Watch The Beloved Rogue (1927) Free Online

Release Date: 1927

Cast: Conrad Veidt, Slim Summerville, Marceline Day, Mack Swain, Henry Victor, John Barrymore

Categories: Movies, Swashbuckler Films, Adventure, Black-And-White, Action, Costume Adventure, Silent Film, Action/Adventure, Drama Film

The Beloved Rogue is a 1927 American silent film, loosely based on the life of the 15th century French poet, François Villon. The film was directed by Alan Crosland for United Artists. François Villon is played by John Barrymore, and other cast members include Conrad Veidt as King Louis XI and Marceline Day as Charlotte de Vauxcelles. The story had been filmed in 1920 as If I Were King with William Farnum. It would be made in the sound era again reverting to its original title If I Were King with Ronald Colman. This film was lost for some 40 years until a beautiful tinted & toned copy... MORE

The Beloved Rogue is a 1927 American silent film, loosely based on the life of the 15th century French poet, François Villon. The film was directed by Alan Crosland for United Artists. François Villon is played by John Barrymore, and other cast members include Conrad Veidt as King Louis XI and Marceline Day as Charlotte de Vauxcelles. The story had been filmed in 1920 as If I Were King with William Farnum. It would be made in the sound era again reverting to its original title If I Were King with Ronald Colman. This film was lost for some 40 years until a beautiful tinted & toned copy was discovered in the late 1960s in the collection of film pioneer Mary Pickford. Pickford, an early champion of film preservation, tried saving all things "United Artist", the production company in which she was a founder. Barrymore's Eternal Love(1929) is another UA film Pickford preserved. This surviving Pickford print of The Beloved Rogue represents what a true tinted & toned silent film looks like, made directly on tinted film stock prevalent in the silent era. John Barrymore viewed the premiere of the film with a large picture palace audience. Unbeknownst to the audience he was standing at the LESS