EMPIRE
“BEN-HUR” “Ben-Hur,” said to be the greatest picture ever made, will be shown tonight at the Empire Theatre. The story is almost too well known to call for any resume of it. Its basic themes are revenge and love—revenge on the Romans who despoiled the House of Hur, sent the young Judah to the galleys and his mother and sister to a living death in prison. Vengeance is the fierce prayer of Ben-Hur. It is answered after many years in the circus at Antioch when the prince of Hur drives madly over the chariot of his enemy, the haughty Messala, to a vivid, glorious victory. But not all the greatness of “BenHur” lies in its spectacles. The most human story in history runs through it—the story of the Man of Sorrows. With an art almost inspired the story of the life of Christ is unfolded, culminating with the collapse of the Roman power on the first Good Friday. Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman and May McAvoy are the leading players.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 405, 13 July 1928, Page 14
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171EMPIRE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 405, 13 July 1928, Page 14
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