| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Screening Antiquity |
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Screening antiquity.
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| Contents |
The first blockbuster -- Lew Wallace before Ben-Hur -- "How I came to write Ben-Hur" -- Publication and early reception of the novel -- The transformations of the novel -- Reasons for success -- Early staged readings : Ben-Hur, in tableaux and pantomime -- Ben-Hur in song and instrumental music -- "Ben-Hur flour hast the go to make the dough" : early Ben-Hur commerce -- Ben-Hur in moving pictures : stereopticon lectures and the 1907 Kalem Ben-Hur -- "The greates motion picture property in the history of the screen" : the 1925 MGM Ben-Hur -- Between the MGM films -- "The world's most honored motion picture" : the 1959 MGM Ben-Hur -- The next half-century : new formats and new versions |
| Summary |
The complete history of the Ben-Hur phenomenon. Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-setting 11 Oscars. More than a century before The Hunger Games and Harry Potter, and decades before Gone with the Wind and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, General Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur was spun off into dozens of popular publications and media productions, becoming a veritable commercial brand name that earned tens of millions of dollars. Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster surveys the phenomenon's unprecedented range and extraordinary endurance: various editions, spin-off publications, stage productions, movies, comic books, radio plays, and retail products were successfully marketed and sold from the 1880s and throughout the twentieth century. Today Ben-Hur Live is touring Europe and Asia, with a third film released in 2016. Jon Solomon's book offers an exciting and detailed study of the Ben-Hur brand, tracking its spectacular journey from Wallace's original novel through to twenty-first century adaptations, and encompassing a wealth of previously unexplored material along the way |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 863-883) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008182775
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Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959) fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017295120 |
| ISBN |
147440796X |
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9781474407960 |
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9781474407977 |
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1474407978 |
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