Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ (1925)






A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , December 1928
Photoplay , March 1929
Photoplay , February 1932


Books on Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

Jon Solomon
Ben-Hur, The original blockbuster
Edinburgh, 2016

Books with substantial mentioning of Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

Robert K. Klepper
Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999

Jerry Vermilye
The Films of the Twenties
Secaucus, NJ, 1985

Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Silent Years
London, 1985

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of Myrna Loy
Secaucus, NJ, 1980

Books with an entry on Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

Robert B. Connelly
The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936
Chicago, 1986