THE SWASHBUCKLING FILMS. EN GARDE! (17th & 18th century)
Filmography of knights and swordsmen from literature and cinema.
The immortals Musketeers created by Dumas, his vengeful Count of Monte Cristo, the heroes of Robert L. Stevenson, the masters of Ballantree and Alan Beck, the romanticism of Cyrano, Casanova and Don Juan, the masked avengers, Scarlet Pimpernel, Scaramouche, Henri de Lagardère, La Tulipe Noir, Dick Turpin or Zorro, the amorous adventures of Angelique and funny stories of Pardaillan, Capitaine Fracasse, Cartouche and Fanfan.
En garde!
The immortals Musketeers created by Dumas, his vengeful Count of Monte Cristo, the heroes of Robert L. Stevenson, the masters of Ballantree and Alan Beck, the romanticism of Cyrano, Casanova and Don Juan, the masked avengers, Scarlet Pimpernel, Scaramouche, Henri de Lagardère, La Tulipe Noir, Dick Turpin or Zorro, the amorous adventures of Angelique and funny stories of Pardaillan, Capitaine Fracasse, Cartouche and Fanfan.
En garde!
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- DirectorFred NibloStarsDouglas FairbanksNigel De BrulierGeorge SiegmannCardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artagnan to join the King's Musketeers in his quest for adventure. He wins the right to membership by proving his prowess with the sword and forms an eternal alliance with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the Three Musketeers. After many adventures, he embarks on a dangerous mission to England to recover a diamond brooch, a gift of the king, which the queen has given to Buckingham as a token of affection. He recovers it and returns in time to save the queen from the wrath of Louis, defeat the cardinal's intrigue, and win Constance, the queen's seamstress.
- DirectorMax LinderStarsMax LinderBull MontanaFrank CookeThis delightful burlesque of Alexandre Dumas' famous adventure narrative (and then-leading screen swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks' hit films) represented one of writer/director/star Max Linder's attempts to conquer Hollywood on its own turf. He'd been an enormous star in early silent cinema, influencing the style of such subsequent silent comedy luminaries as Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton. But his health suffered after he was gassed fighting for France in World War I. Despite the support of Chaplin himself (among others), his subsequent career in America never reached the popular heights he had at home. The commercial failure of this final U.S. effort seems particularly bewildering now, since THE THREE MUST-GET-THERES holds up so well. This spoof has the antic star as Dart-in-Again, a rapier-wielding dandy with a lovelorn horse (pining for the cow it left behind in the country) and a tendency to make an idiot of himself whilst attempting to conquer the forces of tyranny. Making scant effort to hide its incongruous modern Southern California backdrops, the movie is full of gags both slapstick and absurdist. Critics gratefully received it at the time. Audiences? Not so much. - Dennis Harvey
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsDouglas FairbanksBelle BennettMarguerite De La MotteKing Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born--an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu outsmarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever. Richelieu enlists D'Artagnan to look after and protect the young prince. Meanwhile, de Rochefort learns of the twins and Richelieu's plans, and kidnaps the twin, raising him in secret. Many years later, with Richelieu dead and the young prince crowned King Louis XIV, Rochefort launches his plan. The king is kidnapped, replaced with his twin, put in an iron mask so as not to be recognized, and led off to a remote castle to be held prisoner. Louis XIV is able to alert D'Artagnan, who realizes that only his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis can help him, so he reunites the Musketeers to derail Rochefort's nefarious plot but at a heavy toll.
- DirectorHenri Diamant-BergerStarsBlanche MontelAimé Simon-GirardEdith MéraYoung d'Artagnan leaves Gascony for Paris where he hopes to become a Musketeer of the Guard. He does meet three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, but totally by chance and for... a duel against them! But he soon befriends them and follows them in their adventures, notably on a secret mission to uncover a plot contrived against the Queen by Cardinal Richelieu.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsWalter AbelPaul LukasMargot GrahameThe young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsDon AmecheThe Ritz BrothersBinnie BarnesD'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsLouis HaywardJoan BennettWarren WilliamDespotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasÁngel GarasaJanet AlcorizaA beautiful actress invites Cantinflas to work at a film studio, where he falls asleep and dreams he is D'Artagnan.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsLana TurnerGene KellyJune AllysonD'Artagnan and his Musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsCornel WildeMaureen O'HaraRobert DouglasIn 1648 France, it's the sons (and daughter) of the Three Musketeers to the rescue!
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsLouis HaywardPatricia MedinaJohn SuttonA female version of 'The Man in the Iron Mask'. In this version, the mask is put on a princess (Patricia Medina) rather than a prince as in the original book by Alexandre Dumas.
- DirectorVittorio CottafaviStarsRossano BrazziYvette LebonArmando FrancioliAn official, betrayed by his lady servant, joins musketeers such as Athos, while she turns into a countess and a spy that will eventually be executed.
- DirectorAndré HunebelleStarsGeorges MarchalYvonne SansonGino CerviD'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
- DirectorFernando CerchioStarsGeorges MarchalDawn AddamsJacques DumesnilRaoul De Bragelonne ,one of the musketeers' son,tries to thwart Mazarin"s ominous plan.
- DirectorGiorgio VenturiniStarsPierre CressoyAndrée DebarArmando FrancioliGiorgio Venturini's version of the classic 'Man In the Iron Mask' story.
- DirectorMauro BologniniJoseph LernerStarsJeffrey StonePaul CampbellSebastian CabotA new adventure of the Dumas musketeers who this time must save the Infanta of Spain by the intrigues of the Prince of Condé who wants to take the throne at any cost.
- DirectorJoseph LernerStarsJeffrey StonePaul CampbellSebastian CabotThe three best of the disbanded Musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - join a young hotheaded would-be-Musketeer, D'Artagnan, to stop the Cardinal Richelieu.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJeffrey StonePaul CampbellSebastian CabotNew adventures of the brave musketeer D'Artagnan. Here he vanquishes a terrible and mysterious sect of hooded figures who are plotting against the king of France.
- DirectorNathan JuranFrank McDonaldStarsJeffrey StonePaul CampbellSebastian CabotItalian adaptation of the Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, edited from episodes of the television series I tre moschettieri.
- DirectorTom DonovanStarsRod ColbinJohn ColicosPatricia CuttsThis is a complete version of The Three Musketeers. The focal point is the Musketeers efforts to save the King and Queen from the machinations of Cardinal Richelieu who wants to secretly be in control and his minions the spy Milady de Winter and his top swordsman agent Jusac de Rochefort.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsGérard BarrayGeorges DescrièresBernard WoringerIn order to join the Musketeers, young D'Artagnan is embroiled in a plot in which Cardinal of Richelieu tries to take control of power from the King of France, along with Rochefort and Milady de Winter,
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsGérard BarrayMylène DemongeotPerrette PradierTo avenge her defeat and with the help of the Cardinal's army leader Rochefort, the treacherous Milady de Winter kidnaps both D'Artagnan and Constance, in order to spur a war between the French and the English, as per the Cardinal's wish.