Sidney Olcott's BEN HUR
10m240p
Very first film version of Lew Wallace's best seller. An unauthorised one too which was successfully sued by the right owners. A notorious precedent for copyright reinforcement. Now definitely in Public Domain. more info on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000582/
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