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“BEN-HUR” Fifteen miles out in the Mediterranean from Leghorn, Italy, a fleet c£ one hundred galleys of the time el Caesar Augustus enacted the greatest naval battle ever staged for a motor, picture. The galleys which tuak six months to make, were esact replicas of those used by the ancier. Romans, and were reconstructed t» appear in one of the most spectacvlar episodes of “Ben Hur,” now bejjj shown at the Grand Theatre. The filming of the scenes necessitated the employment of thousand? of people to appear in the sea figfc: including a large number of negro* brought to Italy from the north of Africa to act the roles of galley slave Ramon Novarro. who plays the tit)* role of “Ben Hur.” and Frank Currie who appears as the Roman commander. “Arrius,” have prominent pan. It is in this part of the story tba: “Ben Hur,” imprisoned by the Roman? as a galley slave, saves the life Arrius in the great battle with pirate*, and is adopted by the commander
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 12
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171GRAND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 12
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