According to wiki, it was tinted, but parts shot in the early version of technicolor. Hard to tell how much degradation of both of those aspects in particular copies of the film. Personally, I like the (universally detested) 2016 version by Timur Bekmambetov.
It's been a long time since I watched or read Ben-Hur....maybe time to revisit......I've never read Quo Vadis or The Gaze of Jesus, but I think it's time I do.....
On a curious note.....A British TV show I enjoy, QI, had a question in one series..."What is the connection between Billy the Kid and Ben Hur?
...........As governor, the author of Ben Hur, Lew Wallace, signed Billy the Kid's death warrant!
According to wiki, it was tinted, but parts shot in the early version of technicolor. Hard to tell how much degradation of both of those aspects in particular copies of the film. Personally, I like the (universally detested) 2016 version by Timur Bekmambetov.
It's been a long time since I watched or read Ben-Hur....maybe time to revisit......I've never read Quo Vadis or The Gaze of Jesus, but I think it's time I do.....
On a curious note.....A British TV show I enjoy, QI, had a question in one series..."What is the connection between Billy the Kid and Ben Hur?
...........As governor, the author of Ben Hur, Lew Wallace, signed Billy the Kid's death warrant!
EXCELLENT
AWESOME
OUTSTANDING
For me, the 1959 version:
- Greatest Movie of All Time
- Greatest Movie Music Score of All Time
Don Young
Columbus OH