BEN-HUR, THE 1925 SILENT VERSION & MUCH MORE

Long before there was a Ben-Hur with Charleton Heston and Stephen Boyd, there was the 1925 silent film staring Ramon Navarro. You can read more about the 1925 version here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_%281925_film%29

To the right is the cover from the souvenir movie program, quintessentially deco and rendered for maximum effect. Indeed, Novarro's skimpy costume in the film caused quite a stir at the time. Billed as the next male sex symbol after the death of Rudolph Valentino, you can read more about him here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Navarro

To learn more about Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur, A Tale of the Christ, the productions and more that followed, visit http://ben-hur.com/benhur.html

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