The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)

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The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film) is an American historical drama set in ancient Roman Pompeii, dramatizing the lives and moral struggles of its inhabitants in the days leading up to the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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instanceOf film
historical drama film
basedOn Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The Last Days of Pompeii
surface form: The Last Days of Pompeii (novel)
castMember Alan Hale Sr.
Basil Rathbone
David Holt
Dorothy Wilson
Frank Conroy
John Wood
Louis Calhern
Preston Foster
Wyrley Birch
Zeppo Marx
cinematography Edward Cronjager
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Christian themes
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
gladiatorial combat
slavery in ancient Rome
director Ernest B. Schoedsack
Merian C. Cooper
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Murray Seldeen
filmingTechnique black-and-white
genre epic film
historical drama
hasHistoricalPeriod 1st century AD
language English
mainCharacter Marcus
musicBy Roy Webb
narrativeFocus moral struggles of Pompeii inhabitants
notableFor special effects depicting the eruption of Vesuvius
originalLanguage English
partOf American pre-Code / early Code-era historical epics
producer Merian C. Cooper
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
publicationDate 1935
releaseDate October 18, 1935
runtime 96 minutes
screenwriter George Callahan
Ruth Rose
Sherman L. Lowe NERFINISHED
setting Pompeii
ancient Rome
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Siobhán McKenna notableWork The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
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Preston Foster notableWork The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
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The Last Days of Pompeii basedOn The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
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