The Beloved Rogue
1927 film by Alan Crosland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with The Delightful Rogue.
The Beloved Rogue is a 1927 American silent romantic adventure film, loosely based on the life of the 15th century French poet, François Villon. The film was directed by Alan Crosland for United Artists.[1][2]
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Directed by | Alan Crosland |
Written by | Paul Bern (adaptation & scenario) Walter Anthony (intertitles) |
Based on | If I Were King by Justin Huntley McCarthy |
Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
Starring | John Barrymore |
Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
Edited by | Hal C. Kern |
Production companies | Art Cinema Corporation / Feature Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 10 reels (9,264 ft) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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François Villon is played by John Barrymore, and other cast members include Conrad Veidt as King Louis XI and Marceline Day as Charlotte de Vauxcelles.
The story had been filmed in 1920 as If I Were King with William Farnum. The film was later re-made in the sound era again reverting to its original title If I Were King (1938) with Ronald Colman, and as an operetta in The Vagabond King (1930), and again in 1956.