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

Wikipedia Cleanup
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)

Horses harmed?
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)

Projection speed
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)

For the record: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ on-screen opening credits
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
 * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDER INTERNATIONAL              METRO GOLDWYN MAYER logo                                    BY
 * 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. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ &mdash;Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 23:47, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 15 October 2016

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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)

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)
 * 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.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  11:34, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Considering how many films have similar titles, the date is a useful part of disambiguating. Dicklyon (talk) 02:35, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose per the above two comments.  Lugnuts  Precious bodily fluids 08:55, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose per all previously submitted votes. &mdash;Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 15:59, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Roman Spinner (but not Lugnuts). Randy Kryn 14:05, 17 October 2016 (UTC)


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

Rotten Tomatoes link
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)