Roman Scandals

Komedie / hudební / rodinný, USA, 1933, 85 min.



Warren F. Cooper, the leading citizen of West Rome, is outraged to find Eddie, a beloved local "little guy," sleeping on the statue of the Empress Agrippa in the Museum of Roman Art, which Cooper donated to the town. Later that morning, Cooper, the mayor, and Charles Pratt, the chief of police, discuss Cooper's latest scam: Cooper will donate the land for a new city jail, and the three will split the contractor's fees, as they have done for Cooper's previous donations. Pratt drops the check Cooper gives him, however, and it is found by Eddie. Eddie then commiserates with the unfortunate people who will be made homeless by Cooper taking over their land, and when he stands up to Cooper, the police throw him out of the city. As he walks along the road, Eddie is hit by a wagon and dreams that he is in ancient Rome. There he insults two soldiers, and Josephus, a great friend of the people, takes him to the slave market. Josephus, who calls Eddie "Oedipus," takes pity on him and buys him, but Eddie is soon imprisoned when he tries to aid the Princess Sylvia, who has been captured by the corrupt Emperor Valerius and is being paraded behind his chariot. Sylvia is cast into the dungeon with Eddie, and there Valerius threatens to kill her people if she does not become his favorite. She reluctantly agrees to accompany him to the palace, and Valerius takes Eddie also when Eddie makes him laugh. At the palace, Valerius is reunited with his scheming wife Agrippa, who is continually trying to poison him. Eddie is made Valerius' new food taster when the old one succumbs to another of Agrippa's plots, while Josephus and Sylvia, who are in love, meet secretly to plan her escape. Agrippa attempts to force Eddie to poison Valerius, and Valerius orders Josephus to leave Rome forever the next day. Josephus and Eddie plot to spirit Sylvia away that night, after which Eddie, disguised as an Ethiopian beauty specialist, sneaks into the women's baths to inform Sylvia. Later, Valerius tells his counselors that they will again raise the taxes to build a new palace, then pocket the money left over. The counselors mistrust Valerius and make him put his promises in writing, but Eddie finds the scroll when they drop it. He then goes to the kitchen, where Agrippa shows him the poisoned nightingale for Valerius, which has been marked with a sprig of parsley. Eddie becomes confused after serving the food, however, for the safe dish he was supposed to taste has also been garnished with parsley. The plot is then revealed when Valerius discovers the poison. Eddie, Josephus and Sylvia are blamed, but Olga, Valerius' former favorite, helps Sylvia join Josephus. Eddie discovers that Valerius intends to have Josephus murdered, and he rushes after him with the news. After a chariot chase, Eddie informs Josephus of the scheme and gives him the scroll. They are pursued by Valerius' majordomo, and Eddie bravely distracts him so that the couple can escape. As Eddie's chariot goes over a cliff, Eddie wakes from his dream and finds in his pocket the check with which Cooper paid off Pratt. Eddie races back with the evidence, and the corrupt men are soon behind bars, after which Eddie sings as his friends move back into their homes.
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