Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a 1925 film about a Jewish prince who seeks revenge against his Roman friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
 * Directed by Fred Niblo. Written by June Mathis, based on the novel by Lew Wallace.

Lew Wallace's Immortal Story (taglines)

Dialogue

 * Ben-Hur: It is good to have you back, Messala - - a Roman who understands my people...
 * Messala: Rome rules the peoples she has conquered. It is for them to understand Rome! I meant no offense, Judah. But your stiff-necked race must learn submission to your masters!


 * Arrius: A galley slave wanting to live! How long have you been at the oars?
 * Ben-Hur: In your calendar, three years - - in mine, three centuries!
 * Arrius: What has kept you alive?
 * Ben-Hur: I live for revenge!
 * Arrius: Spoken like a Roman!
 * Ben-Hur: I am a Jew!


 * Esther: Why are your so certain, my father, that he is not Ben-Hur?
 * Simonides: Nay, child, I had never a doubt. He is Ben-Hur! Esther, all these years I have lived a lie. I am a slave to the House of Hur! For myself I care not, but if I acknowledge him, you too are his slave! Yours the decision, Esther. I cannot make it. Heiress to Simonides the Merchant or slave-girl to Ben Hur!


 * Messala: Egypt! Egypt! I would drown my soul in your eyes! Give me proof of your love!
 * Iras: My heart is in the hollow of your hand, Messala. What more do you wish?
 * Messala: You, flower of the Nile, will succeed where others have failed - - solve the mystery of Ilderim's driver.


 * Charioteer: You're fouling me, Roman dog!
 * Messala: Yes, and I'll wreck you, Greek, to smash the cursed Jew behind you!

Taglines

 * Lew Wallace's Immortal Story

Cast

 * Ramon Novarro — Ben-Hur
 * Francis X. Bushman — Messala
 * May McAvoy — Esther
 * Betty Bronson — Mary
 * Claire McDowell — Princess of Hur
 * Kathleen Key — Tirzah
 * Carmel Myers — Iras
 * Nigel de Brulier — Simonides
 * Mitchell Lewis — Sheik Ilderim
 * Leo White — Sanballat
 * Frank Currier — Arrius
 * Charles Belcher — Balthazar
 * Dale Fuller — Amrah
 * Winter Hall — Joseph
 * Claude Payton — Jesus Christ