The Vagabond King (1930 film)

The Vagabond King is a 1930 American musical operetta film photographed entirely in twocolor Technicolor. The plot of the film was based on the 1925 operetta of the same name, which was based on the 1901 play If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The play told the story of a renegade French poet named Franois Villon. The music of the film was based on a 1925 operetta, also based on the play If I Were King by McCarthy. The operetta is also titled The Vagabond King with music by Rudolph Friml and lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

Jeanette MacDonald is Katherine, the highborn girl whom Villon pines for, while Huguette, a tavern wench Lillian Roth gives up her life to save her beloved poet.Six songs from the operetta were retained for the film, while four were specially written for it by different composers. ........

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