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Roman Scandals (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1933 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Frank Tuttle

Written By:
George S. Kaufman
Robert E. Sherwood

Actors:
Eddie Cantor ..... Eddie aka Oedipus
The Goldwyn Girls ..... Themselves
Ruth Etting ..... Olga
Gloria Stuart ..... Princess Sylvia
Edward Arnold ..... Emperor Valerius
David Manners ..... Josephus
Verree Teasdale ..... Empress Agrippa
Alan Mowbray ..... Majordomo
Jack Rutherford ..... Manius
Willard Robertson ..... Warren Finley Cooper
Lee Kohlmar ..... Storekeeper

Synopsis:

Easily the best of Eddie Cantor's gargantuan musical comedies for producer Sam Goldwyn, Roman Scandals begins in the middle-America community of West Rome, where our hero Eddie (Cantor) is employed as a delivery boy. A self-styled authority of Ancient Roman history, Cantor bemoans the fact that the local shanty community is about to be wiped out by scheming politicians, certain that such an outrage could never have happened during Rome's Golden Days. After a blow on the head, Cantor wakes up in Imperial Rome, where he is sold on the slave auction block to good-natured tribune Josephus (David Manners). Cantor soon discovers that the evil emperor Valerius (Edward Arnold) is every bit a crook and grafter as the politicians in West Rome, and he intends to do something about it. He gets a job as food taster for Valerius -- a none-too-secure position, inasmuch as the emperor's wife Agrippa (Veree Teasdale) is constantly trying to poison her husband -- and does his best to smooth the path of romance for Josephus and recently captured princess Sylvia (Gloria Stuart). Cantor's well-intentioned interference earns him a session in the torture chamber, but he escapes and commandeers a chariot, setting the stage for a spectacular slapstick climax. On the verge of recapture, Cantor wakes to find himself in West Rome U.S.A. again, where he quickly foils the modern-day despots and brings about a happy ending for all his friends.

A simple minded young man dreams he is in classical Rome and has wild adventures.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 20 July, 2011.

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