The Three Musketeers (1933 serial)

The Three Musketeers
Film poster
Directed by
Written by
Based onThe Three Musketeers
1844 novel
by Alexandre Dumas
Produced byNat Levine
Starring
Edited byRay Snyder
Music byLee Zahler
Distributed byMascot Pictures
Release date
  • April 7, 1933 (1933-04-07)
Running time
12 chapters (210 min)
Film (96 min)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Three Musketeers is a 1933 American pre-Code film serial directed by Armand Schaeffer and Colbert Clark, and produced by Nat Levine for Mascot Pictures.[1] The film serial was very loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Three Musketeers, with the musketeers changed into three soldiers in the French Foreign Legion, and d'Artagnan being reconfigured as Lt. Tom Wayne (played by John Wayne), a pilot in the United States military.[2][3]

Wayne only received fourth billing behind Raymond Hatton, Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Jack Mulhall who play the three legionnaires.[4] Lon Chaney Jr. had a co-starring role in the serial, mainly appearing in chapters one and ten.[5]

  1. ^ Weiss and Goodgold 1973, p. 43.
  2. ^ Rainey 2005, p. 542.
  3. ^ Harmon and Glut 1973, p. 325.
  4. ^ Harmon and Glut 1972, p. 326.
  5. ^ Weiss, Ken and Ed Goodgold. To be Continued ...: A Complete Guide to Motion Picture Serials. New York: Bonanza Books, 1973. ISBN 0-517-166259.