Los tres mosqueteros
Encyclopedia
Los tres mosqueteros was a 1942
Mexican
film
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, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne
.
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, but the largely improvised humor depended not on parodying the work in question, but on physical humor and improvisations based on speech patterns local to Mexico. Critic Emilio García Riera opined, "One could frankly say that the comic had not read The Three Musketeers
, and that, without a clear idea of what he should be parodying, resorted to [jokes] of sure effect."
The conservative newspaper La Nación thought Los tres mosqueteros was Moreno's finest work, elevating the impoverished pelado
to the rank of nobility through his service to the royal family.
The film was screened at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival
, where it disappointed critics. The French people themselves were not as hostile, seeing in Moreno a Mexican version of their own Fernandel
.
Luis Garrido, a contemporary journalist, saw Moreno's failure to earn the approval of the French film elite as the result of the diversion of his energies into union struggles and politics.
1942 in film
The year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
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Plot
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'ArtagnanD'Artagnan
Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of...
, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne
Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria was Queen consort of France and Navarre, regent for her son, Louis XIV of France, and a Spanish Infanta by birth...
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Production
Posa films hired the European designer Manolo Fontanals to create a replica of the court of King Louis XIII and imported costumes from HollywoodHollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
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Critical reception
The use of foreign storylines was an attempt to appeal to audiences outside of Mexico and the rest of Latin AmericaLatin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, but the largely improvised humor depended not on parodying the work in question, but on physical humor and improvisations based on speech patterns local to Mexico. Critic Emilio García Riera opined, "One could frankly say that the comic had not read The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized in March–July 1844. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard...
, and that, without a clear idea of what he should be parodying, resorted to [jokes] of sure effect."
The conservative newspaper La Nación thought Los tres mosqueteros was Moreno's finest work, elevating the impoverished pelado
Pelado
In Mexican culture in society, pelado is "a term invented to describe a certain class of urban "bum" in Mexico in the 1920s."Mexico has a long tradition of urban poverty, beginning with the léperos, a segregated caste of Mestizos, Central American people, and illegitimate Criollos during the...
to the rank of nobility through his service to the royal family.
The film was screened at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival
1946 Cannes Film Festival
The 1st Cannes Film Festival was held from September 20 to October 5, 1946.- Jury :*Georges Huisman *Iris Barry *Beaulieu *Antonin Brousil *J.H.J...
, where it disappointed critics. The French people themselves were not as hostile, seeing in Moreno a Mexican version of their own Fernandel
Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin , better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, he was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues...
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Luis Garrido, a contemporary journalist, saw Moreno's failure to earn the approval of the French film elite as the result of the diversion of his energies into union struggles and politics.