Talk:Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)

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Wikipedia Cleanup[edit]

Cleaned up and wikified, completed Ben Hur's name to Judah Ben Hur per (IMDB) cast listing and removed the word exciting from first sentence to make NPOV.--Dakota ~ ° 18:43, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Horses harmed?[edit]

This article Soter Ink, suggests that many horses died during the filming of the movie, probably during the chariot race. Has this rumor ever been substantiated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsarevna (talk • contribs) 20:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Projection speed[edit]

How many frames per second was it filmed at? And is there any way to view it, at that speed, on DVD? How about animated GIF? --Uncle Ed (talk) 22:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For the record: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ on-screen opening credits[edit]

ARS GRATIA ARTIS TRADE MARK Metro Goldwyn Mayer
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

PRESENTS

BEN — HUR

A

Tale of The Christ

by

GENERAL LEW WALLACE

COPYRIGHT MCMXXV IN U.S.A.

BY METRO – GOLDWYN – MAYER CONTROLLED

CONVENTION OF BUENOS AIRES LOEW'S INCORPORATED

PASSED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Produced by

METRO–GOLDWYN–MAYER

in arrangement with

ABRAHAM L. ERLANGER

CHARLES B. DILLINGHAM

and

FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, JR.

From the novel published and copyrighted by

HARPER AND BROTHERS

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Directed

by

FRED NIBLO

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Adaptation

by

JUNE MATHIS

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Produced from the scenario

of

CAREY WILSON

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Continuity

by

CAREY WILSON

and

BESS MEREDYTH

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Directorial Associates
ALFRED L. RABOCH           and           REEVES EASON

Photography by
RENE GUISSART                              KARL STRUSS
PERCY HILBURN                              CLYDE DeVINNA

Art effects by Ferdinand P. Earle
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Settings by
CEDRIC GIBBONS           and           HORACE JACKSON

Titles by
KATHARINE HILLIKER           and           H. H. CALDWELL

Film Editor
LLOYD NOSLER

Assistant Director
CHARLES STALLINGS

Costumes by Theaterkunst Hermann J. Kaufmann, Berlin N. 54
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CAST
Ben–Hur……………….RAMON NOVARRO
Messala…….…..…….…...FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
Esther..………....……......……..…….MAY McAVOY
Mary……………….………...….BETTY BRONSON
Princess of Hur….....….…….CLAIRE McDOWELL
Tirzah……..…….…………...…….KATHLEEN KEY
Iras……………………………..….CARMEL MYERS
Simonides………..……….….NIGEL De BRULIER
Sheik Ilderim…………………...MITCHELL LEWIS
Sanballat……….……..…………….….LEO WHITE
Arrius……………………….…….FRANK CURRIER
Balthazar…………...….…….CHARLES BELCHER
Amrah……………………………..….DALE FULLER
Joseph………………………….…….WINTER HALL
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pagan Rome was at the
zenith of her power.
The tread of her iron
legion shook the world;
and from every land rose
the cries of captive
peoples — — praying for a
deliverer.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Judea the glory that
was Israel's lay
scattered in the dust —
and Jerusalem the
Golden, conquered and
oppressed, wept in the
shadow of her walls.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
—Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 23:47, 11 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 October 2016[edit]

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The result of the move request was: WP:SNOW not moved (non-admin closure) — Andy W. (talk) 01:21, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (film) – Only film just titled Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. 2A02:C7D:564B:D300:7DD7:ADCD:3580:5AF7 (talk) 10:55, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose; while the nom is correct that this is the only film with that exact name, the name of this film is the name of the 1880 novel, of which there are multiple adaptations. Unless the reader is already very familiar with all of the Ben-Hur versions, they are likely to confuse this film with one of the other adaptations, especially if they are familiar with the title of the novel. This change only serves to confuse readers and serves no practical benefit. Insert CleverPhrase Here 11:34, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Considering how many films have similar titles, the date is a useful part of disambiguating. Dicklyon (talk) 02:35, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per the above two comments. Lugnuts ^{Precious bodily fluids} 08:55, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per all previously submitted votes. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 15:59, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Roman Spinner (but not Lugnuts). Randy Kryn 14:05, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Public domain?[edit]

Can it be noted that the film is now in the Public Domain? - 129.242.129.238 (talk) 11:15, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rotten Tomatoes link[edit]

Why do we need a "See also" link to "List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a film review aggregator website", if the film doesn't have a 100% rating?

(It's already too bad that every film article in Wikipedia has become a RT billboard.) 2A02:AA1:1609:2AC4:652D:278F:BD0A:CCA7 (talk) 22:42, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]