Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) | |
| Director(s) | Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin (uncredited), Christy Cabanne (uncredited), J.J. Cohn (uncredited), Rex Ingram (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Louis B. Mayer |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation, Historical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Ancient World, Book-Based, Revenge, Romance (Drama) |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) was a Silent Films - Drama Film directed by J.J. Cohn and Rex Ingram and produced by Louis B. Mayer.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1997.
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The famous chariot scene was filmed at what is now the intersection of LaCienega and Venice Boulevards in Los Angeles.
Ramon Novarro's weekly salary of $10,000 was 80 times more than what he earned while filming The Prisoner of Zenda - $125 per week - just three years previously.
At one point during the Italian shoot, Francis X. Bushman was offered the job of directing the picture which he readily declined. He stated that he told the head office (MGM Culver City) to get the production back to Los Angeles or they would never get it completed. Bushman had been in Italy for the film from 1923-1925.
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Ramon Novarro's weekly salary of $10,000 was 80 times more than what he earned while filming The Prisoner of Zenda - $125 per week - just three years previously.
At one point during the Italian shoot, Francis X. Bushman was offered the job of directing the picture which he readily declined. He stated that he told the head office (MGM Culver City) to get the production back to Los Angeles or they would never get it completed. Bushman had been in Italy for the film from 1923-1925.
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