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Auction History Result 5r0134 BEN-HUR script sequence breakdown January 27, 1958 vintage carbon copy by Evelyn Scott! Date Sold 12/21/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Script Sequence Breakdown (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm], 48 pages) (Learn More) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, 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), Frank Thring (as Pontius Pilate), 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: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this script sequence breakdown is from January 27, 1958. It is a carbon copy, but it was created in 1958, and circulated to many people (exactly like vintage scripts from that time). All of the pages are printed on carbon paper and the first page has "Evelyn Scott 1-27-58" in the top right corner. Miss Scott worked in the MGM reading department. This script sequence comes with a signed cover letter from Jeff Segal, President of Universal Cartoon Studios, dated 12/23/2012, and in his letter he explains that he acquired this from the former head of the MGM story department when he worked there as a script reader. He says that he "seriously doubts if another original or carbon of this document exists anywhere"! We don't know if that is correct, but it seems quite possible. Condition: very good. See our multiple images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this script. Learn More about condition grades 
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