Roman Scandals

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Roman Scandals

1933

1h 32m

Musical

Comedy

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This musical romp through ancient Rome concerns the adventures of innocent delivery boy Eddie. One day while making his rounds in the dull American Midwestern town of West Rome, Eddie, after being clocked on the head, falls into a stupor in which he imagines himself in his burg's namesake -- Rome -- as a royal servant fighting imperial corruption. The goofy young man soon runs into a pile of trouble, in a story line that parallels his experiences in his hometown.

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

05/05/2020

About ten percent of Roman Scandals is one hundred per cent entertainment. But the show on the whole is slow.

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Helen Brown Norden

Vanity Fair

06/11/2019

Cantor's last film, The Kid from Spain, netted him a personal stipend of $260,000. Roman Scandals will probably make more for him, as it is brighter, gayer, livelier.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

07/22/2005

3/5

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

02/10/2005

4/5

First-rate Eddie Cantor vehicle with terrific Busby Berkeley production numbers.

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Scott M

@RT75128960 Jan 12

Shocked at how much I enjoyed this movie. Really well made. Good songs too.

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Stephen M

@RT88161576 Aug 15

A laugh-a-minute farce that has not dated in close to 100 years.

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michael d

@RT16138633 12/15/2021

This very funny spoof on Roman era epics is considered to be Eddie Cantor's best film. The modern man dreaming himself in another era plotine is a favorite comedy theme and an idea dating back to Mark Twain's, " A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." The film has a great lineup of writers many who worked on the Marx Brothers. Alongside the humor are musical sequences which were commonplace at the time. The highlight is the chariot chase at climax.

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Thomas M

@TMProofreader 02/02/2019

The best comedy movie ever made!

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10/11/2014

Lavish Eddie Cantor musical comedy with production numbers by Busby Berkeley.

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05/12/2010

Good on you Eddie Cantor!

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Frank Tuttle

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Eddie Cantor

Eddie

Ruth Etting

Olga

Gloria Stuart

Princess Sylvia

Edward Arnold

Emperor Valerius

David Manners

Josephus

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Synopsis

This musical romp through ancient Rome concerns the adventures of innocent delivery boy Eddie. One day while making his rounds in the dull American Midwestern town of West Rome, Eddie, after being clocked on the head, falls into a stupor in which he imagines himself in his burg's namesake -- Rome -- as a royal servant fighting imperial corruption. The goofy young man soon runs into a pile of trouble, in a story line that parallels his experiences in his hometown.

Director: Frank Tuttle
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter: George S. Kaufman, Robert E. Sherwood, Wm. Anthony McGuire
Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Production
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 27, 2020
Runtime: 1h 32m