brown, edythe chapman mrs. Fairbanks plays a modern day dartagnan in kansas who. The three musketeers, a 1903 french production about which very little is known.
The chicago board of censors required a cut of the two intertitles the boss has gone for another woman and remember the last woman, three scenes of young woman in cave including. View videos or join the a modern musketeer discussion. Actually, there is no first, second or third musketeers. The musketeer in question is one of frances great literature heros dartagnan, the portrayal of whom requires an actor of great prescence, talent and passion. Filming began in the fall of 1917 at the grand canyon in arizona. Pickford and chaplin were then the two highest paid film stars in hollywood. I really enjoyed a modern musketeer much more than i usually like silent pics.
Douglas fairbanks, marjorie daw, frank campeau, kathleen kirkham, zasu pitts writer. You can watch a modern musketeer online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Griffith, fairbanks formed united artists corporation. The book was made to set the reader in the initial state that there is three musketeers that will interact with the hero, d. Well, before he donned costumes and that becoming mustache, fairbanks made modern action. Media in category films of the united states, 1917 the following 200 files are in this category, out of 288 total. Fairbanks would play the literal dartagnan in 1921s the three musketeers to better effect.
A modern musketeer 1917 we are going to start things out with the man most responsible for the enduring popularity of the swashbuckler, douglas fairbanks, sr. Ultimately, however, he is afforded an opportunity to rescue heroine dorothy moran marjorie daw in a true dartagnanlike manner. A young man grows restless living in a small kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the three musketeers. Historically, the invasion was ended because both the ussr and usa opposed the allied invasion. Ever since he was a child his mother read to him the three musketeers so as an adult he grows tired of his town and heads out west in hopes of romance and adventure. The three musketeers 2011 film, a 3d version directed by paul w. In 1917, fairbanks established his own production company. A modern musketeer begins with 4 films from 1916 by. Douglas elton fairbanks born douglas elton thomas ullman. Not willing to let the boy go, however, the musketeer has him arrested on a trumped up charge, after which the dear one, declared an unfit mother by the jenkins foundation, has her baby taken away by the authorities. The story, which would reach the screen as a modern musketeer on december 30, 1917, concerns a smalltown man who is obsessed with the exploits of dartagnan, the protagonist of alexandre dumass the three musketeers. A modern musketeer, long thought to survive only as a fragment, is finally complete in a new restoration by the danish film institute with an optional audio essay by jeffrey vance and tony maietta.
A modern musketeer 1917 passed 1h 8min adventure, comedy, western 30 december 1917 usa a restless young man travels west, encountering adventure, romance, and danger. Overview of a modern musketeer, 1917, directed by allan dwan, with douglas fairbanks, marjorie daw, kathleen kirkham, at turner classic movies. Previously, fleming had worked as a cameraman on fairbanks pictures. Lamb and opened in december 1917 with a modern musketeer, starring douglas fairbanks. Without commercial breaks, the full movie a modern musketeer has a duration of 68 minutes. A modern musketeer 1917 yall remember dartagnan, one of alexandre dumass musketeers. His picture in the papers 1916, the mystery of the leaping fish 1916, flirting with fate 1916, the matrimaniac 1916, wild and woolly 1917, reaching for the moon 1917, a modern musketeer 1917, when the clouds roll by 1919, the mollycooddle 1920, the mark of zorro 1920 and the nut 1921. A modern musketeer, a fivedisc dvd collection featuring eleven early douglas fairbanks vehicles.
The shots of the grand canyon and the ancient pueblo villages were amazing. A modern musketeer, flicker alleys five dvd box set of eleven films, produced by david shepherd and jeffery masino, concentrates on the actors often brilliant comedy features from the earlier part of his movie career 19161921. The musketeer was a bigbudget hollywood production released in 2001 but wasn. Alas, his wellmeaning efforts to emulate his musketeer idols nearly always backfire in a. Well ned thacker of kansas did in 1917, having grown up on them, and our film begins with his dreams of being that hero, battling a tavern full of swordsman, swashing buckles and leaping around like an acrobat, all to rescue some ladys handkerchief. This restoration is a major event in silent film scholarship.
From the ability to compress long expanses of time to the power to heighten tension through simultaneous action in different places, to the power to redirect an audiences attention through an insert shot, to the use of cuts within a scene to signal changes in perspective or internal. The story was good for what it was a fantasy lived out by a modern day 1917 man. A modern musketeer includes eleven of the joyful modern dress comedies, westerns, satires, dreamfantasies and romances which, though mostly seldomseen. This collection has restored versions of 11 films, emphasizing his contemporary comedies like allan dwans modern musketeer 1917, but also including his first costume swashbuckler, the 1920 mark of zorro. A modern musketeer 1917 letterboxd your life in film. Dartagnan travels to paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the french kings elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving cardinal richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. The language is tame in here and the film should be rated pg, not pg. Tim roth was a good villain, as usual, and the heroes even if they couldnt act were fun to watch. His scenes as dartagnan are only a small part of the picturemostly the opening sequence where doug swordfights every man in a tavern to humorously retrieve a ladys handkerchief. D ouglas fairbanks is a nice kansan who, through a the odd combination of his mothers prenatal dumas reading and a cyclone ravaging town as he was born, is a little hyper. May 23, 1883 december 12, 1939 was an american actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. The mark of zorro is digitally remastered from an original 35mm fine grain. Flicker alley, described as a specialty supplier of fine silent films and classic cinema programming, in association with the blackhawk film collection, has announced the dec.
In both films, the natural disaster is linked to a. In a modern musketeer, hes at pains to prove that chivalry isnt dead to the girl of his dreams. The newest part of the new art of film was the power it gave to tell a story through editing. A modern musketeer 1917 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Chaplinkeatonlloyd film locations and more by john. This pattern reaches one of its high points in a modern musketeer, a 1917 feature that was one of 11 films fairbanks made with allan dwan, the great master of early film. So in hopes of becoming a modern dartagnan, he mounts his steed a model t ford and. A modern musketeer 1917 a modern musketeer 1917 user. You may have heard of epics such as the thief of bagdad, robin hood or the three musketeers. Roxys 49th street palace, the 2,400seat rivoli, was designed by thomas w. Modern musketeer, the 1917 out of 4 fun silent film has douglas fairbanks playing a man living in kansas with his parents who dreams of a more exciting life. Add a modern musketeer to your topic list for future reference or share this resource on social media. The scenery is splendid and the cyclone scene at the beginning is especially welldone. Corrine griffith in the garden of eden 1928 on july 25 stares as the singer in a monte carlo cabaret.
A modern musketeer is a 1917 american silent adventure comedy film directed and written by allan dwan. A modern musketeer flicker alley the fivedisc dvd set includes eleven of the joyul moderndress comedies, westerns, satires, dreamfantasies and romances from 19161921 which made douglas fairbanks the tremendously popular hero of the american silent cinema. Douglas fairbanks in the title role in robin hood 1922. A flicker alley digital presentation from the blackhawk films collection douglas fairbanks came from broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were douglas fairbanks. Here are two dwan features, both starring douglas fairbanks. Fairbanks plays a modern day dartagnan in kansas who sets out for the west to find romance and adventure. A modern musketeer, again we take horses to an adventure level in this 1917 film where horses are used to update the. Films of the united states, 1917 wikimedia commons. The collection continues with 3 films produced by fairbanks for artcraftfamous playerslasky corp wild and woolly 1917, reaching for the. Douglas fairbanks in a modern musketeer 1917 on july 18. Nevertheless, a modern musketeer is worth watching for its showcase of an early action star in development, its selfconscious depictions of modernity circa 1917, and its effectsrich depiction of a kansas twister twentytwo years before the wizard.
Unfortunately, only the first three reels of a modern musketeer are known to exist. A modern musketeer, long thought to survive only as a fragment, is finally complete in a new restoration by the danish film museum and with an optional audio essay by jeffrey vance and tony maietta. Planchet himself had once been a musketeer, a member of the devoted squad protecting king louis xiii. So in hopes of becoming a modern dartagnan, he mounts his steed a model t ford and sets ou. Reaching for the moon, fairbanks final collaboration with emerson and loos, is the a rags to riches fantasy of a spunky orphan fairbanks who is embraced as the lost crown prince of the kingdom of vulgaria. A restless young man in rural kansas dreams of being a hero like the three musketeers. Like many american films of the time, a modern musketeer was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. Apr 24, 20 a modern musketeer is an interesting film for several reasons.
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