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Auction History Result 5m0003 LOT OF 40 BEN-HUR ORIGINAL & RE-RELEASE LOBBY CARDS 1960-R1970s all complete sets! Date Sold 11/26/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. a lot of 40 original and re-release lobby cards from Ben-Hur. A really dedicated collector who loved this movie assembled this huge collection of items over many years, with quite a few from the first release, and there is even a special red record! It would surely take a lifetime to collect all these items, but the winner of this auction will have an instant collection! In addition, he also collected large numbers of 8x10 stills, promotional material, and 11x14 stills, which we are auctioning in three other separate auctions! Of course, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is the classic 1960 (it premiered in late 1959, to qualify for the Oscars, but it is generally considered a 1960 movie) William Wyler (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Biblical religious adventure epic ("The Entertainment experience of a lifetime!"; "The world's greatest show."; "The world's most honored motion picture!"; "Winner of 11 academy awards including 'Best Picture'"; "The thrilling chariot race is about to begin. As all Rome cheers, 'Ben-Hur' moves his team to the starting line."; "A story of the people and times of The Christ"; "Based on the classic novel by General Lew Wallace"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; winner of 11 Academy Awards, which was the record won by a single movie at that time) starring Charlton Heston (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Judah Ben-Hur), Jack Hawkins (as Quintus Arrius), Haya Harareet (as Esther), Stephen Boyd (as Messala), Hugh Griffith (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Sheik Ilderim), Martha Scott (as Miriam), Cathy O'Donnell (as Tirzah), Sam Jaffe (as Simonides), and Claude Heater (as Jesus, but his face is never shown throughout the movie, although you see parts of his body). Note that this classic novel was written in 1880, and there were numerous stage versions and an early silent version in 1907, but the definitive silent version was made in 1925 by Fred Niblo with Ramon Novarro in the leading role, and then this classic sound version. Note that the items in this lot are from the 1960s to the 1970s. Condition: very good. Most of the lobby cards are in "very good" condition. A few have enough wear that they would qualify as "good to very good" or "good", and some are better than "very good". The "older" or "better" cards are in the worst condition. Learn More about condition grades Titles included:
     
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