BEN-HUR

Very first film version of Lew Wallace's best seller. An unauthorised one too which was successfully sued by the right owners. / A notorious precedent for copyright reinforcement. / Now definitely in Public Domain. / more info on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000582/

Credits

Directed by
Sidney Olcott, Frank Oakes Rose
Written by
Gene Gauntier
Cast
William S. Hart, Herman Rottger
Produced by
Lawrence Bender
Music
Edgar Stillman Kelley

Copyright

Complete catalog record
Subject: Ben-hur; Lew Wallace; epic; early silent movie

Sources

  1. Internet Archive · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, color, sound, description, catalog record, video
  2. Wikidata · Q816522 ↗ — country, genre, credits, copyright