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Show o i Ho Colman Picture Li Is Adopted From Z McCarthy Play "Jes. Justin Huntly McCarthy's play, ; all "If I Were King," one of the best- , liked classics of the stage, has been ;e a made into a motion picture of the s to same title by Producer-Director -;m( Frank Lloyd. With Ronald Colman;t m, playing the famous vagabond poet- bore who daied to love a royal princecs,; local audiences will see the picture . Sunday and Monday, January 15 and 16, at the Cameo Theatre. H 00 McCarthy's play was turned into a motion picture script by PrestoniJ Stuges, a writer known throughout Hollywood for his true-to-life char-QIJ acters, brilliant dialogue and startling start-ling situations. A year ago he. , scripted "Easy Living,''' the Jean." ' Arthus-Edward Arnold comedy hit. "' ' ' . - Lonvp In writing "If I Were King," Stur-.. ges worked hand-in-hand with Pro- Jj Iducer Lloyd, who believes that nis-,a" picture is something completely new ' s in the way of presenting history on..'' c the screen. "If I Were King" includes the. Hl most famous escapades and exploits;, as of Villon's life. After robbing royal warehouse and killing a soldier in a tavern brawl, the idol of the Paris populace is made grand constable con-stable of France by a capricious king. Inspired by the love of a royal H princess, he defies' the old politi- I cians of the country and forges w, beloved people into a mob-army and vi leads them - himself against the powerful Burgundian troops. To support Colman in his greatest ( starring role, Lloyd picked a castjp running to two thousand in number which puts the famous producer it.- a class with Cecil B. De MUle. Ir. leading roles are Frances Dee anc Basil Rathbone. ' 1 O '' . Srv |