The Iron Mask

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu s the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever. Richelieu enlists D'Artagnan to look after and protect the young prince. Meanwhile, de Rochefort learns of the twins and Richelieu's plans, and kidnaps the twin, raising him in secret. Many years later, with Richelieu dead and the young prince crowned King Louis XIV, Rochefort launches his plan. The king is kidnapped, replaced with his twin, put in an iron mask so as not to be recognized, and led off to a remote castle to be held prisoner. Louis XIV is able to alert D'Artagnan, who realizes that only his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis can help him, so he reunites the Musketeers to derail Rochefort's nefarious plot but at a heavy toll. Written by Theron Trowbridge The Iron Mask is a 1929 American english-language Adventure Drama film starring Belle Bennett, Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier, Vera Lewis, Rolfe Sedan and Ellinor Vanderveer. The Iron Mask is written by Jack Cunningham, Alexandre Dumas and Douglas Fairbanks and it is directed by Allan Dwan. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Iron Mask was released on 21st February 1929 in part-talkie and English intertitles languages and takes a screen time of 95 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The film made a box office gross of $1 million. The music was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld.