Monday, June 11, 2012

A Modern Musketeer (1917)

Artcraft Pictures
Directed by  Allan Dwan
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Flicker Alley)

Fairbanks is the "D'Artagnan of Kansas", a chivalrous fellow who can't wait to get away from his windy hometown. After a brief synopsis of his past, including a bit where he is the real D'Artagnan, he takes off for the Grand Canyon. Along the way, he picks up a snobbish man and his socialite girlfriends. He sets out to win the girl, after all, he is D'Artagnan of Kansas. Most of the film takes place at the Grand Canyon, where Fairbanks gets to put his prowess for stunts on display by scaling cliffs and such. An Indian chief sets his sights on the girl as well, and he must rescue her from both men. There is the usual happy ending.

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