In the late 1950s, The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur teamed up for $1.795 billion in adjusted domestic ticket sales.
Did one know that, though uncredited, he was the true writer of Ben-Hur?
One of his favorite stories was about the time he did Ben-Hur.
From dancing with Jackie Kennedy to writing ‘Ben-Hur,’ Bowers shares what the author really was like.
"Ben-Hur" adequately fulfills these two fundamental conditions.
After the war he wrote "Ben-Hur," a doubly abominable book, because it is not badly written and it shows a lively imagination.
The patriarchs were the sheiks of the tribes, like sheik Ilderim in the story of "Ben-Hur."
The whole world has placed "Ben-Hur" on a height of pre-eminence which no other novel of its time has reached.
"Ben-Hur" is interesting, and its characterization is fine and strong.
