Ben Hur

[ ben hur ]

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noun

In the late 1950s, The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur teamed up for $1.795 billion in adjusted domestic ticket sales.

Did one know that, though uncredited, he was the true writer of Ben-Hur?

One of his favorite stories was about the time he did Ben-Hur.

From dancing with Jackie Kennedy to writing ‘Ben-Hur,’ Bowers shares what the author really was like.

The first in line, 35-year-old Ben Hur of Queens, had been there since 5:30 p.m. the previous day.

The whole world has placed “Ben Hur” on a height of pre-eminence which no other novel of its time has reached.

Like Ben Hur, it was warmed over into a tremendously successful melodrama, and received the final compliment of parody.

Ben Hur is interesting, and its characterization is fine and strong.

Dont you remember the picture of Ben Hur in the chariot race?

“Ben Hur,” published in 1880, has reached a sale of several hundred thousand copies.

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