the king offers to help Villon escape if he will help him to overthrow the king. Villon denounces the man, affirming his support of King Louis. The King then reveals himself and Villon is knighted for his loyalty to the throne. Cast Murdock MacQuarrie as François Villon Pauline Bush as Philippa de Annonay Lon Chaney as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne Doc Crane as King Louis XI Chester Withey as Colin Millard K. Wilson as Chevalier Philip de Soisson Frank Lanning as Oliver Le Dain Agnes Vernon Reception Moving Picture World stated on 8/15/14: "A new series which is to follow a serial story running in the Century Magazine, it is extremely carefully staged and well-acted picture and very sure to attract attention. One of the best serial stories, judging by this first installment, that has been offered. It will make a hit in places where patrons want action and art in their pictures." Moving Picture World stated: "The camera becomes a veritable magic mirror to us in this delightful picture of the days of Francois Villon...It is remarkable how convincing and like real human life these scenes from the long dead past are. Here we have men in armor behaving like real flesh and blood people , and we quite forget we are not contemporaries with them.... We can safely say that there is no obtrusive note of anachronism in the whole first installment. It has been produced in a reasonably scholarly way. Perhaps better than the staging even is the humanity of the characters...To sum up, we find the first installment of this picture a very entertaining romantic story, full of lively and naturally produced action, well-drawn characters, clear photographs and fairly scholarly staging. We commend it highly as a first-class offering and think that it will prove a door, as it were, to better work of this kind than we have had before as a general thing." References External links 1914 films 1914 drama films 1914 short films American drama short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Giblyn Films about François Villon Universal Pictures short films Cultural depictions of François Villon Cultural depictions of Louis XI of France 1910s American films Silent American drama films 1910s English-language films