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Auction History Result 5m631 BEN-HUR softcover souvenir program book 1960 Charlton Heston, William Wyler classic epic! Date Sold 4/8/2018![]() Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Souvenir Program Book (measures 8" x 11" [20 x 28 cm]; 46 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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this program book has a cool fold-out that has five approximately 7" x 11" painted scenes from the movie with a dotted line so that you could remove them from the book and frame them! In addition, there is a second cool fold-out that is 3 pages that shows a panoramic view of the chariot race, and also has a dotted line so it could be removed and framed. Note that we have pictured the front cover and one or more interior 2-page spreads from this program book. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades ![]()
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