Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Movie
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
Directed By : Fred Niblo
Genres : Adventure, Drama, Romance
Status : Released
Released : Dec 25, 1925
Tagline : Amazing! Thrilling! Colossal! Mighty!
Length : 143 minutes
Cast
- Ramon Novarro
- Francis X. Bushman
- May McAvoy
- Betty Bronson
- Claire McDowell
- Kathleen Key
- Carmel Myers
- Nigel De Brulier
- Mitchell Lewis
- Leo White
- Frank Currier
- Charles Belcher
- Dale Fuller
- Winter Hall
- Reginald Barker
- John Barrymore
- Lionel Barrymore
- Clarence Brown
- Manuel Caballero
- Gilbert Clayton
- Joan Crawford
- Jacob Dance
- Marion Davies
- William Donovan
- Bill Elliott
- Ray Erlenborn
- Douglas Fairbanks
- George Fitzmaurice
- Sidney Franklin
- Rosita Garcia
- Janet Gaynor
- John Gilbert
- Dorothy Gish
- Lillian Gish
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Harry Gordon
- Sid Grauman
- William Green
- Noble Johnson
- Rupert Julian
- Henry King
- Harold Lloyd
- Carole Lombard
- Cliff Lyons
- Mickey Millerick
- Carlotta Monti
- Colleen Moore
- Claude Payton
- Mary Pickford
- Satini Pualoa
- Leonora Summers
- Tom Tyler
- Christiane Yves
- Gary Cooper
- Clark Gable
- Myrna Loy
Crew
- Producer : Samuel Goldwyn
- Director of Photography : Karl Struss
- Producer : Louis B. Mayer
- Producer : J.J. Cohn
- Director of Photography : René Guissart
- Original Music Composer : William Axt
- Director : Fred Niblo
- Director of Photography : Percy Hilburn
- Editor : Lloyd Nosler
- Original Music Composer : David Mendoza
- Producer : Irving Thalberg
- Director of Photography : Clyde De Vinna
- Special Effects : A. Arnold Gillespie
- Settings : Horace Jackson
- Art Direction : Horace Jackson
- Cinematography : Paul Kerschner
- Continuity : Bess Meredyth
- Stunts : Mickey Millerick
- Stunts : Tom Tyler
- Stunts : Allen Pomeroy
- Continuity : Carey Wilson
- Stunt Double : Buster Gallagher
- Stunts : David Sharpe
- Stunt Coordinator : B. Reeves Eason
- Stunts : Frank McGrath
- Stunts : Spike Spackman
- Wardrobe Supervisor : Mrs. E.F. Chaffin
- Costumer : Erté
- Novel : Lew Wallace
- Title Graphics : Katherine Hilliker
- Title Graphics : H.H. Caldwell
- Adaptation : June Mathis
- Scenario Writer : Carey Wilson
- Second Unit Director : B. Reeves Eason
- Second Unit Director : Christy Cabanne