The Three Musketeers (1939)

Director:

Allan Dwan

Writers:

Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
M.M. Musselman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

17 February 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Musical

Plot:

D'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers.

Plot Keywords:

Musketeer | Cardinal Richelieu | King | Tavern | False Accusation

Cast

Don Ameche	...	D'Artagnan
The Ritz Brothers	...	Three Lackeys
Binnie Barnes	...	Milady De Winter
Gloria Stuart	...	Queen Anne
Pauline Moore	...	Lady Constance
Joseph Schildkraut	...	King Louis XIII
John Carradine	...	Naveau
Lionel Atwill	...	De Rochefort
Miles Mander	...	Cardinal Richelieu
Douglass Dumbrille	...	Athos (as Douglas Dumbrille)
John 'Dusty' King	...	Aramis (as John King)
Russell Hicks	...	Porthos
Gregory Gaye	...	Vitray
Lester Matthews	...	Duke of Buckingham
Egon Brecher	...	Landlord

Also Known As:

The Singing Musketeer (UK)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #4766) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the scene where horsemen are chasing a carriage containing Milady and D'Artagnan along a country road, an electric power substation can briefly be seen in the background.

Quotes:

D'Artagnan: She's a walking post office.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Leave It to Beaver: The Book Report (#6.30)" (1963)

Soundtrack:

Chicken Soup (Plucking Song)

not bad at all!

The renowned late British film historian Leslie Halliwell includes this film in his book " Halliwells hundred" as one of the funniest and under-appreciated musical spoofs in his long film going experience...this prompted me to take a look at it , and indeed it IS funny and it makes one wonder why the Ritz brothers are now all but forgotten by the general public(well, that shouldn't surprise anyone, as the "general" public has the memory of a fruit-fly when it comes to classic cinema...) and their contemporaries the 3 stooges are still so over-appreciated and all over the place....cults are strange things and often owe more to snobbish "in-the-know"-isms than real talent.... Nevertheless....the other review of this movie on this site seems to be a little besides the point....this is a bit of fluff, but it's Great fluff, made with style and often more straightforward and to the point than other more pompous versions of this old yarn...relax and enjoy it : its entertainment...as light and pleasant as a summers breeze, as funny as your self-important uncle falling face down in a cream pie! And oh yes, I DO know Friml's score for " the 3 musketeers"...it COULD have been used yes, but boy would it have been BORING!