Ben-Hur
Contributors: Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948; Mathis, June, 1892-1927; Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Capitol Theatre (Organization : Oklahoma City, Okla.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1927
Language: eng
Other titles: Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1925)
Description: "Ben-Hur," Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, in arrangement with Abraham L. Erlanger, Charles B. Dillingham, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. presents "Ben-Hur, a Tale of the Christ" by General Lew Wallace, directed by Fred Niblo, with Ramon Novarro, Betty Bronson, Francis B. Bushman, May McAvoy, Carmel Myers, programme. Adaptation by June Mathis, produced from the scenario of Carey Wilson, continuity by Carey Wilson and Bess Meredyth, Mr. Niblo's directorial associates Alfred L. Raboch and Reeves Eason. Photography by Rene Guissart, Karl Struss, percy Hilburn, Clyde de Vinna, art effects by Ferdinand P. Earle, settings by Cedric Gibbons and Horace Jackson, titles by Katherine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell, film editor, Lloyd Nosler, assistant director, Charles Stallings. Costumes by Theaterkunst Hermann J. Kaufman, Berlin.
Notes: Capitol Theatre [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1927].

Title devised by Library staff.

"Capitol Theatre, opening, Sunday, February 6. Irene Rich in 'Don't Tell the Wife'"--p. [2].

"Walker-Wilson-Tyler Co., Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma"--p. [1] bottom.

Cast: Carmel Myers, Nigel de Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Leo White, Frank Currier, Charles Belcher, Betty Bronson, Dale Fuller, Winter Hall, Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).