The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)

The Last Days of Pompeii 1935 is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, creators of the original King Kong. Although inspired by the novel of the same name by Edward BulwerLytton, the film has virtually nothing to do with the book.

Blaming his poverty, he becomes an embittered professional gladiator and grows wealthier with each victory. In one match, he kills his opponent, only to discover he has orphaned a young boy named Flavius David Holt. Full of remorse, he adopts the boy and purchases a slave, Leaster Wyrley Birch, to tutor him. However, the added responsibility makes him too cautious in the arena, and he is defeated and injured. The injury ends his second career.When Cleon William V. Mong, a slave dealer, offers him a job, Marcus is at first contemptuous, but eventually takes it. He raids an African village for slaves, where a father battles Marcus raiders until his young sons life is threatened and he is forced to surrender. Marcus identifies with the fathers grief at being unable to protect his son. He stops slaving and turns to trading instead. ........

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