The Iron Mask - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of The Iron Mask or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Iron Mask

[albert]

The Iron Mask is the only movie in which the character played by Douglas Fairbanks dies.

[fred]

Tiny Sandford took over the role of Porthos because the original actor from 1921 had died during this film's preproduction.

[linda]

The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

[tammy]

Nigel De Brulier had already played Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers (1921) and would again 14 years later in The Three Musketeers (1935). In addition, he also played Richelieu in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939).

[ruby]

This was the only film in which Douglas Fairbanks dies on screen. It was done in an effort to appropriately symbolize his departure from silent films.

[richard]

In this film, the Four Musketeers--Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan--all sleep together in one bed, with the French phrase "Un Pour Tous, Tous Pour Un" ("One For All, All For One") inscribed on the headboard.

[ivan]

In the prologue the four musketeers stand in a framing device, as a medieval stage booth, and D'Artagnan steps forward and speaks to the audience, then steps back and resumes his position with the other three, who remained motionless; after the mid-point intermission, the same situation is repeated, with D'Artagnan speaking again to the audience, finishing with the words, "once more, once more . . . ", after which the film resumes with the title card "20 years later". These were the first lines of dialogue ever spoken on film by Douglas Fairbanks, in his last silent film.