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The Beloved Rogue (Blu-ray)

Directed by : Alan Crosland
Available Date : 12/17/2024
Release Year : 1927
Running Time : 99
UPC : 738329268756
Country : U.S.
Language: Silent with English intertitles
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$23.96 (Blu-ray)
MSRP: $29.95
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Available: Dec 17th 2024. Pre-orders are generally sent several days in advance of street date. Order may not be split.
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John Barrymore sought to out-swashbuckle Douglas Fairbanks in his breathless depiction of France's rapscallion poet, thief, and vagabond: François Villon (1431-1463). He bounds over the snowy rooftops of Paris, scales a castle tower, and is hurled skyward by the royal catapult—but this is no mere stunt picture. Barrymore wields a simmering sexuality that endows the film with an element of eroticism that perfectly suits Villon, who loved, "France earnestly, Frenchwomen excessively, French wine exclusively." A lavish spectacle boasting the set designs of William Cameron Menzies (The Thief of Bagdad), The Beloved Rogue is Hollywood myth-making at its most ambitious...and entertaining. Following a series of star-making performances in Germany, Conrad Veidt (The Hands of Orlac) made his American film debut as the sinister King Louis XI.

Product Extras :
  • Commentary by film historian Anthony Slide
  • Filmed introduction by Orson Welles
Publish Date : 2024-10-14
  • Alan Crosland - Director
  • John Barrymore - Actor
  • Conrad Veidt - Actor
  • Marceline Day - Actor
  • Henry Victor - Actor
  • Angelo Rossitto - Actor
  • Mack Swain - Actor

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