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No Place Like Rome

No Place Like Rome

1936Short⏱️ 19mApproved
ShortComedyMusic
5.4
IMDB Rating
13 votes

Set in ancient Rome, Flavius and his bachelor cronies protest against the "Marrying Law" soon to come into effect. His anti-marriage chums are all soon wedded, leaving Flavius on his own until he falls for a slave in his father's ...

Director
Reginald Le Borg
Writers
Val Burton, Will Jason, Stanley Rauh
Stars
Frank Albertson, Suzanne Kaaren, Rudolph Anders
Release Date
October 26, 1936
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Frank Albertson
Frank Albertson
as Flavius - Roman Bachelor
Suzanne Kaaren
Suzanne Kaaren
as Lydia - Roman Slave Girl
Rudolph Anders
Rudolph Anders
as Roman Bachelor
Bonnie Bannon
Bonnie Bannon
as Slave Girl
Claudia Coleman
Claudia Coleman
as Flavius's Mother
Frank Currier
Frank Currier
as Admiral Neptunis Artemis [edited from Ben Hur (1925)]
Billy Dooley
Billy Dooley
as Roman Citizen with Centurions
Flora Finch
Flora Finch
as Old Woman Who Loses Wig
Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
as Marcus
Fred Kelsey
Fred Kelsey
as Centurion Murphius

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

🏷️ Keywords

pun in titleslavechumsmarriagebachelor

🎯 Categories

ComedyMusicShort

⭐ Featured Review

Weird but enjoyable!
by planktonrules2017-05-09
8/10

""No Place Like Rome" reminds me very much of the Eddie Cantor film "Roman Scandals", which came out three years earlier. Both feature an incredibly anachronistic and funny version of ancient Rome. When the story begins, the President of Rome (president???) announces that in two months, every man older than 20 must be married...of they'll be thrown to the lions. The time comes for the lion- chucking...and young Flavius is still without a bride. However, he does meet a lovely and willing lady but there's a hitch...she is a slave. The goofiness of this one is THE r..."

💡 Did You Know?

Includes archive footage from Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).

📖 Synopsis

Set in ancient Rome, Flavius and his bachelor cronies protest against the "Marrying Law" soon to come into effect. His anti-marriage chums are all soon wedded, leaving Flavius on his own until he falls for a slave in his father's ...