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Auction History Result 4g0186 BEN-HUR 34x110 cloth banner R1931 Ramon Novarro & Myers in sound at last, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/14/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1931 Re-Release Cloth Banner (measures 34 1/4" x 110" [87 x 279 cm]) (Learn More) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the classic 1925 Fred Niblo & Alfred Raboch silent religious epic ("A tale of the Christ by General Lew Wallace"; "A tale of the life of Christ"; "Never will I forget thee"; "A doomed slave, his spirit was unbroken"; "The Great Chariot Race"; "Before the chariot race... Esther bids godspeed to Ben-Hur"; "Produced from the scenario of Carey Wilson. Adaptation by June Mathis"; "From the novel published and copyrighted by Harper and Brothers"; "From the immortal novel by Gen. Lew Wallace"; "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in arrangement with Abraham L. Erlanger, Charles B. Dillingham & Florenz Ziegfeld Jr."; it includes the famous sea battle and chariot race that the later version of this movie is most famous for) starring Ramon Novarro (in the title role as Ben-Hur), Betty Bronson (as Mary), May McAvoy (as Esther), Francis X. Bushman (as Messala), Carmel Myers (as Iras), Kathleen Key (as Tirzah), Frank Currier, Claire McDowell, Clark Gable (as a Roman guard; in one of his 14 uncredited roles prior to making his real debut in 1931's "The Painted Desert"), and Claude Payton (as Jesus Christ). Note that this movie was advertised as being "Filmed in its entirety in Italy", but actually, several of the scenes were filmed in Hollywood! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare cloth banner. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! Also note that when sound movies were clearly "here to stay" in 1930 and 1931, Hollywood started to re-release classic silent movies with sound added (usually just music and sound effects). This poster is from 1931, and it has the tagline "In Sound At Last". Note that this banner needs to be shipped in an oversized tube, and it can't be combined with any items in this set of auctions. It can't be combined with any other rolled purchases from other sets of auctions (because the thickness of the poster would surely damage any posters rolled in with it). So please bear in mind that this banner must be sent in an OVERSIZED tube (the size of the tube will depend on the width of the banner), and bear this added expense in mind before placing a bid on it. Condition: fair. The poster was created on a thin cloth material. It has many defects around the edges and many creases and some stains scattered throughout (see our image). Obviously this extremely rare poster can be restored, but bear all of the above in mind before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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