There is no colon in the title in the film.

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There is no colon in the title in the film.

The title is not displayed on the screen but that is the official title of of the film.

Really???

Here's a screen cap.

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There is no colon in the title in the film.

The title is not displayed on the screen but that is the official title of of the film.

Really???

Here's a screen cap.

The full title is not displayed on the screen. I maintain that the official title is Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Your CONTRIBUTION is bogus and does not follow the Rules, telecine. Keep your opinion LOCAL.

You obviously have a problem with reading the screen.

Skip

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Agree with Dan and Skip.

Not sure about the edition being 1925 version, but the edition field is there to differentiate between different releases so IMO it is OK. (But I am not one that insists on editions coming from the front cover of the box as some here seem to do )

Rick:

You set me up and I can' t resist so here's a poke in the ribs. Rick do you remember when I expressed concern about users  and whether or not they could all read Roman Numerals. It's right there on the screen
MCMXXV=WHAT?  

Skip

Let's see my own knowledge of General lew wallace and his work is all I need.

You list 5 sources, and 3 of those sources are from sites known NOT to be relied upon for accuracy.
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Telecine, the Contribution ois CORRECT you need to learn a little more about the history of film and and General Lew Wallace's Book.

Skip

Really? That is very presumptuous of you. Here are a couple of references to get you started:

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/52/benhur.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016641/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052618/combined

http://www.filmsite.org/benh.html

That is just the first page of google results that I can refer you to that are handy for everyone to reference.

In every case the 1925 version is referenced as Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. A Tale of the Christ is referred to as a subtitle and the film is based on Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

What have you got?

I have an 1880 copy of the book.

Here are a couple scans.

Title Page


Copyright Page


Now, I have showed you the title from the film and the title from the book. What else do you need?

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Let's see my own knowledge of General lew wallace and his work is all I need.

You list 5 sources, and 3 of those sources are from sites known NOT to be relied upon for accuracy.
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Skip

Skip,

It is not easy to find reliable sources on the Internet as you would know. Even on your count, that leaves me with two sources that are consistent with three doubtful sources. Not conclusive I agree but I would like to discuss this based on some facts rather than emotion. I am not try to be difficult or troublesome.

I don't believe that anyone can sustain an argument for why the edition sould be recorded as 1925 Version. I just don't see how the rules would allow for it.

Someone has proposed removing the colon from the title. I haven't seen any source quoted for that. On the contrary, I have quoted sources that would tend to rebut the notion. Given that those sources suggest A Tale of the Christ is a subtitle would that not alone be suggestive that a colon should be used to seperate the two?