| The Iron Mask | |
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Written by | Douglas Fairbanks Jack Cunningham |
| Based on | The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later 1848–50 by Alexandre Dumas |
| Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks Belle Bennett Marguerite De La Motte Dorothy Revier Vera Lewis Rolfe Sedan William Bakewell |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Edited by | William Nolan |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Part-Talkie English intertitles |
| Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
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.[2][3]
- ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. p93
- ^ The Iron Mask at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Film: 1921–30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971