IF I WERE KING.
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A Paramount production, 1938. Rental given includes a cartoon short. Romantic costume spectacle picturing fifteenth century Francois Villon, the swashbuckling poet, philosopher, as quick with sword as with tongue. When the mischievous Villon is made Constable of France, Villon successfully champions the people against the nobles
King Louis XI of France is besieged in Paris by the Burgundians and suspects that there is a traitor in his court. The traitor is revealed to be Grand Constable D'Aussigny, but before he can be arrested, the turncoat is killed in a brawl by Villon. As a jest, Louis rewards Villon by making him the new Constable, though the king secretly intends to have him executed after a week.
King Louis XI of France is besieged in Paris by the Burgundians and suspects that there is a traitor in his court. The traitor is revealed to be Grand Constable D'Aussigny, but before he can be arrested, the turncoat is killed in a brawl by Villon. As a jest, Louis rewards Villon by making him the new Constable, though the king secretly intends to have him executed after a week.
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IF I WERE KING. Presented by Adolph Zukor. 1938. 11 reels, sd. From the play by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Credits: Producer and director, Frank Lloyd; screenplay, Preston Sturges; film editor, Hugh Bennett. Paramount Pictures, Inc.; 11Nov38; LP8421.
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Source: Educational Film Guide 1946 · Original permalink · Record added 2023-03-28 02:39:33