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John Barrymore and Marceline Day.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Beloved Rogue
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Ten reels / 9264 feet
Directed by Alan Crosland
Cast: John Barrymore [François Villon; and François de Montcorbier], Conrad Veidt [King Louis XI of France], Marceline Day [Charlotte de Vauxcelles], Lawson Butt [John, Duke of Burgundy], Henry Victor [Thibault d’Aussigny], Slim Summerville [Jehan], Mack Swain [Nicholas], Angelo Rossitto (Angelo Rossito) [Beppo, the dwarf], Nigel de Brulier [the astrologer], Lucy Beaumont [Villion’s mother], Otto Mattiesen (Otto Matieson) [Olivier, the king’s barber], Jane Winton [the abbess], Rose Dione [Margot], Bertram Grassby [Duke of Orleans], Dick Sutherland [Tristan l’Hermite, the executioner]; Curt Furberg [a court advisor to the King], Tom Amandares [a crowd member], Louise Emmons [the old beggar woman], Martha Franklin [a maid], Tiny Jones [a neighbor of Villon’s mother], Stubby Kruger [a torturer], Andy MacLennan [a man at the Lame Flea Inn], Scotty Mattraw [the cook at the Lame Flea Inn], Dickie Moore [François Villon, as an infant], Bob Reeves [a guard], Dorothy Vernon [a townswoman], Joyzelle Joyner, Jack Kenny
Art Cinema Corporation production; distributed by United Artists Corporation [A United Artists Picture]. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Screen play (scenario) by Paul Bern, from the adaptation by Paul Bern of the play adaptation If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy from the novel If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Production manager, Walter Mayo. Art design by William Cameron Menzies. Wardrobe management by Frank Donnellan. Technical director, Ned Herbert Mann. Comedy construction by Bryant Foy [?] (Bryan Foy)? Assistant director, Gordon Hollingshead. Photographed (cinematography) by Joe August (Joseph H. August). Titles (intertitles written) by George Marion Jr. and Walter Anthony. Film editor, Hal C. Kern. / © 23 February 1927 [LP23689]. Released 5 March 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Moore’s film debut. The novel was previously filmed as If I Were King (1920). [?] AFI-F2 n. F2.0346 lists the production company as Feature Productions, Incorporated, and the release date as 12 March 1927. / Silent film.
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.0346.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Worldview Entertainment (Paul Killiam collection) [35mm positive]; in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Bears, Pigs - Authors: Justin Huntly McCarthy (1860-1936), François Villon (1431-?) - Class struggles - France: Paris - Royalty: Kings (King Louis XI of France) - Weapons: Catapults, Daggers, Swords
Listing updated: 16 December 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.2125; AFI-F2 n. F2.0346; Baer-Film p. 21; Best-Those p. 197; Carroll-Matinee pp. 145, 149-150; Everson-American pp. 295, 332, 333, 336, 342; Geduld-Birth pp. 136, 139; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 18, 21; Limbacher-Feature p. 20; Maltin-Classic p. 50; Quirk-Colman pp. 19, 198; Smith-Colman p. 211; Sweeney-Coming p. 116; Vermilye-Twenties p. 39 : ClasIm-301 p. 47 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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