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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) was a Silent Films - Drama Film directed by Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin (uncredited), Christy Cabanne (uncredited), J.J. Cohn (uncredited) and Rex Ingram (uncredited) and produced by Louis B. Mayer.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1997.

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Facts
After being brought to Italy, many of the lead actors were kept waiting around (on salary) for so long that Francis X. Bushman went on a 25-country tour with his sisters, and Carmel Myers went to Germany to film Garragan.
Many of the scenes in this film, interestingly enough, were NOT remade in the more popular 1959 version of the story. Among these are the three Wise Men's journey through the desert, Mary and Joseph seeking refuge in the manger, and the scene in which Messala enlists the help of Iris to discover the identity of his chariot-racing opponent.
Producer Irving Thalberg was short of "hedonist slave girls", so he called up Hal Roach and Mack Sennett to ask a favor: to loan out their famous "Bathing Beauties". They were happy to oblige, as many girls were making their film debuts. Among the group of 20 or so girls who eventually appeared in the film: Janet Gaynor, Carole Lombard, Fay Wray and Joyzelle Joyner.
Despite the fact that there is nudity in this film, it was passed by censors of that time because it dealt with Christianity, as it was originating.
The cast was claimed to number over 125,000.
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