Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ (1925)

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NR | 2 hr 21 mins | Historical | Released: 1/1/1926

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1926

Studio	Credit
MGM/UA Entertainment Company	Studio
Director	Credit
Fred Niblo	Director
B Reaves Eason	Director
W Christy Cabanne	Director
Al Raboch	Director
Cast	Credit
Ramon Novarro	Ben-Hur
Francis X Bushman	Messala
May McAvoy	Esther
Betty Bronson	Mary
Claire McDowell	Princess of Hur
Kathleen Key	Tirzah
Carmel Myers	Iras
Nigel DeBrulier	Simonides
Mitchell Lewis	Sheik Ildarim
Leo White	Sanballat
Frank Currier	Arrius
Charles Belcher	Balthazar
Dale Fuller	Amrah
Winter Hall	Joseph
Myrna Loy	Hedonist
Production Credits	Credit
Harry Edington	Producer
Louis B Mayer	Executive Producer
Irving Thalberg	Executive Producer
Samuel Goldwyn	Executive Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
MGM/UA Entertainment Company	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Culver City, California, USA
North Africa
Rome, Italy
Writer	Credit
Bess Meredyth	Screenplay
Lew Wallace	Source Material (from novel)
Carey Wilson	Screenplay
June Mathis	Screenplay - screenplay adaptation
Art Department	Credit
A Arnold Gillespie	Production Designer
Cedric Gibbons	Art Director - art direction
Ferdinand Pinney Earle	Production Designer
Camillo Mastrocinque	Production Designer
Horace Jackson	Production Designer
Film Camera	Credit
Rene Guissart	Photography
Percy Hilburn	Photography
Karl Struss	Photography
Clyde De Vinna	Photography
Paul Eagler	Photography
Music	Credit
David Mendoza	Music
William Axt	Music
Carl Davis	Music
Production Management	Credit
Al Raboch	Assistant Director
Charles Stallings	Assistant Director
Visual Effects	Credit
Katherine Hilliker	Titles
Ferdinand Pinney Earle	Special Effects
H H Caldwell	Titles
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Hermann J Kaufmann	Costume Designer

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