The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
1935 film by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack,[1] creators of the original King Kong. Although inspired by the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the film has nothing to do with the book. Indeed, a Foreword appearing after the film's opening credits states, "Although...the characters and plot have no relation to those in the novel by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, acknowledgement is made of his description of Pompeii which has inspired the physical setting of this picture." This story of Marcus, a man whose life is touched at various points by Christ and his followers, is impossible, because of the dates. Flavius is a small boy when Jesus heals him and a young man when Vesuvius erupts in 79 AD—46 years later. According to TCM, few critics complained about it at the time.[3]
The Last Days of Pompeii | |
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Directed by | Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Written by | Ruth Rose[1] |
Story by | James Ashmore Creelman[1] |
Based on | The Last Days of Pompeii 1834 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Produced by | Merian C. Cooper |
Starring | Preston Foster Alan Hale Basil Rathbone John Wood David Holt Dorothy Wilson |
Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt Jack Cardiff (uncredited) |
Edited by | Archie Marshek |
Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | RKO Radio Pictures |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $818,000[2] |
Box office | $980,000[2] |