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“LAST DAYS OF POMPEII” “The Last Days of Pompeii,” an Italian picture based on Lord Lytton’s famous novel, will be shown to-morrow night at the Lyric Theatre. Maria Corda and Victor Varconi play leading roles in this story of the tragic days before the destruction of a mighty city. Not at all different from the, other flourishing towns of the Roman Empire was Pompeii, which nestled with its twin city Herculaneum at the foot of Vesuvius. The people were prosperous, and had the same delight in the fierce contest of the gladiators that their brethren in Rome had. On one special day, which is the climax of the spectacular picture, the people streamed to the arena. Were they not promised sports of rare calibre? Gladiators? and men thrown to the lions? But they had not paid heed to the rumblings of Vesuvius. Always the mountain had groaned and rumbled. Always there had been smoke from its top. But to-day the noises were greater. Soon the jin of smoke obscured the sky, and then the mighty catastrophe fell.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 373, 6 June 1928, Page 16
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178LYRIC Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 373, 6 June 1928, Page 16
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