The Vagabond King (1930)
1h 44m
Running Time
February 17, 1930Release Date
The Vagabond King (1930)
1h 44m
Running Time
February 17, 1930Release Date
Plot.
The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.
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Cast & Crew.
Dennis King
François Villon
Jeanette MacDonald
Katherine
O. P. Heggie
King Louis XI
Warner Oland
Thibault
Lillian Roth
Huguette
Arthur Stone
Oliver the barber
Ludwig Berger
Director
Tom Ricketts
The Astrologer
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
Lawford Davidson
Tristan
Brian Hooker
Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
Christian J. Frank
Executioner
Justin Huntly McCarthy
Writer
Elda Voelkel
Girl
Dorothy Davis
Brunette
William H. Post
Writer
Thora Waverly
Brunette
Cecile Cameron
Brunette
Jean Douglas
Blonde
Eugenia Woodbury
Blonde
Rae Murray
Blonde
Blanche Thompson
Blonde
Frances Waverly
Blonde
Gloria Faythe
Page
Theresa Allen
Page
Sue Patterson
Page
Iris Adrian
Extra
Leon Beaumon
Extra
Nelson McDowell
Messenger
Travis Banton
Costume Design
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Vagabond King is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical operetta film photographed entirely in two-color Technicolor. The plot of the film was based on the 1925 operetta of the same name, which was based on the 1901 play If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The play told the story of the real-life renegade French poet named François Villon. The music of the film was based on a 1925 operetta, also based on the play If I Were King by McCarthy. The operetta is also titled The Vagabond King with music by Rudolph Friml and lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.