Réalisation:
Allan DwanPhotographie:
Harris ThorpeActeurs·trices:
Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Edythe Chapman, Tully Marshall, Zasu Pitts, Charles StevensRésumés(1)
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. stars as Ned Thacker, who is born during a Kansas cyclone (coincidentally the same manner in which Fairbanks' real-life contemporary Buster Keaton came into the world!) and is thus imbued with the spirit of adventure. Having been virtually weaned on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers, Ned grows up dedicated to old-fashioned chivalry. Alas, his well-meaning efforts to emulate his Musketeer idols nearly always backfire in a hilariously disastrous fashion. Ultimately, however, he is afforded an opportunity to rescue heroine Dorothy Moran (Marjorie Daw) in a true D'Artagnan-like manner. Unfortunately, only the first three reels of A Modern Musketeer are known to exist. Happily, however, this fragment includes a delightful dream sequence in which Fairbanks imagines himself to be a 16th-century swashbuckler -- a fascinating (and arguably more enjoyable) precursor to his own 1921 screen version of The Three Musketeers. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Douglas Fairbanks
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Voleur de Bagdad (1924)
Intolérance (1916)
Ben-Hur (1925)
Marjorie Daw
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Jeanne d'Arc (1916)
Edythe Chapman
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Prince étudiant (1927)
Les Dix Commandements (1923)
Le Roi des rois (1927)
Tully Marshall
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Larmes de clown (1924)
Scarface (1932)
Intolérance (1916)
Zasu Pitts
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
À l'Ouest, rien de nouveau (1930)
Les Rapaces (1924)
Mon père et nous (1947)
Charles Stevens
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Voleur de Bagdad (1924)
Les Dix Commandements (1956)
Le Signe de Zorro (1940)