Show If I Were King At Centre Receives Praise If I Were Vere King is a royal piece I of work Moviegoers who have come to look for something ou out of the thc usual run of screen fare will find what they want in the magnificent production production production pro pro- which opened at the Centre theater Friday with Ronald Colman Colman Colman Col Col- man portraying the beloved and colorful Francois Villon The Villon story revolves about the roistering r poet who first wins widespread notoriety not by his verses but by looting the kings king's storehouses so that th the people of Paris will not starve He is made ruler of France for a week after meeting the king in a street brawl Colman devotes himself to two great conquests a princess at the court played by Frances Dee and the armies Miss Dee makes a perfect romantic partner for him A rollicking picture of medieval France is revealed in the tricky plotting of the old generals against the spirited newcomer and in the unpredictable actions of crafty Louis XI who manages to keep them all at each others other's throats The sensation of the picture is the performance of Basil Rathbone as Louis XI the monarch who saved France with Villon's help So expertly expertly expertly ex ex- ex- ex pertly does he temper his craftiness with good humor and reason that even in the he torture chamber hes he's an engaging person I |