Herman Rottger

Gene Gauntier

Harry T. Morey

William S. Hart

Sidney Olcott

Frank Oakes Rose

H. Temple

Lew Wallace

Adventure

Drama

History

Ben Hur

Kalem Company

United States of America

I imagine this was great for its time...a popular book that viewers would have read. 
 
Its free to watch on youtube and summarises the epic into 15min using only wide shots.  
Set design and costumes are solid and it would have been quite a spectacle to see, but many things happen off screen and if you dont know the story (and who should be where and doing what), this is very confusing. 

Something to watch as a historical triviality.

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