Scott Lord Silent Film: Douglas Fairbanks in The Iron Mask (Dwan,1929)

Douglas Fairbanks coscripted the film "The Man In the Iron Mask" with Lotta Woods during 1929, adapted from the works "The Three Muskateers" and "After Twenty Years" by Dumas. Directed by Allan Dwan, it was one of the last silent films ever made and paired Fairbanks with actress Marguerite de la Motte and actresses Dorothy Revier and Vera Lewis.

Movie Makers, with its advertisements for Vitacolor and Kodacolor, was a magazine for amateur photographers during 1929 that offered advice to camera owners by reviewing first run feature films. It felt the shadows and lighting effects filmed by cinematographer Henry Sharp could be favorably reproduced by amateurs and "The Man in the Iron Mask", for its authentic costumes , could be instructive to amatuers.

Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Muskateers
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