Seminal Image #381
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(William Wyler; 1959)
for the series:
Seminal Images
January 30, 2006
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3 comments so far:
What, you couldn't find an image from the good (i.e. silent) version to use?
Ben-Hur, done that.
Just curious about something that looks like Micheal Rennie...wasn't he in "The Robe"?
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