Ben Hur (1907 film)
 Ben Hur is a 15 minute long 1907 silent film the first film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ one of the best-selling books at that time.This movie is most notable as a precedent in copyright law. The movie was made without the permission of the author's estate which was common practice at that time. The screenwriter Gene Gauntier remarked in her 1928 autobiography how the film industry at that time infringed upon everything.