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	Ben-Hur (1925 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ben Hur was a 1925 silent film directed by Fred Niblo.
		A total of 60,960 m (200,000 feet) of film was shot for the chariot race scene which was eventually edited down to 229 m (750 feet).
		Current prints of the 1925 version are of the Turner-supervised restoration, replete with the color tints and Technicolor sections to resemble the original theatrical release, but with the addition of a newly recorded stereo orchestral soundtrack by Carl Davis which was originally recorded for a Thames Television screening of the movie.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ben-Hur_(1925_film) (859 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- BEN-HUR
		BEN-HUR was filmed in MGM Camera 65, which remains the biggest and widest of all wide screen processes that deployed a single strip of film.
		The film element used for the transfer is in great shape, only displaying minor blemishes and an occasional tinge of grain.
		The bass channel is quite potent for a film of this vintage; this lends credibility to the hoof beats during the chariot race, as well creating an earthshaking rumble during the film's climatic crucifixion sequence.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_reviews/ben-hur-dvd.htm (1437 words)

	REELINSIDER.COM - BEN - HUR (1959)
		That the film has established an enduring and widely celebrated place in the pantheon of important American films is an understatement of basic misrecognition.
		On-screen through most of the film Charlton Heston's reputation in Hollywood was secured with this performance in which he was stripped to little more than a loin cloth in certain key moments just as he was meant to demonstrate the dual physical and spiritual transformations implicit in the part.
		Namely, the film of each year with the best cinematography, production design, special effects and direction that comes from a recognized source and is peopled by contemporary stars can't help but be the best movie of the year.
	www.reelinsider.com /benhur.html (1745 words)

	Ben-Hur
		Rozsa was brought onto the film from the very beginning and the project involved a year and a half of his life.
		The first appearance of the theme in the film occurs as Ben-Hur, part of a group of convicts being dragged across the desert in chains, is given water by a young carpenter in Nazareth.
		Considered by many to be one of the finest film scores of all time, the score would have been unbeatable in almost any year but match it with the film's juggernaut and you have an instant winner.
	www.settling-the-score.com /ben-hur.html (1016 words)

	Ben Hur feature 2
		In addition, the film has some unevenness of tone, for director Fred Niblo lacked the strong personal imprint to bring the film totally into line, and some sequences were supervised by second-unit assistants.
		But as the scope of the story grows more intimate, so does her acting (and you realize in retrospect that her expansive emoting early in the film was exactly right, as was Novarro's: it fit the breadth of the initial episodes).
		The dramatic climaxes of the film are heightened by music of thundering intensity that leaves your speakers begging for mercy, while the underplayed, poignant sequences are cushioned by sensitive playing of strings and woodwinds.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /featurefolder2/benhurfeature2.html (1274 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Ben-Hur
		Wyler’s writers eliminate Iras altogether; in the 1925 version she is no longer Balthasar’s daughter but a whore plain and simple, a known consort of Messala, who uses “The Egyptian” to spy on Ben-Hur and possibly, by way of seduction, to sap his manly essence on the eve of the race.
		Filmed on one of the production’s most beautiful interior sets (featuring a luxuriously appointed room in the Hur domicile lined with unusually patterned shutters opened and closed against an evening sky), the two of them nuzzle convincingly, but it’s in a more sober context that Heston shines.
		Rozsa, born in Hungary in 1907, was one of the few film composers rising from the 1930s not to write under the overwhelming influence of the Germanic and Viennese-flavored scorings of the émigré pioneers, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Max Steiner, who had based their tonal language on Wagner, Mahler, and Richard Strauss.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /52/benhur.htm (11337 words)

	DVD review of Ben-Hur: Four-Disc Collector's Edition - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Surprisingly, perhaps, because a lot of people today tend to look upon the era of silent film as some kind of Stone Age, the earlier version is actually just as large scale as the newer one, maybe even larger, with a cast that was claimed to number some 125,000.
		As usual in a silent film, the acting appears more stilted and exaggerated than we countenance today, a convention partly carried over from the stage and partly used to communicate effectively in a silent medium.
		Rear-channel reproduction is limited mainly to musical ambiance for the first three-quarters of the film, but then in the climactic crucifixion scene, the rears come to life in noises of wind and storm.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/ben-hurfour-disccollectorsedit/16243/3081 (1913 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1925 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar).
		A 10-minute film of a miniature windmill in motion is sent across 5 miles from Anacostia to Washington, DC.
		Protocol Amending the Agreements, Conventions and Protocols on Narcotic Drugs concluded at The Hague on 23 January 1912, at Geneva on 11 February 1925 and 19 February 1925, and 13 July 1931, at Bangkok on 27 November 1931 and at Geneva on 26 June 193 (Source)
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/1925.html (1648 words)

	General Lew Wallace Study & Museum
		Furthermore they argued that the film cut into the profits of the stage production, not because it was strong competition against the stage play but because the film was done so shoddily it cheapened the artistic integrity of Ben-Hur.
		Fred Niblo directed the film and William Wyler, who would re-make the story in 1959, was an assistant director.
		The film ended up costing M-G-M approximately four million dollars and was one of the most costly films of the silent era.
	www.ben-hur.com /benhur.html (2190 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Page: Movies (Ben-Hur) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Filmed at Livorno, Italy, it used hundreds of local extras, many of whom apparently lied about being able to swim.
		During filming, the staged fire on one of the triremes got out of control, sending armor-clad extras overboard.
		Ben Hur (Heston) avoids Messala and makes another chariot crash into the wall, dumping the driver.
	www.snopes.com /movies/films/benhur.htm (1215 words)

	Silent Film Sources Review
		The trouble-plagued filming became a disaster, as costs spiraled out of control and the filming of the sea battle led to the death of several extras who could not swim.
		The film opens with a beautifully presented 15 minute prologue of the Nativity, which introduces the ever-present domination of Rome and its legions, and sets the time and place for the rest of the story.
		The film was an enormous popular success following its premiere in New York on December 30, 1925, and played in roadshow engagements until its general release in the fall of 1927.
	www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/25bhur.htm (1362 words)

	Why "Ben-Hur" is My Favorite Movie
		The film, among the 100 greatest selected by the American Film Institute, won an unprecedented eleven Academy Awards (tied in 1998 by "Titanic" [and in 2004 by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"]), and has been celebrated by directors from Martin Scorsese to James Cameron for its immense artistic impact.
		The film is indeed bracketed by two divine events: the first scenes concern the Adoration of the Magi and the final scenes take place in the shadow of Christ's Cross, as we witness shepherds tending to their flock.
		The film focuses on how the central character moves from his own unjust imprisonment, to his self-imprisonment via the very vices he seeks to destroy, to his personal redemption.
	www.nyu.edu /projects/sciabarra/essays/benhur.htm (2668 words)

	Kat's Film Reviews: Ben-Hur
		I didn't remember that one of the Romans is an old friend of Heston's character and the conflict that arises from that.
		His character is definitely the tie that binds the entire film together, but I didn't think it was awe-inspiring (although his acting is first-class).
		If you rent the DVD, watch the making-of documentary, which is particularly nicely done because it talks about the book the film was based on, the many stage- play renditions of the book, and the silent 1925 film.
	www.kathagedorn.com /filmreviews/2003/08/ben-hur.html (278 words)

	Ben-Hur (1959) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Wow, what can you say about a film that won 11 Academy Awards back in the days where the best films actually were honored, not the garbage they salute today.
		In other words, this film lives up to its reputation and has to be ranked as one of the most memorable movies of all time.
		Nobody who ever saw this film ever forgot the chariot race, for instance, perhaps the greatest action scene filmed without special effects.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0052618 (639 words)

	TechnoFILE Reviews "Ben-Hur - Collector's Edition" on DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is a shame considering the sweeping and glorious Miklos Rosza score and the music-less mayhem of the famous chariot race, where the audience should be nearly deafened by the thundering hooves and howling humanity.
		The man is a class act and seemed genuinely grateful to have worked on the film and appreciative of the talents of those with whom he served.
		It looks about as good as a 1925 movie can, though owners of widescreen TV’s that may be prone to burn-in (CRT’s and plasmas) will want to stretch/zoom the 4x3 full frame picture to fit their wide screens.
	www.technofile.com /dvds/ben_hur_collectors.html (1183 words)

	Ben-Hur (1925 film) information information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Costing between 4 and 6 million dollars, it is the most expensive silent film ever made.
		The film starred Ramon Novarro as the main character Judah Ben-Hur, with Francis X. Bushman as his friend Messala and May McAvoy as Esther.
		A total of 60,960 m (200,000 feet) of film was shot for the scene which was eventually edited down to 229 m (750 feet).
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Ben-Hur_(1925_film) (308 words)

	Looking at the big picture \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The 1925 silent-screen version, filmed in fl-and-white with Technicolor sequences, cost the then-awesome sum of $4 million, used 42 cameras to shoot the famous chariot race scene and helped establish the recently formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio as a Hollywood giant.
		Disc 3 is comprised of the entire 1925 film, starring Ramon Novarro as Judah Ben-Hur and Francis X. Bushman as Messala.
		Wyler's film is a bit vague as to whether Ben-Hur actually becomes a Christian in the end, emphasizing Christ's message of peace and brotherhood.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050916/news_1c16ben-hur.html (577 words)

	Ben-Hur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ben Hur (1907 film) is a 1907 film
		Ben Hur (2003 film) is a 2003 animated film
		Besides, I had a contempt when the masters of the science sought immortality and power; The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to the annihilation I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for realities of my residence at Ingolstadt, which were chiefly spent in my new abode.
	ben-hur.kiwiki.homeip.net (275 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Ben Hur [1959]: Video: Herman Rottger,William S. Hart,Sidney Olcott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However, the religious aspect is the core of the film and the theme on which it ends, with the Blood of Christ running into and mingling with the waters of the Earth.
		The second part of the film contains the famous chariot race which apparantly took three months to film and is one of the finest ever filmed.
		For a film that is 43 years old, the video transfer in widescreen of course, is quite simply superb with good sound.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Ben-Hur-Herman-Rottger/dp/B00004CI8G (1771 words)

	Carmel Myers information information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1925, she apperared in arguably her most famous role, that as the vamp Iras in Ben-Hur, who tries to seduce both Messala (Francis X. Bushman) and Ben-Hur himself (Ramon Novarro).
		This film was a big boost to Myers' career, who appeared in many more major roles throughout the 1920's, including Tell It To The Marines in 1926 with Lon Chaney, Sr.
		Amongst her popular sound films are 1931's Svengali with John Barrymore, and a small role in 1944's The Conspirators, a sort-of Casablanca-remake which included Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.
	search.com.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/Carmel_Myers (398 words)

	Ben-Hur (1959)
		Director William Wyler's film was a remake of the spectacular silent film of the same name (director Fred Niblo's and MGM's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)).
		There are contradictory reports about the fatality of a stuntman during the dangerous scene in the film, yet no published discussions of the film mention the accident, and Charlton Heston's 1995 autobiography In the Arena specifically stated that no one was seriously injured (beyond a cut on the chin) during the filming of the scene.
		As originally shown, the film opened with a series of tableaux of the birth of Christ Nativity sequence and the coming of the Magi.
	www.filmsite.org /benh.html (3800 words)

	DVD Review - Ben-Hur
		The film is set in the Middle East, beginning in the time of Christ's birth.
		You'll also be pleased to know that the film is presented in full anamorphic widescreen on DVD, meaning that you've simply never seen this film looking so good at home before.
		The first half of the film, up to the Intermission, is presented on Side One (with an RSDL layer-switch in chapter 15).
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/benhur.html (1345 words)

	Ben-Hur (1959)
		Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to the role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, a bold escape from an embattled slave galley, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ.
		However, their happy reunion soon goes sour when Judah learns of the poor way that Messala tends to treat his people, and not long after that, Ben-Hur and his family are severely punished for an accident that vaguely threatened a Roman governor.
		A modicum of dialogue also came from the side speakers, though this effect was limited; very little speech emanated directly from one channel or the other, and most sounded as though it appeared in a mid-zone between speakers.
	www.dvdmg.com /benhur.shtml (2568 words)

	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Years in the making, with filming in Italy and California, and changes of script and leading man, BEN HUR could have been a disaster.
		This film should not be compared with the Heston remake; it stands completely on its own merits.
		Sadly, the rest of his film career, in which he was typecast in every sort of ethnic role, from Chinese to Polynesian to Arab to Navajo, is virtually forgotten today.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0016641 (448 words)

	Amazon.com: Ben Hur (1959): Video: Charlton Heston,Jack Hawkins,Haya Harareet,Stephen Boyd,Hugh Griffith,Martha ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 1925 silent version, starring Ramon Novarro as Ben-Hur and Francis X. Bushman as Messala, is on disk three of the new and magnificent four disk set.
		Now comes the celebrated 1925 version of BEN-HUR accompanying the even more celebrated 1959 William Wyler/Charlton Heston film on a 4 disc set and later this month the 1923 version Of Cecil B. DeMille's THE TEN COMMANDMENTS will be issued along with a restored version of the 1956 film for its 50th anniversary.
		As a silent film enthusiast I will comment on the 1925 film as very little has been said about it compared to all that has been said about the much better known 1959 movie.
	www.amazon.com /Ben-Hur-William-Wyler/dp/6303961592 (3194 words)

	Amazon.ca: Ben-Hur (Four-Disc Collector's Edition): DVD: Charlton Heston,Jack Hawkins,Haya Harareet,Stephen Boyd,Hugh ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Director William Wyler, who had been a junior assistant on MGM's original silent version back in 1925, never sacrifices the human focus of the story in favor of spectacle, and is aided immeasurably by Miklos Rozsa's majestic musical score, arguably the greatest ever written for a Hollywood picture.
		Definitely a great epic and one of my personal favorites, Ben Hur, brings to the screen such heavyweights as Charlton Heston and Jack Hawkins in a tale set during the times of the Roman Empire.
		Ben Hur is about honor, bravery, and heroes from a time long gone.
	www.amazon.ca /Ben-Hur-Four-Disc-Collectors-William-Wyler/dp/B0009UZG1O (1402 words)

	Ben-Hur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The acting and makeup conventions that differentiate the silent and talking film eras are still a bit hard for me to get into sync with.
		There is much of what we consider today to be overacting and overly heavy, stage-y makeup, so I try to put myself in a "silent" frame of mind in order to better appreciate silent films.
		We forget today how much of the story in a silent film MUST be carried only by gesture and facial expression in the absence of dialogue.
	www.nndb.com /films/959/000036851 (170 words)

	"Ben-Hur" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Based on the famous novel, the film tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince living during the time of Christ who is wrongly accused of murdering the Roman governor.
		This film is one of the great G-rated biblical epics that Hollywood used to produce, and I highly recommend it.
		The film has been reformatted and includes new features such as commentary by Charlton Heston, documentaries on the making of the film, and a DVD of the 1925 silent version, as well as a Bible Study Guide.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/rvu-benhur.html (520 words)

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