Adapt or Perish is back, and with Episode 118, we're taking an extended look at the adventure classic The Three Musketeers! We've also got a new focus for the show, and we can't wait for you to see what we've got planned!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Alexandre Dumas' original 1844 novel
• The Three Musketeers, the 1921 movie, directed by Fred Nibble, written by Edward Knoblock, Douglas Fairbanks, and Lotta Woods, and starring Fairbanks, Léon Bary, George Siegmann, and Eugene Pallette
• The Three Musketeers, the 1935 movie, directed by Rowland V. Lee, written by Lee and Dudley Nichols, and starring Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Moroni Olsen, and Onslow Stevens
• The Three Musketeers, the 1939 movie musical, directed by Alan Dwan, written by William A. Drake, M.M. Musselman, Sam Hellman, Ray Golden, and Sid Kuller, and starring Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers
• The Three Musketeers, the 1948 movie, directed by George Sidney, written by Robert Ardrey, and starring Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Vincent Price, and Van Heflin
• The Three Musketeers, the 1966 series, directed by Peter Hammond, written by Anthony Steven, and starring Jeremy Brett, Brian Blessed, Jeremy Young, Gary Watson, and Richard Pasco
• The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, the 1973 and 1974 movies, directed by Richard Lester, written by George MacDonald Fraser, and starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch, and Christopher Lee
• The Three Musketeers, the 1993 movie, directed by Stephen Herek, written by David Loughery, and starring Chris O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, and Tim Curry
• The Musketeer, the 2001 movie, directed by Peter Hyams, written by Gene Quintano, and starring Justin Chambers, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Stephen Rea, and Catherine Deneuve
• The Three Musketeers, the 2011 movie, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, written by Anderson and Andrew Davies, and starring Logan German, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelsen, and Milla Jovovich
• The Musketeers, the 2014–2016 series, created by Adrian Hodges, and starring Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Howard Charles, and Luke Pasqualino

Footnotes:

• History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday
• "Voila" from The Three Musketeers (1939), but seriously, watch the whole thing, it's a delight
• Frock Flicks
• "All For Love" performed by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting

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