The Vagabond King (1930)
Music, Romance • 1h 44m
Overview
The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.
Director: Ludwig Berger
Cast: Dennis King, Jeanette MacDonald, O. P. Heggie, Lillian Roth, Warner Oland, Arthur Stone, Tom Ricketts, Lawford Davidson, Christian J. Frank, Elda Voelkel, Dorothy Davis, Thora Waverly, Cecile Cameron, Jean Douglas, Eugenia Woodbury, Rae Murray, Blanche Thompson, Frances Waverly, Gloria Faythe, Theresa Allen, Sue Patterson, William H. Taylor, Iris Adrian, Leon Beaumon, Nelson McDowell
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Directors: Tim Whelan & Ludwig Berger & Michael Powell
Directors: Tim Whelan & Ludwig Berger & Michael Powell
More Music on Blu-ray
Director: Rolf de Heer
Director: Rolf de Heer
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Director: George Marshall
Director: George Marshall
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
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12/24/2025
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Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Italian was restored and preserved in 1990.
Serial Squadron's Eric Stedman seemed to did another restoration in 2016
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Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and it was restored and preserved in 1990.
Serial Squadron's Eric Stedman seemed to did another restoration in 2016
From
Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Italian was restored and preserved in 1990.
Serial Squadron's Eric Stedman seemed to did another restoration in 2016
To
Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and it was restored and preserved in 1990.
Serial Squadron's Eric Stedman seemed to did another restoration in 2016
11/17/2025
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11/13/2025
Best Video Release
From
Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and it was restored and preserved in 1990.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/serialsquadron/posts/10153565912317955/
To
Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Italian was restored and preserved in 1990.
Serial Squadron's Eric Stedman seemed to did another restoration in 2016
From
Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and it was restored and preserved in 1990.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/serialsquadron/posts/10153565912317955/
To
Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Italian was restored and preserved in 1990.
Serial Squadron's Eric Stedman seemed to did another restoration in 2016
11/13/2025
Format
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SD Streaming
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SD Streaming
Best Video Release
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Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and it was restored and preserved in 1990.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/serialsquadron/posts/10153565912317955/
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Unofficial DVD
One nitrate Technicolor print did survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and it was restored and preserved in 1990.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/serialsquadron/posts/10153565912317955/
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