The Three Musketeers (1916 film)

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The Three Musketeers
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Directed by Charles Swickard
Written by J.G. Hawks
Based on The Three Musketeers
1844 novel
by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by Thomas H. Ince
Starring Orrin Johnson
Dorothy Dalton
Louise Glaum
Cinematography Clyde De Vinna
Music by Wedgwood Nowell
Joseph Nurnberger
Victor Schertzinger
Production
companies
Distributed by Triangle Distributing
Release date
  • February 6, 1916 (1916-02-06)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Three Musketeers is a 1916 American silent adventure film directed by Charles Swickard and starring Orrin Johnson, Dorothy Dalton, and Louise Glaum. It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Three Musketeers . [1] Prints survive of this film, with one existing in the George Eastman House. [2]

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References

  1. Klossner p. 96
  2. "D'Artagnan". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

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