Blades_of_the_Musketeers Knowpia

Blades of the Musketeers is a 1953 American film adaptation of the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers for Hal Roach Studios.

It was originally shot as an episode of the 1950 TV series Magnavox Theater.^[1]

It was also known as Sword of D'artagnan.^[2]

Cast edit

Robert Clarke as D'Artagnan
John Hubbard as Athos
Mel Archer as Portos
Keith Richards as Aramis
Paul Cavanagh as Cardinal Richelieu
Don Beddoe as King Louis XIII
Marjorie Lord as Queen Anne of Austria
Lyn Thomas as Constance
Kristine Miller as Lady DeWinter
Charles Lang as Buckingham
Peter Mamakos as Rochefort
James Craven as De Treville
Byron Foulger as Du Verges

Production edit

Budd Boetticher says Hal Roach called him saying he wanted to adapt The Three Musketeers as an hour picture for television to be shot over three days. Boetticher agreed to direct it for $500 a day and says it took three and a half days. He says a year later the film was released theatrically.^[3]

Another report says the film was shot in four days.^[4]

References edit

^ Axmaker, Sean (7 February 2006). "Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher". Senses of Cinema.
^ "SWORD OF D'ARTAGNAN, the". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 20. 1953. p. 12. ProQuest 1305820958.
^ Wheeler, Winston Dixon. "Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview". Film Criticism. Vol. 26, no. 3, (Spring 2002). Meadville. pp. 52–0_3.
^ Ames, W. (Nov 21, 1950). "Lucille ball, desi arnaz film TV show; redhead uses video to open studio gate". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166133136.