Yet, the 1925 classic has had a major impact on the history of cinema and is a masterpiece of its time. Because not only is ...

The 1959 epic Ben-Hur is one of the biggest films in Hollywood history, so it makes sense that it has generated its share of outsized urban legends: A stuntman’s actual death can be seen in the film; ...

Lew Wallace's 1880 novel "Ben-Hur: A Take of the Christ," one of the 19th century's biggest best-sellers, has been the basis for two classic Hollywood films. There was Fred Niblo's 1925 version, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra will perform the 1925 silent film “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” with a live orchestral score in October. The event, set for Oct. 18 at the ...

There was so much for moviegoers to love about the biblical epic “Ben-Hur”: a riveting performance by Charlton Heston in his second major starring role. Hundreds of extras, elaborately clothed in hand ...

I like to tell visitors this: The guy who posed for the statue of Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, outside the the Mitchell Courthouse on St. Paul Street was a Baltimore-born actor who ...

Eager to capitalize on the enduring religious appeal of the 1959 epic, the studio has created a separate edition of its upcoming collector’s edition DVD — complete with a Bible study guide. The ...

Woodland Park, N.J. — No surprise that Ben-Hur has come back to the movies (the latest remake opened Friday ). In some ways, you could say Ben-Hur created the movies. The Biblical-era story of the ...

If each generation gets the movie spectacles they deserve, then we probably had the new “Ben-Hur” — a scattered and hokey, if well-meaning, mess — coming. But even in this fertile age for popular ...