The Three Musketeers (95th Anniversary Edition) - DVD

Over the years, there have been many screen adaptations of the story of Alexandre Dumas' musketeer D'Artagnan, going all the way back to 1903 and portrayed by the likes of Gene Kelly, Don Ameche, Michael York and Chris O'Donnell, but it is Douglas Fairbanks' 1921 production that set the bar for movie versions of The Three Musketeers as well as for the swashbuckler genre itself. This new 95th anniversary edition brings this classic Fairbanks silent to DVD with a new musical score, authentic color tints and digital restoration. The Three Musketeers is an action-adverture tale of a young Gascon, D'Artagnan, whose dream is to join the King's Musketeers, and travels to Paris to do so. D'Artagnan proves himself to the existing musketeers upon arrival, coming to their aid in a sword-fight with the Cardinal's guards and is taken under their wing. The four of them become embroiled in intrigue involving King Louis XIII (Adolphe Menjou), Cardinal Richelieu and his various henchmen, and in the end young D'Artagnan wins the hand of his lady-love as well as helping to save the Queen of France and securing a position with the Musketeers. This 95th anniversary DVD edition presents the film in a restoration originally done by Karl Malkames, newly scanned and digitally restored, and features a brand new theatre organ score by silent film accompanist Ben Model. Region 0.