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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1925eko_filma)" title="Ben-Hur (1925eko filma) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ben-Hur (1925eko filma)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B2%DB%B5)" title="بن هور (فیلم ۱۹۲۵) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بن هور (فیلم ۱۹۲۵)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(film,_1925)" title="Ben-Hur (film, 1925) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" 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Christ</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben-Hur-1925.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Ben-Hur-1925.jpg/220px-Ben-Hur-1925.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="325" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Ben-Hur-1925.jpg/330px-Ben-Hur-1925.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Ben-Hur-1925.jpg/440px-Ben-Hur-1925.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1016" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Niblo" title="Fred Niblo">Fred Niblo</a></li> <li><b>Uncredited:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brabin" title="Charles Brabin">Charles Brabin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Adaptation:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Mathis" title="June Mathis">June Mathis</a></li> <li><b>Scenario:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carey_Wilson_(writer)" title="Carey Wilson (writer)">Carey Wilson</a></li> <li><b>Continuity:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bess_Meredyth" title="Bess Meredyth">Bess Meredyth</a></li> <li>Carey Wilson</li> <li><b>Titles:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._H._Caldwell" title="H. H. Caldwell">H. H. Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hilliker" class="mw-redirect" title="Katharine Hilliker">Katharine Hilliker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ" title="Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ">Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ</a></i><br />1880 novel<br />by <a href="/wiki/Lew_Wallace" title="Lew Wallace">General Lew Wallace</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Uncredited:</b></li> <li>June Mathis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer" title="Louis B. Mayer">Louis B. Mayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Thalberg" title="Irving Thalberg">Irving Thalberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramon_Novarro" title="Ramon Novarro">Ramon Novarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_McAvoy" title="May McAvoy">May McAvoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Bronson" title="Betty Bronson">Betty Bronson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_X._Bushman" title="Francis X. Bushman">Francis X. Bushman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmel_Myers" title="Carmel Myers">Carmel Myers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_DeVinna" class="mw-redirect" title="Clyde DeVinna">Clyde DeVinna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rene_Guissart_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rene Guissart (director)">Rene Guissart</a></li> <li>Percy Hilburn (*<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Hilburn" class="extiw" title="fr:Percy Hilburn">French</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Struss" title="Karl Struss">Karl Struss</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Nosler" title="Lloyd Nosler">Lloyd Nosler</a></li> <li>Basil Wrangler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Holmes_(film_editor)" title="William Holmes (film editor)">William Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Reynolds_(film_editor)" title="Harry Reynolds (film editor)">Harry Reynolds</a></li> <li>Ben Lewis</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Axt" title="William Axt">William Axt</a></li> <li>David Mendoza</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Copeland" title="Stewart Copeland">Stewart Copeland</a> (2014 edition)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>December 30, 1925<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1925-12-30</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, premiere)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">141 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Silent_film" title="Silent film">Silent</a> (English <a href="/wiki/Intertitle" title="Intertitle">intertitles</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$4 million<sup id="cite_ref-tcm_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tcm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mannix_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mannix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$10.7 million<sup id="cite_ref-tcm_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tcm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mannix_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mannix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ</b></i> is a 1925 American <a href="/wiki/Silent_film" title="Silent film">silent</a> <a href="/wiki/Epic_film" title="Epic film">epic</a> <a href="/wiki/Adventure_film" title="Adventure film">adventure</a>-<a href="/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Drama (film and television)">drama film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Niblo" title="Fred Niblo">Fred Niblo</a> and written by <a href="/wiki/June_Mathis" title="June Mathis">June Mathis</a> based on the 1880 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ" title="Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ">Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lew_Wallace" title="Lew Wallace">General Lew Wallace</a>. Starring <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Novarro" title="Ramon Novarro">Ramon Novarro</a> as the title character, the film is the first feature-length <a href="/wiki/Film_adaptation" title="Film adaptation">adaptation</a> of the novel and second overall, following the <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hur_(1907_film)" title="Ben Hur (1907 film)">1907 silent short film</a>. </p><p>In 1997, <i>Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ</i> was selected for preservation in the United States <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Registry" title="National Film Registry">National Film Registry</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramon_Novarro_as_Ben-Hur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ramon_Novarro_as_Ben-Hur.jpg/167px-Ramon_Novarro_as_Ben-Hur.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ramon_Novarro_as_Ben-Hur.jpg/251px-Ramon_Novarro_as_Ben-Hur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ramon_Novarro_as_Ben-Hur.jpg/334px-Ramon_Novarro_as_Ben-Hur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2406" data-file-height="3095" /></a><figcaption>Ramon Novarro as Ben-Hur</figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/Jaffa_Gate" title="Jaffa Gate">Joppa Gate</a> in Jerusalem, <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Mary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a> pass through on their way from <a href="/wiki/Nazareth" title="Nazareth">Nazareth</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>. They stop at the <a href="/wiki/Caravanserai" title="Caravanserai">inn</a> at the entrance to the city, but they have no available room. Mary is pregnant and, as labor begins, they settle in a nearby cave where a <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">baby is born in Bethlehem</a> among the shepherds and visited by the <a href="/wiki/Magi" title="Magi">Magi</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Judah_Ben-Hur" title="Judah Ben-Hur">Judah Ben-Hur</a>, a wealthy Jewish man, returns from <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a> and reconnects with his Roman childhood friend, Messala. Judah invites him to his palace with his mother, Miriam, and younger sister, Tirzah. Messala fully embraces <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Rome's glory and imperial power</a> over the Jewish people while Judah remains devoted to the Jewish people's freedom. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Valerius_Gratus" title="Valerius Gratus">Valerius Gratus</a>, the new Roman <a href="/wiki/Prefect" title="Prefect">governor</a> of Judea, and his procession enter the city, as Judah and Tirzah watch from the upper terrace. Loose roof tiles fall, spooking the governor's horse and throwing him off. Messala condemns Judah to the <a href="/wiki/Galley_slave" title="Galley slave">galleys</a> and imprisons Miriam and Tirzah. Judah vows revenge upon Messala. As he and other slaves are marched to the galleys, they stop in Nazareth. Denied water, Judah collapses but is revived when <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, the carpenter's son, offers him water. </p><p>Judah is sentenced to slave labor in a Roman war <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galley</a>. Once aboard ship, his attitude of defiance and strength impresses a Roman admiral, Quintus Arrius, who allows him to remain unchained. Soon, his ship is attacked and sunk by pirates, and Judah saves him from drowning. Arrius then adopts Judah as his son, and over the years, Ben-Hur becomes a victorious <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">chariot</a> racer. He receives permission from Arrius to travel to Antioch, where he meets with Simonides, a former merchant for the Hur family. Judah also meets Esther, Simonides's daughter, whom he encountered years earlier. He is told by Simonides that Miriam and Tirzah are dead. Meanwhile, Sheik Ilderim is competing in a chariot race and selects Judah to drive his horses. He refuses at first until he learns Messala will compete in the race. </p><p>At the arena, Judah has a flirtatious romance with Iras, who then tells Messala that Judah is alive. Before the chariot race, Ben-Hur and Messala confront each other, in which Judah wages fifty-thousand pieces of gold if he wins. During the race, Messala wrecks his chariot when it comes too close to Judah's. He is trampled by another chariot while Judah wins the race. However, Messala does not die. </p><p>In Ilderim's tent, he is visited by <a href="/wiki/Balthazar_(Magus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balthazar (Magus)">Balthazar</a> who states the Messiah is an adult man. Judah pledges to give Jesus his wealth in hopes he will overthrow the Romans. Judah and Balthazar head back to Judea where Judah finances two legions. <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a> is the new governor of Judea who releases prisoners held without a documented crime record. Miriam and Tirzah, who have developed <a href="/wiki/Leprosy" title="Leprosy">leprosy</a>, are freed and venture into the Valley of the Lepers. On their way, they see Judah sleeping outside of the Hur palace. Judah and Esther reunite, but he leaves when he learns Jesus has been arrested. Esther eventually spots Miriam and Tirzah and conceals their whereabouts from Judah. </p><p>The next day, convinced that Jesus can heal them, Esther takes Miriam and Tirzah to meet him. During the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion</a>, Judah hears Jesus's voice, stating his kingdom is not of this world and to put away his sword. Jesus later revives a dead child and miraculously cures Miriam and Tirzah. Judah sees his healed mother and sister and reunites with them. Jesus dies and an earthquake erupts. Balthazar informs the legion armies of Jesus's death and disperses them, telling them to forgive their enemies and love one another. </p><p>Reunited with his family, Judah states Jesus is not dead but he will live forever in the hearts of men. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Hur_(SAYRE_14896).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ben_Hur_%28SAYRE_14896%29.jpg/260px-Ben_Hur_%28SAYRE_14896%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ben_Hur_%28SAYRE_14896%29.jpg/390px-Ben_Hur_%28SAYRE_14896%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ben_Hur_%28SAYRE_14896%29.jpg/520px-Ben_Hur_%28SAYRE_14896%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2824" data-file-height="2159" /></a><figcaption>Promotional still of the chariot race in <i>Ben-Hur</i></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Main</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramon_Novarro" title="Ramon Novarro">Ramon Novarro</a> as <a href="/wiki/Judah_Ben-Hur" title="Judah Ben-Hur">Ben-Hur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_X._Bushman" title="Francis X. Bushman">Francis X. Bushman</a> as Messala</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_McAvoy" title="May McAvoy">May McAvoy</a> as <a href="/wiki/Esther_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Esther (character)">Esther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Bronson" title="Betty Bronson">Betty Bronson</a> as <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_McDowell" title="Claire McDowell">Claire McDowell</a> as Princess of Hur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Key" title="Kathleen Key">Kathleen Key</a> as Tirzah</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmel_Myers" title="Carmel Myers">Carmel Myers</a> as Iras</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_de_Brulier" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigel de Brulier">Nigel de Brulier</a> as Simonides</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Lewis_(actor)" title="Mitchell Lewis (actor)">Mitchell Lewis</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sheik_Ilderim" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheik Ilderim">Sheik Ilderim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_White" title="Leo White">Leo White</a> as Sanballat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Currier" title="Frank Currier">Frank Currier</a> as Arrius</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Belcher_(actor)" title="Charles Belcher (actor)">Charles Belcher</a> as <a href="/wiki/Balthazar_(Magus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balthazar (Magus)">Balthazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Fuller_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dale Fuller (actor)">Dale Fuller</a> as Amrah</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Hall" title="Winter Hall">Winter Hall</a> as <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Payton" title="Claude Payton">Claude Payton</a> as <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a> (uncredited)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Walsh" title="George Walsh">George Walsh</a> (he recorded almost the entire film, but was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Novarro" title="Ramon Novarro">Ramon Novarro</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Fiasco_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiasco-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Some notable crowd extras during chariot race</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Barker" title="Reginald Barker">Reginald Barker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barrymore" title="John Barrymore">John Barrymore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Barrymore" title="Lionel Barrymore">Lionel Barrymore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Brown" title="Clarence Brown">Clarence Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford" title="Joan Crawford">Joan Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Davies" title="Marion Davies">Marion Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks" title="Douglas Fairbanks">Douglas Fairbanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fitzmaurice" title="George Fitzmaurice">George Fitzmaurice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Franklin_(director)" title="Sidney Franklin (director)">Sidney Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gilbert_(actor)" title="John Gilbert (actor)">John Gilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Gish" title="Dorothy Gish">Dorothy Gish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Gish" title="Lillian Gish">Lillian Gish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn" title="Samuel Goldwyn">Samuel Goldwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Grauman" title="Sid Grauman">Sid Grauman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Julian" title="Rupert Julian">Rupert Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_King_(director)" title="Henry King (director)">Henry King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Lloyd" title="Harold Lloyd">Harold Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carole_Lombard" title="Carole Lombard">Carole Lombard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrna_Loy" title="Myrna Loy">Myrna Loy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colleen_Moore" title="Colleen Moore">Colleen Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Pickford" title="Mary Pickford">Mary Pickford</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_%281925%29.webm/220px-seek%3D2-Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_%281925%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="164" data-durationhint="8457" data-mwtitle="Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925).webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925).webm"><source 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data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_%281925%29.webm/Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_%281925%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="482" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_%281925%29.webm/Ben_Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_%281925%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="482" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Full film; runtime 02:20:52</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ</i> 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 <i>Ben-Hur</i>. The play's producer, Abraham Erlanger, put a heavy price on the screen rights. Erlanger was persuaded to accept a generous profit participation deal and total approval over every detail of the production. </p><p>Choosing the title role was difficult for <a href="/wiki/June_Mathis" title="June Mathis">June Mathis</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino" title="Rudolph Valentino">Rudolph Valentino</a> and dancer <a href="/wiki/Paul_Swan_(dancer)" title="Paul Swan (dancer)">Paul Swan</a> were considered until <a href="/wiki/George_Walsh" title="George Walsh">George Walsh</a> was chosen. When asked why she chose him, she answered it was because of his eyes and his body. <a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Olmstead" title="Gertrude Olmstead">Gertrude Olmstead</a> was cast as Esther.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While on location in Italy, Walsh was fired and replaced by Ramon Novarro.<sup id="cite_ref-Fiasco_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiasco-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The role of Esther went to May McAvoy. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben-Hur_(38).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ben-Hur_%2838%29.jpg/220px-Ben-Hur_%2838%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ben-Hur_%2838%29.jpg/330px-Ben-Hur_%2838%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ben-Hur_%2838%29.jpg/440px-Ben-Hur_%2838%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="771" data-file-height="843" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a> frames from the film's trailer</figcaption></figure> <p>Shooting began in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> in October 1923 under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Brabin" title="Charles Brabin">Charles Brabin</a> who was replaced shortly after filming began. Other re-castings (apart from Ramon Novarro as Ben-Hur) and a change of director caused the production's budget to skyrocket. After two years of difficulties and accidents, the production was eventually moved back to <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> in <a href="/wiki/Culver_City,_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City, California</a> and production resumed in the spring of 1925. <a href="/wiki/B._Reeves_Eason" title="B. Reeves Eason">B. Reeves Eason</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christy_Cabanne" title="Christy Cabanne">Christy Cabanne</a> directed the <a href="/wiki/Second_unit" title="Second unit">second unit</a> footage.<sup id="cite_ref-silentera_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-silentera-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Production costs eventually rose to $3,900,000 ($67,760,000 today) compared to MGM's average for the season of $158,000 ($2,750,000 today),<sup id="cite_ref-mannix_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mannix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making <i>Ben-Hur</i> the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films" title="List of most expensive films">most expensive film</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Silent_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Silent era">silent era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_&_Neale_(2010)_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_&_Neale_(2010)-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A total of 200,000 feet (61,000 m) of film was shot for the chariot race sequence, which led editor Lloyd Nosler eventually cut to 750 feet (230 m) for the released print.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Film historian and critic <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brownlow" title="Kevin Brownlow">Kevin Brownlow</a> has described the race sequence as "breathtakingly exciting, and as creative a piece of cinema as the Odessa Steps sequence from <i><a href="/wiki/Battleship_Potemkin" title="Battleship Potemkin">Battleship Potemkin</a></i>", the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> film also released in 1925, directed by <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein" title="Sergei Eisenstein">Sergei Eisenstein</a> who introduced many modern concepts of <a href="/wiki/Film_editing" title="Film editing">editing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_editing#Methods_of_montage" title="Film editing">montage</a> composition to motion-picture production.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Visual elements of the chariot race have been much imitated. The race's opening sequence was re-created shot-for-shot in the <a href="/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)" title="Ben-Hur (1959 film)">1959 remake</a>, copied in the 1998 animated film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Prince_of_Egypt" title="The Prince of Egypt">The Prince of Egypt</a></i>, and imitated in the <a href="/wiki/Pod_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Pod race">pod race</a> scene in the 1999 film <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace" title="Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace">Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the scenes in the 1925 film were shot in two-color <a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a>, most notably the sequences involving Jesus. One of the assistant directors for this sequence was a young <a href="/wiki/William_Wyler" title="William Wyler">William Wyler</a>, who would direct the 1959 MGM remake. The <a href="/wiki/Black-and-white" title="Black-and-white">black-and-white</a> footage was color tinted and toned in the film's original release print. MGM released a second remake of <a href="/wiki/Ben-Hur_(2016_film)" title="Ben-Hur (2016 film)"><i>Ben-Hur</i> in 2016</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-silentera_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-silentera-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Debbie_Reynolds_Auction_-_Francis_X_Bushman_%22Messala%22_historic_winged_charioteer_helmet_from_the_1925_%22Ben-Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ%22_(5851596201).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Debbie_Reynolds_Auction_-_Francis_X_Bushman_%22Messala%22_historic_winged_charioteer_helmet_from_the_1925_%22Ben-Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ%22_%285851596201%29.jpg/220px-Debbie_Reynolds_Auction_-_Francis_X_Bushman_%22Messala%22_historic_winged_charioteer_helmet_from_the_1925_%22Ben-Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ%22_%285851596201%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Debbie_Reynolds_Auction_-_Francis_X_Bushman_%22Messala%22_historic_winged_charioteer_helmet_from_the_1925_%22Ben-Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ%22_%285851596201%29.jpg/330px-Debbie_Reynolds_Auction_-_Francis_X_Bushman_%22Messala%22_historic_winged_charioteer_helmet_from_the_1925_%22Ben-Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ%22_%285851596201%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Debbie_Reynolds_Auction_-_Francis_X_Bushman_%22Messala%22_historic_winged_charioteer_helmet_from_the_1925_%22Ben-Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ%22_%285851596201%29.jpg/440px-Debbie_Reynolds_Auction_-_Francis_X_Bushman_%22Messala%22_historic_winged_charioteer_helmet_from_the_1925_%22Ben-Hur_A_Tale_of_the_Christ%22_%285851596201%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Messala's winged helmet, worn by <a href="/wiki/Francis_X._Bushman" title="Francis X. Bushman">Francis X. Bushman</a> in <i>Ben-Hur</i>, sold at the <a href="/wiki/Film_memorabilia#2011_Debbie_Reynolds_auctions" title="Film memorabilia">Debbie Reynolds auction of film memorabilia</a> (2011)</figcaption></figure> <p>The studio's publicity department was relentless in promoting the film, advertising it with lines like: "The Picture Every Christian Ought to See!" and "The Supreme Motion Picture Masterpiece of All Time". <i>Ben Hur</i> went on to become MGM's highest-grossing film, with rentals of $9 million worldwide. Its foreign earnings of $5 million were not surpassed at MGM for at least 25 years. Despite the large revenues, its huge expenses and the deal with Erlanger made it a net financial loss for MGM. It recorded an overall loss of $698,000.<sup id="cite_ref-mannix_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mannix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In terms of publicity and prestige however, it was a great success. "The screen has yet to reveal anything more exquisitely moving than the scenes at Bethlehem, the blazing of the star in the heavens, the shepherds and the Wise Men watching. The gentle, radiant Madonna of Betty Bronson's is a masterpiece," wrote a reviewer for <i><a href="/wiki/Photoplay" title="Photoplay">Photoplay</a>.</i> "No one," they concluded, "no matter what his age or religion, should miss it. And take the children."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It helped establish the new MGM as a major studio.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film was re-released in 1931 with an added musical score, by the original composers <a href="/wiki/William_Axt" title="William Axt">William Axt</a> and David Mendoza, and sound effects. As the decades passed, the original two-color Technicolor segments were replaced by alternative black-and-white takes. <i>Ben-Hur</i> earned $1,352,000 during its re-release, including $1,153,000 of foreign earnings, and made a profit of $779,000 meaning it had an overall profit of $81,000.<sup id="cite_ref-mannix_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mannix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> reported that 96% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film became controversial after its release for the harm to animals involved in the filming. A reported one hundred horses were tripped and killed merely to produce the set piece footage of the major chariot race. Animal advocates especially criticized the use of the "running W" on set, a wire device that could trip a galloping horse. It would take a decade before such devices lost favor in Hollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The movie was banned in the 1930s in China under the category of "superstitious films" due to its religious subject matter involving gods and deities.<sup id="cite_ref-china_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-china-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Restoration">Restoration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Restoration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Technicolor scenes were considered lost until the 1980s when <a href="/wiki/Turner_Entertainment" title="Turner Entertainment">Turner Entertainment</a> (who by then had acquired the rights to the MGM film library) found the crucial sequences in the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Film_Archive" title="Czech Film Archive">Czechoslovak Film Archive</a> (now the <i><a href="/wiki/Czech_National_Film_Archive" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech National Film Archive">Czech National Film Archive</a></i>). Current prints of the 1925 version are from the Turner-supervised <a href="/wiki/Film_restoration" class="mw-redirect" title="Film restoration">restoration</a> which includes the color tints and Technicolor sections set to resemble the original theatrical release. There is an addition of a newly recorded <a href="/wiki/Stereophonic_sound" title="Stereophonic sound">stereo</a> orchestral soundtrack by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Davis" title="Carl Davis">Carl Davis</a> with the <a href="/wiki/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="London Philharmonic Orchestra">London Philharmonic Orchestra</a> which was originally recorded for a <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a> screening of the movie. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ben-Hur</i> was released on DVD, complete with the Technicolor segments, in the four-disc collector's edition of the <a href="/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)" title="Ben-Hur (1959 film)">1959 version</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Heston" title="Charlton Heston">Charlton Heston</a>, as well as in the 2011 "Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" Blu-ray Collector's Edition three-disc box set. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_early_color_feature_films" title="List of early color feature films">List of early color feature films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_slavery" title="List of films featuring slavery">List of films featuring slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_X._Bushman_filmography" title="Francis X. Bushman filmography">Francis X. Bushman filmography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_with_a_100%25_rating_on_Rotten_Tomatoes" title="List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes">List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes</a>, a film review aggregator website</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben-Hur:_A_Tale_of_the_Christ_(1925_film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Explanatory notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div> <p><b>Citations</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-tcm-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tcm_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tcm_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/35/Ben-Hur/notes.html">"Ben-Hur (1925)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Turner_Classic_Movies" title="Turner Classic Movies">Turner Classic Movies</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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