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Full film; runtime 02:20:52. Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ had been a great success as a novel, and was adapted into a stage play which ran for twenty-five years. In 1922, two years after the play's last tour, the Goldwyn company purchased the film rights to Ben-Hur. The play's producer, Abraham Erlanger, put a heavy price on the screen rights.
Ben-Hur filming site near Lifta, intended to represent Jerusalem. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) originally announced a remake of the 1925 silent film Ben-Hur in December 1952, ostensibly as a way to spend its Italian assets. [c] [12] Stewart Granger and Robert Taylor were reported to be in the running for the lead. [12]
Ben Hur is a 1907 American silent drama film set in ancient Rome, the first screen adaptation of Lew Wallace's popular 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Co-directed by Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose, this " photoplay " was produced by the Kalem Company of New York City, and its scenes, including the climactic chariot race, were ...
Ben Hur is a silent film short. [83] Ben-Hur is an MGM silent film starring Ramon Novarro; it premiered in New York City on December 20, 1925. [91] Ben-Hur is an MGM sound film starring Charlton Heston; it premiered in New York City on November 18, 1959. [95]
He became one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, earning $10,000 per week. [citation needed] Farnum's silent pictures Drag Harlan (1920) and If I Were King (1921) survive from his years contracted to Fox Films. Nearly all of Fox's silent films made before 1932 were destroyed in the 1937 Fox vault fire.
Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife. [1] He gained a large female following and was one of the biggest stars of the 1910s and early 1920s.
Ben Ali Lost film, but A.M.P.A.S. has 25 feet of this film The Midshipman: Dick Randall Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ: Judah Ben-Hur 1927 Lovers: José Lost film The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg: Crown Prince Karl Heinrich The Road to Romance: José Armando 1928 Across to Singapore: Joel Shore A Certain Young Man: Lord Gerald Brinsley Lost ...
In 1925, Niblo was the principal director of the epic Ben-Hur, one of the more expensive films of the day but became the third highest-grossing silent film in cinema history. Niblo followed this success with two major 1926 works: The Temptress starring Greta Garbo in her second film in America and Norma Talmadge in Camille.