Eddie cantor has been thrown out of his home town, west rome, and falls asleep. Now he's back in ancient times in... rome. And has adventures as a slave at the market. It's just okay. Very dated material at this point. A couple of song and dance numbers that aren't much fun. That slave girl dance bit just goes on forever, as do so many of busby berkeley's choreographed scenes. One interesting note is that gloria stuart is here as the princess, along with eddie arnold and david manners. Billy barty.... so great in foul play and under the rainbow! Lots of corny jokes, most of which fall flat at this point. Times were simpler back then. This one is interesting mostly for the big names in it, but the story itself is pretty boring. Cantor even does blackface about an hour in, which was all the rage at the time. That naughty beauty shop scene probably woke the audience up.... you can tell this was snuck in just prior to the film code being enforced. Directed by frank tuttle.
Review of Roman Scandals
