Of Time & the Tiber

For the benefit of latecomers to next month's press preview of Quo Vadis in Manhattan--and for those who may not be able to stick it out for the film's 2 hours and 55 minutes* --M-G-M thoughtfully prepared last week a sensation-by-sensa-tion timetable of Christianity's triumph over paganism: Excerpts:.

8:30 Quo Vadis begins.

8:47 Marcus meets Lygia.

9:51 Lygia's surrender to Marcus.

10:01 Poppaea (Nero's favorite wife) seduces Marcus.

10:20 Nero sings while Rome burns.

10:51 The lions are set upon the Christians.

11:19 Nero strangles Poppaea.

11:22 Desperate, forsaken and alone, Nero destroys himself.

11:25 Marcus' and Lygia's faith triumphs and the Christian world is born.

*Running time for Gone With the Wind: 3 hrs. 48 min.

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