If I Were King
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| If I Were King | |
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Produced by | Frank Lloyd |
| Written by | Justin Huntly McCarthy (play) Preston Sturges |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Language | English |
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If I Were King is a 1938 film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet Francois Villon. It is based on the play of the same name by Justin Huntly McCarthy.
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[edit] Plot
Francois Villon (Ronald Colman) is appointed by the King Louis XI of France (Basil Rathbone) to be Constable of France for a week after saving His Majesty from a murder attempt.
[edit] Awards
- Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Basil Rathbone
[edit] Other versions
The play was also adapted in 1920 as a silent film.[1] In 1925, composer Rudolf Friml and librettists Brian Hooker and W.H. Post turned it into a successful Broadway operetta, The Vagabond King, which featured the songs Only a Rose, Some Day, and Song of the Vagabonds. The operetta was filmed twice - in 1930, and in 1956. Both film versions used only a little of Friml's original score.
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