If I were king (DVD) / Paramount Pictures, Inc. ; presented by Adolph Zukor ; produced and directed by Frank Lloyd ; script by Preston Sturges ; revisions, Lou Smith ; executive producer, William LeBaron ; associate producer, Lou Smith ; screenplay by Preston Sturges.
Publisher:
Universal Studios,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Credits supplied from AFI catalog, 1931-1940. "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container. Based on the play, If I were king, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, which opened in New York on Oct. 14, 1901, and his novel of the same name, published in London in 1901. Originally released as a motion picture in 1938. Ronald Colman (as François Villon); Basil Rathbone (Louis XI); Frances Dee (Katherine DeVaucelles); Ellen Drew (Huguette); C.V. France (Father Villon); Henry Wilcoxon (captain of the watch); Heather Thatcher (the queen); Stanley Ridges (Rene de Montigny); Bruce Lester (Noel le Jolys); Walter Kingsford (Tristan l'Hermite); Alma Lloyd (Colette); Sidney Toler (Robin Turgis); Colin Tapley (Jehan LeLoup); Ralph Forbes (Oliver LeDain); John Miljan (Thibaut D'Aussigny); William Haade (Guy Tabarie); Adrian Morris (Colin de Cayeulx); Montagu Love (General Dudon); Lester Matthews (General Saliere); William Farnum (General Barbezier); Paul Harvey (Burgundian herald); Barry Macollum (watchman); May Beatty (Anna); Winter Hall (major domo); Francis McDonald (Casin Cholet); Ann Evers (lady-in-waiting); Jean Fenwick (lady-in-waiting); Merrill McCormick (first ruffian); Russ Powell (second ruffian); Ralph Faulkner (first watch); Dan Strebel (second watch); Rube Schaffer (third watch); Robert Wagner (fourth watch); John George, Shorty English, Harry Wilson, Brandon Hurst, Ian MacLaren, Paul Newland, Edwin John Brady (beggars); Stanley Mann (groom); James Aubrey (drunk); Stanley King (captain of archers); Alec Craig (spy); Norah Gale (lady-in-waiting); Lionel Belmore (chief steward); Paula de Cardo (dancer); Jane Dewey (maid); David Clyde (first officer); Clive Morgan (second officer); Guy Bellis (third officer); Claude King (courtier); Evan Thomas (officer); Marie Burton, Carol Parker, Ruth Rogers, Louise Seidel, Jane Simmons, Cheryl Walker, Dorothy White (girls); Henry Brandon (soldier); Ralph Sanford (cook); Major Keiffer (Burgundian knight); Ethel Clayton, Gloria Williams.
Summary:
Romantic adventure set in 15th century Paris about rogue poet François Villon who matches wits with a crafty king and leads the Empire to victory.
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