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Bookmark this pageThe Iron Mask (1929)
Director: Allan Dwan
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An effortlessly high-spirited, beautifully bedecked romp through Dumas, with Fairbanks revisiting his favourite role as D'Artagnan. It's also a fond farewell to Fairbanks' own screen youth and the gaiety he'd shared with audiences over a decade, with the plot following the valiant musketeers through a 20-year separation, reunification and a final leap into heaven and a greater adventure beyond. Aside from a shaky five minutes at the start of the second half, it's perfectly pitched, paced and performed. (The print under review was restored by Photoplay Productions, London, in association with MoMA, New York.Author: NB
Cast & crew
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Leon Bary, Tiny Sandford, Gino Corrado, Maguerite De La Motte, Belle Bennett, Dorothy Revier, Nigel de Brulier, Ulrich Haupt, William Bakewell, Rolfe Sedan, Gordon Thorpe full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 104 mins
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