Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ
Jul 23, 2012
At the Paramount Theatre
This 1925 epic was the most elaborate and expensive silent film ever made, a legendary production, whose costs were overshadowed only by the film's box office, over $9 million! Young Arrius, the adopted son of a Roman nobleman, is acclaimed as the most accomplished chariot racer in all the Empire. Few people know that Arrius is really a former Jewish slave, Prince Judah (Ben-Hur), who was thought to have perished. Young Arrius decides to accept an offer to race horses in an upcoming chariot competition in order exact his revenge on a Roman Tribune named Messala.