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Sidney Olcott's BEN-HUR (1907)

Topics: Ben-hur, Lew Wallace, epic, early silent movie

Very first film version of Lew Wallace's best seller. An unauthorised one too which was successfully sued by the right owners.

A notorious precedent for copyright reinforcement.

Now definitely in Public Domain.

more info on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000582/

Addeddate: 2010-06-18 14:06:34

Color: color

Ia_orig__runtime: 10 minutes 1 seconds

Identifier: SidneyOlcottsBen-hur1905

Run time: 10:01

Sound: sound

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Reviewer: Sam Thielman - - September 9, 2016
Subject: Very cool

Hi, Nicholas--
This is a great find! May I ask where the print came from? I'd like to reuse it.

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Uploaded by Nicholas Dubreuil on June 18, 2010

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