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1925 silent film

They Shot Horses, Didn’t They?
6 Sep 2015

They Shot Horses, Didn’t They?

by John Harding | posted in: Hollywood history | 1

When Lew C. Wallace was writing “Ben-Hur,” he knew that a thrilling Roman chariot race would give his novel a socko finish. But no lives were at risk until 50 years later when MGM actually staged that race for its … Continued

1925 silent film, Ben-Hur, Cedric Gibbons, Francis X. Bushman, Fred Niblo, Irving Thalberg, June Mathis, Ramon Novarro, Thomas A. Edison

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