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Sophia Loren during the filming of The Fall of the Roman Empire, 1963

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C-Plum as the not at all bonkers Commodus in The Fall of the Roman Empire [d: Anthony Mann, 1964]*

*psa: despite being stuffed full of awesome actors (Alec Guinness, James Mason, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Eric Porter etc etc) this 3-hour film feels at least 6, and is weirdly dull despite looking like a billion dollars. But, there is this.

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#so I have seen a fair few homoerotic drinking scenes in my time

#but I’m not sure any is more supergay than this one

#I feel obliged to put a disclaimer on cos seriously the power of c-plum here could drive a lot of unsuspecting people to watch this

#and I have watched this so you don’t have to

#ok I watched half and scrolled

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

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Watching “The Fall of the Roman Empire” with Sofia Lauren and Alec Guiness (among others) and I think I’ve spotted the watershed moment when homoerotic undertones become…overtones

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