THE IRON MASK (1929)Douglas Fairbanks & Belle Bennett | Drama | Narration | B&W | Nostalgic Flick

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The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan. In addition to some sequences with dialogue, the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects and a theme song.

The film is an adaptation of the last section of the 1847-1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.

Synopsis

The film stars Fairbanks as d'Artagnan, Marguerite De La Motte as his beloved Constance (who is killed early in the film to protect the secret that the King has a twin brother), Nigel De Brulier as the scheming Cardinal Richelieu, and Ullrich Haupt as the evil Count De Rochefort. William Bakewell appeared as the royal twins.

Cast & Crew

Douglas Fairbanks – D'Artagnan
Belle Bennett – The Queen Mother
Marguerite De La Motte – Constance Bonacieux
Dorothy Revier – Milady de Winter
Vera Lewis – Madame Peronne
Rolfe Sedan – Louis XIII
William Bakewell – Louis XIV/Twin Brother
Gordon Thorpe – Young Prince/Twin Brother
Nigel De Brulier – Cardinal Richelieu
Ullrich Haupt – Count De Rochefort
Lon Poff – Father Joseph: the Queen's Confessor
Charles Stevens – Planchet: D'Artagnan's Servant
Henry Otto – the King's Valet
Leon Bary – Athos
Tiny Sandford – Porthos (*Stanley J. Sandford)
Gino Corrado – Aramis

Director: Allan Dwan
Writers: Douglas Fairbanks, Jack Cunningham
Based on: The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (1848–50) by Alexandre Dumas
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks
Production Company: United Artists
Distributor: United Artists

Cinematography: Henry Sharp
Editing: William Nolan
Music: Hugo Riesenfeld

Release Date: February 21, 1929
Running Time: 95 minutes
Language: Part-Talkie (English intertitles)
Box Office: $1.5 million
Country: United States