The 1925 silent Ben-Hur stunned audiences with epic chariots and drama, paving the way for the legendary 1959 remake.
The 1959 epic Ben-Hur is one of the biggest films in Hollywood history, so it makes sense that it has generated its share of outsized urban legends: A stuntman’s actual death can be seen in the film; ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra will perform the 1925 silent film “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” with a live orchestral score in October. The event, set for Oct. 18 at the ...
You can never be sure what this $100-million spectacle is trying to be, or exactly whom it’s for Leprosy just doesn’t have the cachet it used to. In the 1925 and ...
Prior to the concert on October 18, Matthew Kraemer, ICO's Music Director and Conductor, shared his and the ICO's players' journey into Lew Wallace's 1880 epic tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation, ...
The mention of Ben-Hur summons up the image of a chariot race, most likely the one that was staged in William Wyler’s 1959 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film epic. There, the title character, Judah Ben-Hur ...
There was a time when Hollywood would put all of its chips on the epic movies set in ancient Egypt or the Roman Empire to bring home huge box-office dollars. But it looks like that time is over. The ...