The Pathé serial Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant Berger, 1921), is one of the great French films of the silent era. The second film adaptation of the famous adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas père had a mega-budget of 2,5 million French francs, and it showed also in the publicity materials. Last week we had a post on 21 postcards with film scenes, produced in 1921 by M. Le Deley, Paris for Pathé. Today a post on two postcard series with character portraits. The first was part of the Les Vedettes de l'Écran series by Editions Filma. The other, larger series of sepia postcards was published by Editions Cinémagazine.
![Aimé Simon-Girard in Les trois mousquetaires (1921)]()
French postcard in the Les Vedettes de l'Écran series by Editions Filma, no. 119. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Aimé Simon-Girard as D'Artagnan in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
![Pierre de Guingand as Aramis]()
French postcard in the Les Vedettes de l'Écran series by Editions Filma, no. 122. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierre de Guingand as Aramis in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
![Charles Martinelli as Porthos]()
French postcard in the Les Vedettes de l'Écran series by Editions Filma, no. 123. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Charles Martinelli as Porthos in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger 1921).
![Pierrette Madd in Les Trois Mousquetaires]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 17. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierrette Madd as Constance Bonacieux in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger 1921).
![Pierre de Guingand]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 18. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierre de Guingand as Aramis in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
![Aimé Simon-Girard as D'Artagnan in Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921)]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 19. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Aimé Simon-Girard as D'Artagnan in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
![Armand Bernard]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine Edition, no. 21. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Armand Bernard as Planchet in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1921).
![Claude Mérelle as Milady de Winter]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 22. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Claude Mérelle as the evil Milady de Winter in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger 1921).
![Henri Rollan]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 23. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Henri Rollan as Athos in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
In 1922, one year after the enormous success of Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1921), a sequel followed, Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (1922).
The sequel was also directed by Henri Diamant-Berger. And again, Cinémagazine and Pathé produced a beautiful series of sepia portrait postcards for Vingt ans après.
Vingt ans après was based on another novel by Alexandre Dumas père, which follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I.
In Vingt ans après, D'Artagnan was not played by Aimé Simon-Girard this time. Jean Yonnel replaced him. The other three musketeers of the original cast returned: Henri Rollan as Athos, Pierre de Guingand as Aramis, and Charles Martinelli as Porthos.
Other actors who returned were Édouard de Max (Monsieur de Gondi), Armand Bernard (D'Artagnan's servant Planchet) and Pierrette Madd. In Les Trois Mousquetaires, she had played D'Artagnan's girlfriend Constance, who was murdered. In the sequel she returns as a man, Raoul, the Vicomte de Bragelonne, the son of Athos.
They were joined in Vingt ans après by amongst others Marguerite Moreno as Queen Anne of Austria, Jean Périer as Mazarin, Simone Vaudry as Henriette d'Angleterre, and Béatrice Bretty as a beautiful in-keeper.
![Pierre de Guingand in Vingt ans après (1922)]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 43. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierre de Guingand as Aramis in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Charles Martinelli as Porthos in Les trois mousquetaires]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 44. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Charles Martinelli as Porthos in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Jean Yonnel as D'Artagnan in Vingt ans après]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 45. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Jean Yonnel as D'Artagnan in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Marcel Vallée as Mousqueton in Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921)]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 46. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Marcel Vallée as Mousqueton in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
![Pierrette Madd in Vingts ans après]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 47. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Pierrette Madd as Raoul, the Vicomte de Bragelonne in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922), the sequel to Les Trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
![Antoine Stacquet as Bazin in Les trois mousquetaires]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 50. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Antoine Stacquet as Bazin, one of the aids of the musketeers, in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Louis Pré Fils in Vingt ans après (1922)]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 56. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Louis Pré Fils as Grimaud, one of the aids of the musketeers, in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Jean Daragon in Vingt ans après]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 60. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinema. Jean Daragon as Duc de Beaufort in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Simone Vaudry in Vingt ans après (1922)]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Édition, Paris, no. 61. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Simone Vaudry as Henriette d'Angleterre in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Jean Périer]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 62. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinema. Jean Périer as Mazarin in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922). Collection: Didier Hanson.
![Édouard de Max in Vingt ans après]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 63. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Édouard de Max as Monsieur de Gondi (and not as Richelieu as IMDb and Wikipedia claim) in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (1922), Henri Diamant-Berger's sequel to his earlier film Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1921).
![Denise Legeay in Vingt ans après (1922)]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 64. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinema. Denise Legeay as Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Jane Piérly in Vingt ans après (1922)]()
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 65. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Jane Piérly as Henriette de France in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Béatrice Bretty]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine, no. 67. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Béatrice Bretty as the beautiful hotelier in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Maxime Desjardins as Charles I in Vingt ans après (1922)]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine, no. 68. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Maxime Desjardins as the English King Charles I in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
![Marguerite Moreno in Vingt ans après (1922)]()
French postcard by Cinémagazine, no. 69. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Marguerite Moreno as Queen Anne of Austria, widow of King Charles XIII in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
Sources: Fondation Jerome Seydoux (French), Wikipedia (French) and IMDb.
Les Vedettes de l'Écran
French postcard in the Les Vedettes de l'Écran series by Editions Filma, no. 119. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Aimé Simon-Girard as D'Artagnan in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
French postcard in the Les Vedettes de l'Écran series by Editions Filma, no. 122. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierre de Guingand as Aramis in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
French postcard in the Les Vedettes de l'Écran series by Editions Filma, no. 123. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Charles Martinelli as Porthos in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger 1921).
Cinémagazine: Les Trois Mousquetaires
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 17. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierrette Madd as Constance Bonacieux in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger 1921).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 18. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierre de Guingand as Aramis in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 19. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Aimé Simon-Girard as D'Artagnan in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
French postcard by Cinémagazine Edition, no. 21. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Armand Bernard as Planchet in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1921).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 22. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Claude Mérelle as the evil Milady de Winter in Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger 1921).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 23. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Henri Rollan as Athos in Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
Cinémagazine: Vingt ans après
In 1922, one year after the enormous success of Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1921), a sequel followed, Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (1922).
The sequel was also directed by Henri Diamant-Berger. And again, Cinémagazine and Pathé produced a beautiful series of sepia portrait postcards for Vingt ans après.
Vingt ans après was based on another novel by Alexandre Dumas père, which follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I.
In Vingt ans après, D'Artagnan was not played by Aimé Simon-Girard this time. Jean Yonnel replaced him. The other three musketeers of the original cast returned: Henri Rollan as Athos, Pierre de Guingand as Aramis, and Charles Martinelli as Porthos.
Other actors who returned were Édouard de Max (Monsieur de Gondi), Armand Bernard (D'Artagnan's servant Planchet) and Pierrette Madd. In Les Trois Mousquetaires, she had played D'Artagnan's girlfriend Constance, who was murdered. In the sequel she returns as a man, Raoul, the Vicomte de Bragelonne, the son of Athos.
They were joined in Vingt ans après by amongst others Marguerite Moreno as Queen Anne of Austria, Jean Périer as Mazarin, Simone Vaudry as Henriette d'Angleterre, and Béatrice Bretty as a beautiful in-keeper.
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 43. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Pierre de Guingand as Aramis in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 44. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Charles Martinelli as Porthos in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 45. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Jean Yonnel as D'Artagnan in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 46. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Marcel Vallée as Mousqueton in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 47. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Pierrette Madd as Raoul, the Vicomte de Bragelonne in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922), the sequel to Les Trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1921).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 50. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Antoine Stacquet as Bazin, one of the aids of the musketeers, in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 56. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Louis Pré Fils as Grimaud, one of the aids of the musketeers, in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 60. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinema. Jean Daragon as Duc de Beaufort in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Cinémagazine-Édition, Paris, no. 61. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Simone Vaudry as Henriette d'Angleterre in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 62. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinema. Jean Périer as Mazarin in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922). Collection: Didier Hanson.
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 63. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Édouard de Max as Monsieur de Gondi (and not as Richelieu as IMDb and Wikipedia claim) in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (1922), Henri Diamant-Berger's sequel to his earlier film Les trois mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers (1921).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 64. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinema. Denise Legeay as Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine no. 65. Photo: Pathé Consortium Cinéma. Jane Piérly as Henriette de France in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Cinémagazine, no. 67. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Béatrice Bretty as the beautiful hotelier in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Cinémagazine, no. 68. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Maxime Desjardins as the English King Charles I in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
French postcard by Cinémagazine, no. 69. Photo: Pathé Consortium. Marguerite Moreno as Queen Anne of Austria, widow of King Charles XIII in Vingt ans après/The Return of the Musketeers (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1922).
Sources: Fondation Jerome Seydoux (French), Wikipedia (French) and IMDb.