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	List of 'years in film' :: Online Encyclopedia :: Information Genius
		1925 in film - Lon Chaney 's greatest film, "The Phantom Of The Opera" is released by Universal with colour sequences.
		The first great epic of American film, " The Birth of a Nation " is produced by D. Griffith.
		1933 in film - The film Ecstacy, which shows simulated sex, shocks audiences.
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	Ben-Hur (1925)
		Years in the making, with filming in Italy and California, and changes of script and leading man, BEN HUR could have been a disaster.
		He was a very fine actor and is excellent as Ben Hur.
		This film should not be compared with the Heston remake; it stands completely on its own merits.
	imdb.com /Title?0016641

	Silent Film Sources Review
		or further information on the production of Ben-Hur see Kevin Brownlow, "The Heroic Fiasco: Ben-Hur," The Parade's Gone By, pages 385-413; Bosley Crowther, "The Saga of Ben Hur" in The Lion's Share, pages 91-100; A. Arnold Gillespie, "Remembrances of Ben Hur," Classic Images, No. 161, pages 38-40, Classic Images, No. 162, pages 24-26, 63.
		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.
		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.
	www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/25bhur.htm

	Why "Ben-Hur" is My Favorite Movie
		Sciabarra received a number of emails from Objectivists, who are atheists, asking him to explain his choice of "Ben-Hur"--a film with a religious theme--as his favorite movie of all time.
		The film tells the story of a wealthy Jew, Prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is reunited with his boyhood friend, Messala (played by Stephen Boyd), who saved Ben-Hur's life when they were boys.
		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.
	www.nyu.edu /projects/sciabarra/essays/benhur.htm

	Ben-Hur
		Christ's pivotal scenes in the film are shot in technicolor, a surely startling revelation in 1925, but we never see His face.
		After catastrophic incidents, including the deaths of extras during the filming of the sea battle, the studio quickly moved the entire production back to California, where Novarro was given the lead role and Niblo took over the director's chair.
		In fact, because most audiences have never seen this version (probably because it's a silent film and not readily accessible), the film is one of the more overlooked gems of the 1920s.
	www.reelcriticreviews.com /reviews/benhur.htm

	New York State Writers Institute - Ben Hur Film Notes
		BEN-HUR opened in late 1925 to tepid reviews and a torrid box-office.
		But this was not the prestige production that the brand-new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie combine had in mind to announce itself as a major producer in 1925.
		(One of the thousands of extras was a bewildered William Wyler, who would direct the 1959 remake of the film.) Shooting continued for weeks, until Eason, heedless of danger, had gotten exactly the detail shots he wanted to make the chariot race one of the most exciting action sequences ever filmed.
	www.albany.edu /writers-inst/fnf98n5.html

	Ben-Hur (1959)
		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 during the filming of the scene.
		With descriptive review commentaries and background history on many classic, landmark films in cinematic history, especially American/Hollywood films.
		It was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, Best Picture, Best Actor (Charlton Heston - his sole career Oscar), Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), Best Director (William Wyler), Best Color Cinematography, Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best Score, Best Film Editing, Best Color Costume Design, Best Special Effects, and Best Screenplay.
	www.filmsite.org /benh.html

	REELINSIDER.COM - BEN - HUR (1959)
		Without question MGM's $15 million dollar 1959 update of their own 1925 masterwork, Ben-Hur, was one of the biggest gambles in movie history.
		Though the movie undoubtedly springs from this Roman preoccupation with destroying Jesus, Ben-Hur's world turning upside down is what gives the movie its motion.
		Without him, then, there's no reason for audiences to identify with the film and without the lure of this kind of identification there would be no through-line to enjoy what's happening unless spectators are willing to ignore the purpose of feature films and endure a 212-minute long sermon.
	www.reelinsider.com /benhur.html

	Urban Legends Reference Page: Movies (Ben-Hur)
		Ben Hur (Heston) avoids Messala and makes another chariot crash into the wall, dumping the driver.
		Filmed at Livorno, Italy, it used hundreds of local extras, many of whom apparently lied about being able to swim.
		It is recommended that before claiming that a particular stunt had to have been real, you obtain a video of the film and go through the stunt in slow motion.
	www.snopes.com /movies/films/benhur.htm

	pledgesalute
		What Winkler fails to realize is that every film he cites was produced after 1892 and thus after the widespread use of the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag, and it’s original straight-arm salute.
		The salute was then used in famous films in the early 1900's, often in fictitious "Roman" scenes, and including a film that involved D'Annunzio entitled "Cabiria" and written of elsewhere.
		According to Dr. Martin Winkler in "The Roman Salute on Film" of the American Philological Association, the salute is not in any Roman art or text.
	ftp.ij.net /rex/pledgesalute.html

	Biography for Myrna Loy
		When the film finished, there was instantaneous rapturous applause and Huston then said, "Here from her apartment in New York is Miss Loy.
		She resumed movie acting full-time in 1946, as popular as ever, and starred in some major movie hits, but by the 1950s she was more involved in politics than in acting, and worked only sporadically from that time on.
		She was popular enough that, in 1936, she was named Queen of the Movies and Clark Gable the king in a nationwide poll of movie goers.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0001485/bio

	Ben-Hur (1925)
		German futuristic drama is the second most expensive silent film.
		Immense sets, still-gripping action sequences appeal to spectacle fans, students of film history, and silent cinema lovers.
		Rousing drama about Russian prince featuring comparably colossal action sequences.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=8034

	Amazon.com: DVD: Ben-Hur (1959)
		BUT be careful if you're watching the DVD's featurette on the Making Of...they show a scene in the 1925 Ben-Hur movie of TOPLESS WOMEN.
		But it's not just running time or a cast of thousands that makes an epic, it's the subject matter, and here the subject--Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and his estrangement from old Roman pal Messala (Stephen Boyd)--is rich, detailed, and sensitively handled.
		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.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000056BP4?v=glance

	DVD Review - Ben-Hur
		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.
		While I'm sure there will be some who will skip past the Overture and Entr'Acte, I loved every minute of listening to the film's sweeping score.
		Film Rating: B+ Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): A/B/B+ Specs and Features
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/benhur.html

	Bethel - Jacob's Pillar
		Exodus 17:12 But Moses' hands [were] heavy; and they took a stone, and put [it] under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
		No Stone Unturned, Ian R. Hamilton (1925), London, Gollancz 1952.
		LIA FAIL or THE STONE OF DESTINY - George H. Thompson and Rev.
	www.jahtruth.co.uk /stone.htm

	Lycos - Davis Ben Hur 1925 Carl Davis in Classical Music - Compare Cheap Prices and Buy
		Lycos - Davis Ben Hur 1925 Carl Davis in Classical Music - Compare Cheap Prices and Buy
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	Ben-Hur - 1925
		The highlight of this site is a storyboard, which includes videos of the naval battle and the chariot race, and images from both the black-and-white and the two-color Technicolor segments of the film.
		A short introduction to the film, images of a lobby card and full sheet ad, links.
		Detailed information on the production of MGM's first screen adaptation of the very successful play.
	www.ardice.com /Arts/Movies/Titles/B/Ben-Hur_-_1925

	Screenings : Ben-Hur (1925, Niblo)
		Silent Sounds Films Apr 21-May 26 feature live music and admission is $10.
		The penultimate epic from the golden age of silents, filmed in Italy with a cast of 125,000!
		Silent Sounds pass to all 6 just $30 mbrs only.
	www.creativealliance.org /events/eventItem220.html

	The DVD Journal Full Reviews of DVD Movies
		Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir: The Criterion Collection
		Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Director's Edition
	www.dvdjournal.com /indices/reviewindex.html

	Amazon.co.uk: Music: Carl Davis: Ben: Hur (1925) New Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] [SOUNDTRACK]
		Amazon.co.uk: Music: Carl Davis: Ben: Hur (1925) New Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] [SOUNDTRACK]
		Carl Davis: Ben: Hur (1925) New Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] [SOUNDTRACK]
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	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000025NKY

	Soirees & Festivals : 2nd Annual Marquee Ball: Ben-Hur & Roman Feast
		The 2nd Annual Marquee Ball uses the silent film classic Ben-Hur (1925, Niblo) as jumping off point for a luxe night of dancing, dining and happy historical inconsistency.
		Dine and dance in Neo-Roman-Hollywood-Egyptian splendor as Creative Alliance transforms their 22,000 square-foot 1930 movie theater/art center into an elaborate movie set for a benefit of epic proportions!
	www.creativealliance.org /events/eventItem249.html

	Ben-Hur - 1925 B Titles Movies Arts English LoCuaL
		Ben-Hur - 1925 B Titles Movies Arts English LoCuaL
		English : Arts : Movies : Titles : B : Ben-Hur - 1925 :
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	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.
		Perhaps the memorable “Ride of the Klan” scene convinced him that Ben-Hur& chariot race could be filmed equally well.
		Filming was done in both Italy and California, just as the 1925 production.
	www.ben-hur.com /benhur.html

	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)).
		The 1925 version cost $4 million, and starred silent screen idols Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman.
		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

	Ben-Hur - Psychology Central
		Ben-Hur (1925 film) is a 1925 silent film
		Ben Hur (1907 film) is a 1907 silent film
		Ben Hur (2003 film) is a 2003 animated film in which Charleton Heston reprises the voice of Judah Ben-Hur
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Ben-Hur (338 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)).
		MGM's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), featuring a cast of 125,000, cost about $4 million to make after shooting began on location in Italy, in 1923, and starred silent screen idols Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman.
		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.
	www.filmsite.org /benh.html (3800 words)

	Learn more about List of 'years in film' in the online encyclopedia.
		1925 in film - Lon Chaney 's greatest film, "The Phantom Of The Opera" is released by Universal with colour sequences.
		1973 in film - The Sting and The Exorcist are released
		Posthumously released, "The Son Of the Shiek" is Rudolph Valentino 's biggest grossing film.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of__years_in_film_.html (3800 words)

	Ben-Hur (1959)
		Though the film begins with the wise men paying tribute to baby Jesus in Bethlehem and ends with the Crucifixion, the entire middle focuses on the Roman world and Ben-Hur's quest to find himself and his imprisoned mother and sister.
		By patterning his pod race in Star Wars: Episode I after the chariot race from William Wyler's 1959 production of Ben-Hur, George Lucas all but confirmed that the climactic scene has become a part of film lore.
		Wyler, who was an assistant on the 1925 film, was a stickler for realism and accuracy, and so even the leper colony scenes were shot in an old marble quarry that actually could have been used for the same purpose in 26 AD.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=79&buy=closed&PID=10090378&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (755 words)

	REELINSIDER.COM - BEN - HUR (1959)
		Without question MGM's $15 million dollar 1959 update of their own 1925 masterwork, Ben-Hur, was one of the biggest gambles in movie history.
		Though the movie undoubtedly springs from this Roman preoccupation with destroying Jesus, Ben-Hur's world turning upside down is what gives the movie its motion.
		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.
	www.reelinsider.com /benhur.html (1745 words)

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