Roman Scandals
AN ORGY OF BEAUTY, SONG AND LAUGHTER!
A buoyant pre-code musical comedy built on Eddie Cantor's vaudeville charm, dream-logic fantasy, and elaborate song-and-dance spectacle.
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
Essence
Ensemble
Eddie Cantor
Eddie aka Oedipus
Ruth Etting
Olga
Gloria Stuart
Princess Sylvia
Edward Arnold
Emperor Valerius
David Manners
Josephus
Verree Teasdale
Empress Agrippa
Alan Mowbray
Majordomo
Jack Rutherford
Manius (as John Rutherford)
Willard Robertson
Warren Finley Cooper
Lee Kohlmar
Storekeeper
Charles Arnt
Caius - the Food Taster (uncredited)
Lucille Ball
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
