the ritz brother be an acquired taste . like arsenic . try a i might and every film i have see these guy in i have thoroughly despise them . now i read at least one review that like this comedy ( . ) team and but i can not stand them . i have review quite a few film over the year by team like the marx brother and olsen and johnson and wheeler and woolsey and abbott and costello as well a the three stooge ( all contemporary of the ritz ) and can say that for me and they be by far the least talented team of the era . most of this be because unlike these other team and there be no distinct personality for any of the three ritz brother . they all look pretty much the same and mug almost constantly for the camera . they also do not appear to have any talent other than act goofy not exactly a deep act . if you ask me which one be harry or jimmy and i certainly couldn not tell you and i assume it probably true for most people who have see their film . so why and oh why and do they think to put these no talent into dumas classic tale . it even more perplexing because the rest of the film be play so straight and the ritz moment seem almost tack on or an intrusion . i can only assume that studio chief darryl zanuck must have be insane at the time or under the influence . other than the ritz antic and the rest of the film an an odd melange . on one hand and the ever competent don ameche star a dartagnan be not a bad casting decision he be handsome and could sing quite nicely . the film also look very nice . however and someone must have really have it out for ameche and a in addition to saddle him the with ritz brother and many of the song they give him to sing ( in particular the first one ) be simply awful . the tune weren not bad but the lyric . uggh . my house need fumigation after several of them . what we have leave be some decent actor try to make the best of an untenable situation . they try their best but the film simply be beg to be remake . my advice be to see the 1948 version with gene kelly or any of the more recent remake and a they be head and shoulder above this 1939 mess one of the few stinker to come from this golden year in hollywood . overall and a tedious mess . the only good in the film i can think of be that it lead to a clever episode of leave it to beaver . the beaver be suppose to do a book report on the three musketeer and instead watch this film and base the report entirely on it . not surprisingly and he get an f and learn his lesson . i do wonder what this movie would have be like with the marx brother and their zaniness . sure and at the time they be employ by a different studio ( mgm ) and but they could have really give the film a need infusion of anarchy and goofiness . not worth your time unless you be a 100 % crazed movie freak ( like me ) . try any other version of the tale it can not help but be good .