The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
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- Not Rated
- 58min
- Action, Adventure
- 27 Aug 1922 (USA)
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Cast
| Max Linder | ... |
Dart-In-Again
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| Bull Montana | ... |
Li'l Cardinal Richie-Loo
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Frank Cooke | ... |
King Louis XIII
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| Caroline Rankin | ... |
Queen Anne
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| Jobyna Ralston | ... |
Constance Bonne-aux-Fieux
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| John J. Richardson | ... |
Walrus
(as Jack Richardson)
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Charles Mezzetti | ... |
Octopus
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Clarence Wertz | ... |
Porpoise
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Fred Cavens | ... |
Bernajoux
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| Harry Mann | ... |
Lord Duke Poussy Bunkumin
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Jean de Limur | ... |
Roquefort
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Bynunsky Hyman | ... |
The Monk
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Directed by
| Max Linder | ||
Written by
| Alexandre Dumas | ... | (novel "Les Trois Mousquetaures") (as Alexandre Dumas père) |
| Max Linder | ... | (story) |
| Tom Miranda | ... | (titles) |
Cinematography by
| Max Dupont | ||
| Enrique Juan Vallejo | ... | (as Harry Vallejo) |
Music Department
| Gréco Casadesus | ... | music by |
Additional Crew
| Fred Cavens | ... | assistant to director |
| Max Dupont | ... | supervisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Allied Producers & Distributors Corporation (1922) (United States) (theatrical)
- Suomen Biografi (1924) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Grapevine Video (2010) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2016) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (1995 restoration)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This delightful burlesque of Alexandre Dumas' famous adventure narrative (and then-leading screen swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks' hit films) represented one of writer/director/star Max Linder's attempts to conquer Hollywood on its own turf. He'd been an enormous star in early silent cinema, influencing the style of such subsequent silent comedy luminaries as Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton. But his health suffered after he was gassed fighting for France in World War I. Despite the support of Chaplin himself (among others), his subsequent career in America never reached the popular heights he had at home. The commercial failure of this final U.S. effort seems particularly bewildering now, since THE THREE MUST-GET-THERES holds up so well. This spoof has the antic star as Dart-in-Again, a rapier-wielding dandy with a lovelorn horse (pining for the cow it left behind in the country) and a tendency to make an idiot of himself whilst attempting to conquer the forces of tyranny. Making scant effort to hide its incongruous modern Southern California backdrops, the movie is full of gags both slapstick and absurdist. Critics gratefully received it at the time. Audiences? Not so much. - Dennis Harvey |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film was restored in 1995 by the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, in Berlin. Has the original American version is, unfortunately, lost, the restoration was mostly based on a nearly complete copy from the Netherlands Filmmuseum as well as material from the Gerhard Lamprecht collection and the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, with English titles adapted from the 1924 German release. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into En compagnie de Max Linder (1963). See more » |