Re: [DL] Three Musketeers (was: Manitou Name) OT

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

Hi,
    The 1948 one had a little too much Gene Kelly footwork for my taste, but
then
that's neither here nor there.  A very entertaining modern version of the
whole
musketeer stories (IMHO) was the French "La Fille D'Artangnan" also released
on video with English subtitles as "the Revenge of the Musketeers".  (Then
again, I am fluent in French.)
Other 3 Musketteer movies:
-The 4 Musketeers (okay) and
-the Return of the Musketeers (not okay) (both featuring the same
cast as the 1973 version.)
-At Sword's Point (mid 50's)  notable for a female musketeer (good)
-Man in the Iron Mask (with Richard Chamberlain, 1970s, low musketeer
content)  (low key, but lovely to look at)
-Man in the Iron Mask (1990s with high musketeer content, but excess
Hollywood in the form of Leo, but excellent casting of Depardieu as Porthos)
The original novel(s) by Dumas show clear signs of padding (common to
serialized works in the 19th Cent) and are thus a bit disappointing by 20th
Century standards.
          Daniel Gwyn
"You have a big heart...not as big as your mouth,  but
you have good feelings inside you"
    From the Frisco Kid
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Heivilin, Jim <banzai@missouri.edu>
À : 'deadlands@gamerz.net' <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Date : Samstag, 16. September 2000 23:41
Objet : [DL] Three Musketeers (was: Manitou Name)


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Daphne Brunelle [mailto:dbrune4@po-box.mcgill.ca]
>> Subject: Re: [DL] Manitou Name
>>
><snip>
>> > While the 1973 movie was enjoyable and "reasonably"
><snip>
>> >the book.
>> >
>> Was that the one with Gene Kelly, or the one with Michael
>> York? 'Cause one was good and the other not (and I'm not saying
>> which ;-).
>>
>I don't recall if I've seen the Gene Kelly - 1948 - one (Lana Turner as de
>Winter and Angela Lansbury as Queen Anne?? Vincent Prices as the Cardinal).
>What I *did* have in mind was the 1973 version with Richard Chamberlain as
>Aramis, Oliver Reed as Athos, Faye Dunaway as de Winter, Charlton Heston as
>the Cardinal and Michael York as D'Artagnan.
>
>Jim
>laugh if you will (Angela Lansbury) but she was a head turner in her day
>
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