The majesty of Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur has been captured in music a number of times over the years. The 1899 stage production of Ben-Hur had music composed for it by Edgar Stillman Kelley. Born in 1857, Kelley was an American but received much of his training in Germany. He incorporated non-Western influences […]
Ben-Hur
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In 1876, Lew was on a train headed for a reunion of Union soldiers. Also on the train was Robert Ingersoll, a noted agnostic. During the trip, the two men began a conversation on the divinity of Christ and other religious issues. In his efforts to sway Lew with his […]
The Wallace name has spread far and wide and with it the name Ben-Hur. Schools, taverns, and businesses of all sorts have traded on the marketing juggernaut that was Ben-Hur in the late 19th century. There are a handful of places around the world that also took these names in […]
We were fortunate to have Wallace Scholar Dr. Howard Miller with us in March for the Historic Artcraft Theatre’s screening of the 1959 film Ben-Hur. Dr. Miller brought a treasure trove of pieces from his collection of Ben-Hur memorabilia to share with movie-goers. He also spoke briefly before the screening to provide […]
April is National Poetry Month. Lew and Susan both wrote dozens of poems, and occasionally we like to share them here. To celebrate the end of National Poetry Month, take some time to relax and read some of Lew’s poetry from his celebrated novel Ben-Hur. TIRZAH’S SONGWake not, but hear […]
Wallace Scholar Dr. Howard Miller will be speaking about Ben-Hur before the evening screenings of the film at the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana.Dr. Miller is a Professor Emeritus with The University of Texas at Austin and a world-recognized scholar on the history of American religion. His article “The Charioteer […]
by Nancy VanArendonk When I was growing up — back in the days before Netflix, Redbox, Movies On Demand and the like — there were just two possibilities if you wanted to see a film that had been made some years earlier. You could hope that it might someday be […]
Ten days from now, the 33-foot screen at the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana, will be home to a film spectacular. Just in time for the celebration of Easter, movie-goers can see Charlton Heston starring as Judah Ben-Hur. The 1960 Academy Awards presented Ben-Hur with eleven of twelve awards for […]
Among the extras who made early screen appearances in Ben-Hur were Gary Cooper and Clark Gable as uncredited Roman guards. Beyond these two men, the list of guards is noteworthy, but the list of uncredited slave girls is equally significant. The names of many of the girls who toiled, twirled […]