THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII - 1935 - WITH PRESTON FOSTER - RARE DVD - COLORIZED

Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena...until his wife dies for lack of medical care. His life as a gladiator coarsens him, and shady enterprises make him the richest man in Pompeii, while his son Flavius (who met Jesus on a brief visit to Judaea) is as gentle as Marcus once was. The final disaster of Marcus and Flavius's cross purposes is interrupted by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper. Stars: Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale.

96 minutes.