Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ [1925 film]

by Fred Niblo (Director), June Mathis (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Betty Bronson (Actor), Francis X. Bushman (Actor), Samuel Goldwyn (Producer), Louis B. Mayer (Producer), May McAvoy (Actor) — 5 more, Claire McDowell (Actor), Carmel Myers (Actor), Ramon Novarro (Actor), Irving Thalberg (Producer), Lew Wallace (Original book)

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"Judah Ben-Hur [is] a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ"--Container.

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A Hebrew prince and his family are imprisoned/enslaved by the Romans.

1.5/4 (Meh).

The spectacle/action portions aren't good at storytelling. The dramatic portions are almost as tedious as the religious portions. The religious portions, aside from being insufferably preachy, display a shocking misunderstanding of Christianity. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Niblo, Fred	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Mathis, June	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Bronson, Betty	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bushman, Francis X.	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goldwyn, Samuel	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mayer, Louis B.	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McAvoy, May	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McDowell, Claire	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Myers, Carmel	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Novarro, Ramon	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thalberg, Irving	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wallace, Lew	Original book	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Ben Hur [1959] / Ben Hur [1925] by William Wyler

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

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Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ [1925 film]

Original title

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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Ben-Hur

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1925-12-30

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Judah Ben-Hur

Jesus, of Nazareth "Christ"

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Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth

Christmas

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This is the 1925 film adaptation of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro. Please do not combine with other adaptations or with the book on which it is based.

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