3.96-The Vagabond King with Rebecca Deniston

Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film The Vagabond King. I'm joined by Rebecca Deniston from the Taking Up Room blog and Taking Up More Room newsletter and we talk about how movie musicals continue to be very stagey, try to come up with other films where a character changes identity and is unrecognized by his friends, and look at some great performances from several actors early on in their careers.

You can watch The Vagabond King online for yourself and be sure to check out Rebecca's newsletter.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• If I Were King directed by J. Gordon Edwards
• The Vagabond King (1956) directed by Michael Curtiz
• Princess Diaries directed by Garry Marshall
• Les Misérables directed by Tom Hooper
• Mank directed by David Fincher
• Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles
• The Love Parade directed by Ernst Lubitsch
• The Letter directed by Jean De Limur
• The Bride of Frankenstein directed by James Whale
• Charlie Chan films
• Rocky and Bullwinkle (series)
• Wicked directed by Jon M. Chu
• King of Jazz directed by John Murray Anderson

Other referenced topics:

• The Poems of François Villon by François Villon
• Variety review and full page advertisement
• Danny Reid's review on pre-code.com
• Mark Conlan writing on MovieMagg