 Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ 1925  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Ben-Hur
Director: Fred Niblo
Cast: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Frank Currier, Myrna Loy, Claire McDowell, Nigel De Brulier, Betty Bronson, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers, Mitchell Lewis, Leo White, Charles Belcher, Dale Fuller, Winter Hall
Judah Ben-Hur (Ramon Novarro) is falsely accused of a crime by his childhood friend, Massala (Francis X. Bushman), and is imprisoned. Later, Ben-Hur returns to seek vengeance but, instead, becomes a Christian and takes Christ as his savior in this excellent film that took years in the making.
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 The Jazz Singer 1927  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alan Crosland
Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, William Demarest, Roscoe Karns, Myrna Loy, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker, Nat Carr, Will Walling
Although this film is considered the first "talkie," in reality it is a silent film with a musical score. Al Jolson plays Jack Robin, the son of a cantor (Warner Oland) who, to his father's regret, finds jazz more appealing than the music of his father's synagogue. Warner Brothers received an Honorary Oscar for this pioneer talkie.
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The Terror 1928  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis, Matthew Betz, Holmes Herbert, John Miljan, Otto Hoffman, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Austin, Conrad Nagel, Reed Howes
Edgar Wallace's play is brought to the screen in one of the first "talkies." A mysterious killer is on the loose and is now present at a dinner with assorted guests, including an undercover Scotland Yard investigator. Remade in 1938.
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| 1. Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ (1925)
aka: Ben-Hur
2. The Jazz Singer (1927)
3. The Terror (1928)
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