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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1064

A Modern Musketeer

191768 minUnited States

Synopsis

Raised on stories of D'Artagnan, Ned carries his chivalric ambitions from Kansas into the modern world. A journey west brings him together with a young woman, her mother and an unwelcome wealthy suitor. His desire to rescue and impress her gives Douglas Fairbanks opportunities to turn old-fashioned heroics into modern athletic comedy.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 68:28
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Allan Dwan / Douglas Fairbanks · Public domain

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

DirectorsAllan Dwan

Inspirations

Eugene P. Lyle Jr.'s story D'Artagnan of Kansas supplied the premise. Filming at the Grand Canyon and Canyon de Chelly gives the adventure a scale far beyond the hero's small-town beginnings.

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Douglas Fairbanks — Harris & Ewing · Public domain

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