Wow another bit of hidden history. To me Ben-Hur has always just one of those old movies occasionally played on tv that didn’t particularly interest me so I’ve never watched it. Now it’s on my list of things to make time for both book and movie wise, with Heston, of course. Then later maybe the remake. Thanks for posting. I forwarded this to a friend who is a civil war reinactor, he may all ready know about this.
It’s a good movie. Haven’t seen the one in theaters, though. Sam Jaffe and the Israeli actress are wonderful. Heston is flatout marvelous.