ENTERTAINMENTS.
“BEN HUR” TO-NIGHT. Besides its tremendous magnitude and the universal fame of the novel and play, “Ben Hur,” Fred Niblo’s mighty epic for Metro-Gold-wvn-Mayer, at the Town Hall tonight and to-morrow night, has an entirely new claim to being the most remarkable picture ever produced. “Ben Hur” depicts the customs and manners of twenty different races of the period of Caesar Augustus during the first century. The life of the Roman conquerors, of Jewish princes, of Egyptian slaves, the sheiks of the Arabian desert, of galley slaves of all nationalities, and of the hundreds of types prevalent along the east coast of the Mediterranean during the world of the ancients, are all in the picture. The title role is played by Ramon Novarro, and May McAvoy interprets the part of “Esther.” Other stars are Francis X. Bushman as “Messala,” Carmel Myers ' as “Iras,” Nigel de Brulier is “Simonides,” Kathleen Key as “Tirzah,” Claire McDowell as the mother of “Ben Hur,” and Betty Bronson as the “Madonna.” The great chariot race in the Circus Maximus is the most spectacular and realistic sequence ever seen on the screen, and marks one of the principal highlights of this wonderful production. Prices 1/6 and 2/6. Children 9d and 1/-.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3835, 23 August 1928, Page 2
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206ENTERTAINMENTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3835, 23 August 1928, Page 2
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