-Alexandre Dumas' classic novel gets one of its better adaptations here in MGM's breakneck, agile Technicolor retelling. Impressive, deep cast holds their part and the high-flying stunt work and sword fighting is some of the best of the era.
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One of Gene Kelly's rare non-musical roles (his homage to his favorite actor, Douglas Fairbanks) , the dancer and choreographer brings his quick-feet and tireless work effort to put together a skillful, wily D'Artagnan. [B]
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"ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON" (1942)
-Cary Grant rescues Ginger Rogers from her Nazi Austrian husband in this dreadfully misguided impersonation of Ernst Lubitsch.
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Set in the European front in the wake of WWII, the film can't find the right balance between comedy and drama (our two stars, with their mink coats and pin-striped suits, even find themselves in a concentration camp at one point) and thus the whole thing comes off as woefully tacky. [C-]
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