New National Theatre, Wm. H. Rapley, manager, Wm. H. Fowler, treasurer. E.H. Sothern, management Daniel Frohman, in "If I Were King," a play, by Justin Huntly McCarthy.
It is based on the 1901 play and novel, both of the same name, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, and was directed by Frank Lloyd, with a screenplay adaptation by Preston Sturges.King Louis XI of France (Basil Rathbone) is in desperate straits.