Themes: Crowned Heads, Daring Rescues, Righting the Wronged
Main Cast: Louis Hayward, Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Joseph Schildkraut, Alan Hale, Warren William
Release Year: 1939
Country: US
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Plot
Man in the Iron Mask is independent producer Edward Small's 1939 edition of the much-filmed Dumas classic. The title character is the rightful King of France, imprisoned by his pretender-to-the-throne twin brother (both roles are played by Louis Hayward, with an uncredited Peter Cushing doubling for Hayward in the "over the back" shots). Warren William plays musketeer D'Artagnan, who rallies his now aged swashbuckling companions Porthos (Alan Hale), Athos (Bert Roach) and Aramis (Miles Mander), to rescue the real King, whom they have raised from infancy. Director James Whale reserves a juicy cameo part for his old Frankenstein cohort Dwight "Renfield" Frye. Slightly hampered by a limited budget, Man in the Iron Mask was nonetheless popular enough to encourage producer Small to put together another literary derivation in 1940, The Son of Monte Cristo, utilizing many of the same sets. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
John DuCasse Schulze - Art Director, James Whale - Director, Grant Whytock - Editor, Lud Gluskin - Composer (Music Score), Lucien Moraweck - Composer (Music Score), Lud Gluskin - Musical Direction/Supervision, Robert Planck - Cinematographer, Edward Small - Producer, Howard A. Anderson - Special Effects, George Bruce - Screenwriter, Alexandre Dumas - Book Author
Nick Glennie-Smith's score to Randall Wallace's The Man in the Iron Mask is occasionally a little too melodramatic for its own good, but it captures the wild sense of adventure and romance in the movie. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Tracks
Track Title
Composers
Performers
Time
Surrounded
Nick Glennie-Smith
(3:48)
Heart of a King
Nick Glennie-Smith
(3:18)
The Pig Chase
Nick Glennie-Smith
(3:28)
The Ascension
Nick Glennie-Smith
(0:49)
King for a King
Nick Glennie-Smith
(6:21)
The Moon Becksons
Nick Glennie-Smith
(2:15)
The Masked Ball
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:28)
A Tastes of Something
Nick Glennie-Smith
(3:58)
Kissy Kissie
Nick Glennie-Smith
(2:07)
Training to Be a King
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:38)
The Rose
Nick Glennie-Smith
(2:20)
All Will Be Well
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:06)
All for One
Nick Glennie-Smith
(4:39)
Greatest Mystery of Life
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:49)
Raoul and Christine
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:51)
It Is a Trap
Nick Glennie-Smith
(2:45)
Angry Athos
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:55)
Raoul's Letter
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:00)
The Palace
Nick Glennie-Smith
(0:26)
Raoul's Death
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:32)
The Queen Approaches
Nick Glennie-Smith
(1:51)
Credits
Bruce Fowler (Orchestration), Ladd McIntosh (Orchestration), Mark Berrow (Violin), Mike Brittain (Bass), Emmanuel Chamboredon (Executive Producer), Richard Edwards (Trombone), Andrew Findon (Flute), Andrew Findon (Whistle (Human)), Andrew Findon (Whistle (Instrument)), Andrew Findon (Soloist), Robin Firman (Cello), Robin Firman (Celli), Walt Fowler (Orchestration), Roger Garland (Violin), Wilfred Gibson (Violin), Nick Glennie-Smith (Multi Instruments), Nick Glennie-Smith (Instrumentation), Tim Good (Violin), Isobel Griffiths (Conductor), Isobel Griffiths (Orchestra Contractor), Eric Jordan (Assistant Engineer), Eric Jordan (Assistant), Paul Kegg (Cello), Paul Kegg (Celli), Chris Laurence (Bass), Anthony Lewis (Cello), Anthony Lewis (Celli), Mal Luker (Engineer), Mal Luker (Mixing), Rita Manning (Violin), Jim McLeod (Violin), Suzette Moriarty (Orchestration), Peter Oxer (Violin), Toby Pieniek (Executive Producer), Anthony Pleeth (Cello), Anthony Pleeth (Celli), Anthony Pleeth (Soloist), Maciej Rakowski (Violin), Malcolm Smith (Trumpet), Jonathan Strange (Violin), Cathy Thompson (Violin), Justin Ward (Violin), Justin Ward (Viola), Dave Woodcock (Violin), Gavyn Wright (Violin), Philip Eastop (French Horn), Bill Benham (Viola), Dermot Crehan (Violin), Paul Morgan (Bass), Mary Scully (Bass), Gillian Thoday (Cello), Gillian Thoday (Celli), Helen Tunstall (Harp), Vaughan Armon (Violin), Bill Hawkes (Viola), Peter Lale (Viola), Martin Robinson (Cello), Martin Robinson (Celli), Patrick Kiernan (Violin), Eddie Roberts (Violin), Frank Schaefer (Cello), Frank Schaefer (Celli), Jackie Shave (Violin), Nick Harris & The Soundbarriers (Assistant Engineer), Nick Harris & The Soundbarriers (Assistant), Chris Bellman (Mastering), Tom Bowes (Violin), Vic Fraser (Music Copyist), Tricia Lutz (Package Supervision), David Daniels (Cello), David Daniels (Celli), Eric Greedy (Mixing), Eric Greedy (Mixing Assistant), Eric Greedy (Assistant), Andrew Crowley (Trumpet), John Anderson (Oboe), John Anderson (Cor Anglais), Peter Davies (Trombone), Cathy Giles (Cello), Cathy Giles (Celli), Perry Montague-Mason (Violin), Benedict Cruff (Violin), Philip Dukes (Viola), Helen Keen (Flute), Stephen Maw (Bassoon), Donald McVay (Viola), Laura Perlman (Editing), Laura Perlman (Music Editor), John Pigneguy (French Horn), Lindsay Shilling (Trombone), Ivo Jan Vanderwerff (Viola), Kathleen Stevenson (Flute), Paul Cullington (Bass), Sally Ann Ewins (Flute), Rachel Allen (Violin), Amy Morton (Art Direction), Perry Mason (Violin), Iain King (Violin), Rebecca Hirsch (Violin), Nigel Black (French Horn), Mike Thompson (French Horn), Simon Benson (Bass), Hugh Seenan (French Horn), Dave Stewart (Trombone), Timothy Lines (Clarinet), Jonathan Evans Jones (Violin), Paul Benniston (Trumpet), Nick Bucknall (Clarinet), Robert Ferriman (Trumpet), Anthony Robinson (Celli), Luciano Iorio (Viola), Lain King (Violin), Andy Parker (Viola), Dick Morgan (Oboe), Dick Morgan (Cor Anglais), Dominic Seldis (Bass), Malcolm Luker (Engineer), Malcolm Luker (Mixing), Owen Slade (Tuba), Owen Slade (Cimbasso), Tim Bowes (Violin), Paul Garfham (French Horn), Fiona Hibbert (Harp), Julie Andrews (Bassoon), Rick Henderson (Liner Notes), Rick Henderson (Artist Coordination), Mike Thompson (French Horn)
