"Ray Winstone. In the 2016 film Arrius was played by James Cosmo. Arrius has a much smaller role in this adaptation. He shows little regard for Judah in the galley, and is killed in the naval battle. Quintus Arrius (Ben-Hur) Quintus Arrius is a fictional character from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel """". He is a Roman warship commander whom Judah Ben-Hur saves from drowning. After they are rescued, Arrius is informed that his fleet won the battle, and is lauded for his victory. Arrius subsequently adopts Judah as his son, making him a freedman, a Roman citizen, and Arrius’s heir."
"""Ben-Hur"" as the most influential Christian book of the 19th century, while others have identified it as one of the best-selling novels of all time. Carl Van Doren wrote that ""Ben-Hur"" was, along with ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"", the first fiction many Americans read. Wallace's original plan was to write a story of the biblical magi as a magazine serial, which he began in 1873, but he had changed its focus by 1874. ""Ben-Hur"" begins with the story of the magi, but the remainder of the novel connects the story of Christ with the adventures of Wallace's fictional character, Judah Ben-Hur."
"the left, he caught Messala’s wheel with the iron-shod point of his axle, and crushed it"". By the time of ""Ben-Hur""'s publication in 1880, Wallace had already published his first novel, ""The Fair God; or, The Last of the 'Tzins"" (1873), and ""Commodus: An Historical Play"" (1876) that was never produced. He went on to publish several more novels and biographies, including ""The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell"" (1893), a biography of President Benjamin Harrison in 1888, and ""The Wooing of Malkatoon"" (1898), but ""Ben-Hur"" remained his most significant work and best-known novel. ""Humanities"" editor Amy Lifson named"
"and best-known novel, during his spare time at Crawfordsville, and completed it in Santa Fe, while serving as the territorial governor of New Mexico. ""Ben-Hur"", an adventure story of revenge and redemption, is told from the perspective of a Jewish nobleman named Judah Ben-Hur. Because Wallace had not been to the Holy Land before writing the book, he began research to familiarize himself with the area's geography and its history at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., in 1873. Harper and Brothers published the book on November 12, 1880. ""Ben-Hur"" made Wallace a wealthy man and established his reputation"
"it as the most influential Christian book of the 19th century. Others named it one of the best-selling novels of all time. At the time of ""Ben-Hur""'s one hundredth anniversary in 1980, it had ""never been out of print"" and had been adapted for the stage and several motion pictures. One historian, Victor Davis Hanson, has argued that ""Ben-Hur"" drew from Wallace's life, particularly his experiences at Shiloh, and the damage it did to his reputation. The book's main character, Judah Ben-Hur, accidentally causes injury to a high-ranking Roman commander, for which he and his family suffer tribulations and calumny."
"be the most influential is """" by Lew Wallace, and published by Harper & Brothers on November 12, 1880. It remained the best-selling American novel of all time, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" (1852) in sales and remaining at the top of the US all-time bestseller list until the publication of Margaret Mitchell's ""Gone with the Wind"" (1936). ""Ben-Hur"" is a bildungsroman and adventure novel that follows the tumultuous life of its protagonist, Judah Ben-Hur. He is a fictional Jewish noble from Jerusalem who suffers betrayal (by a boyhood friend) and consequently his enslavement and his family's imprisonment"
"of ""Ben-Hur"" is considered one of the greatest films ever made and was seen by tens of millions, going on to win a record 11 Academy Awards in 1960, after which the book's sales increased and it surpassed ""Gone with the Wind"". It was blessed by Pope Leo XIII, the first novel ever to receive such praise. The success of the novel and its stage and film adaptations also helped it to become a popular cultural icon that was used to promote numerous commercial products. The story recounts the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince from Jerusalem, who is"
"Book Foundation, which called him a ""prominent social critic on politics, history, literature and culture"". In 1956, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired Gore Vidal as a screenplay writer with a four-year employment contract. In 1958, the director William Wyler required a script doctor to rewrite the screenplay for ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), originally written by Karl Tunberg. As one of several script doctors assigned to the project, Vidal rewrote portions of the script to resolve ambiguities of character motivation, specifically to clarify the enmity between the Jewish protagonist, Judah Ben-Hur and the Roman antagonist, Messala, who had been close boyhood friends. In exchange for rewriting"
"death in Indianapolis on September 4, 1859. After David's death, Zerelda was left nearly penniless with young children still at home, but she refused assistance from other family members. Fortunately, she retained the family's residence in Indianapolis and took in boarders to earn an income. In 1870 she took on the additional task of caring for the four children of her daughter, Mary, who had died in childbirth. Lew Wallace, Zerelda's stepson, became an American Civil War general and author of the novel """". It is believed the character of Ben Hur's mother is modeled after Zerelda, who was a"
"""Ben-Hur"" was also inspired in part by Wallace's love of romantic novels, including those written by Sir Walter Scott and Jane Porter, and ""The Count of Monte Cristo"" (1846) by Alexandre Dumas, père. The Dumas novel was based on the memoirs of an early 19th-century French shoemaker who was unjustly imprisoned and spent the rest of his life seeking revenge. Wallace could relate to the character's isolation of imprisonment. He explained in his autobiography that, while he was writing ""Ben-Hur"", ""the Count of Monte Cristo in his dungeon of stone was not more lost to the world."" Other writers have"
"on July 5, 1864. Until Union troops arrived to defend Washington, the only Federal force between Early and the Union capital was a 2,300-man force (mostly Hundred Days Men) under the command of Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace. At the time, Wallace, who would become better known as the author of ""Ben-Hur"", was in command of the Union's Middle Department and VIII Corps, based in Baltimore. Few of Wallace's men had ever seen battle, and although Wallace had experience as a battlefield commander, having been the Union Army's youngest major general at the time of his promotion, his military career faltered"
"adventure seeker, who remained a persistent, self-confident man of action. He was also impatient and highly sensitive to personal criticisms, especially those related to his command decisions at Shiloh. Despite Wallace's career in law and politics, combined with years of military and diplomatic service, he achieved his greatest fame as a novelist, most notably for his best-selling biblical tale, ""Ben-Hur"". Following Wallace's death, the State of Indiana commissioned sculptor Andrew O'Connor to create a marble statue of Wallace dressed in a military uniform for the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. The statue was unveiled during a ceremony"
"""Ben-Hur"" become one of the best-selling novels of its time. It not only reduced lingering American resistance to the novel as a literary form, but also later adaptations were instrumental in introducing some Christian audiences to theater and film. After the novel's publication in 1880, Wallace was deluged with requests to dramatize it as a stage play, but he resisted, arguing that no one could accurately portray Christ on stage or recreate a realistic chariot race. Dramatist William Young suggested a solution to represent Jesus with a beam of light, which impressed Wallace. In 1899, Wallace entered into an agreement"
"script-doctor explanation, Charlton Heston said that Gore Vidal had contributed little to the script of Ben Hur. Despite Vidal's script-doctor resolution of the character's motivations, the Screen Writers Guild assigned formal screenwriter-credit to Karl Tunberg, in accordance with the WGA screenwriting credit system, which favored the ""original author"" of a screenplay, rather than the writer of the filmed screenplay. Two plays, ""The Best Man: A Play about Politics"" (1960, made into a film in 1964) and ""Visit to a Small Planet"" (1955) were theatre and movie successes; Vidal occasionally returned to the movie business, and wrote historically accurate teleplays and"
"overcoming vengeance and his sympathetic description of slaveholders. Poet, editor and Confederate veteran Paul Hamilton Hayne described ""Ben-Hur"" as ""simple, straightforward, but eloquent"". Critics point to problems such as flat characters and dialogue, unlikely coincidences driving the plot, and tedious and lengthy descriptions of settings, but others note its well-structured plot and exciting story, with its unusual mix of romanticism, spiritual piety, action, and adventure. A ""New York Times"" review in 1905 referred to ""Ben-Hur"" as Wallace's masterwork, further noting it ""appealed to the unsophisticated and unliterary. People who read much else of worth rarely read ""Ben-Hur"""". Popular novels of"
"huge crowds, has had to be expressly strengthened and shored up"". There have been other stage adaptations since the initial production in 1899, including a London production staged in 2009 at the O2 arena featuring a live chariot race. The book was also adapted for motion pictures in 1907, 1925, 1959, 2003, 2016, and as an American television miniseries in 2010. The 1959 film adaptation, starring Charlton Heston and featuring the famous chariot race, won a record eleven Academy Awards and was the top-grossing film of 1960. Notes Bibliography Ben-Hur (play) Ben-Hur was an 1899 theatrical adaption of the novel"
"as a famous author. Sales were slow at first; only 2,800 copies were sold in the first seven months after its release, but the book became popular among readers around the world. By 1886, it was earning Wallace about $11,000 in annual royalties (equivalent to $290,000 in 2015 dollars), and provided Wallace's family with financial security. By 1889, Harper and Brothers had sold 400,000 copies and the book had been translated into several languages. In 1900, ""Ben-Hur"" became the best-selling American novel of the 19th century, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"". Amy Lifson, an editor for ""Humanities"", identified"
"Lew Wallace High School Lew Wallace High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. The faculty included nearly 65 teachers. In 1926 the 45th Avenue School of Gary, Indiana was officially named Lew Wallace High School named after Lew Wallace. Wallace was a native to Indiana who served as a United States general during the American Civil War, as the governor of the New Mexico Territory, the Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and as the author of ""Ben Hur."" The ""A and B wings"" of Lew Wallace were"
"reported to be in worsening condition. Lew Wallace High School Lew Wallace High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. The faculty included nearly 65 teachers. In 1926 the 45th Avenue School of Gary, Indiana was officially named Lew Wallace High School named after Lew Wallace. Wallace was a native to Indiana who served as a United States general during the American Civil War, as the governor of the New Mexico Territory, the Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and as the author of ""Ben Hur."" The ""A and"
"The Last Hurrah The Last Hurrah is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O’Connor's works, partly because of a 1958 movie adaptation starring Spencer Tracy. The novel was immediately a bestseller in the United States for 20 weeks, and was also on lists for bestseller of that year. ""The Last Hurrah"" won the 1955 Atlantic Prize Novel award, and was highlighted by the Book-of-the-Month Club and ""Reader's Digest"". ""The Last Hurrah"" received very positive critical reviews, including an ""ecstatic"" one from the ""New York Times Book Review"". The plot of ""The Last"
"New York's Alphabet City. ""Ben-Hur"" not only told the story of the famous Biblical novel, but delved into the life and times of its author, the proto-American General Lew Wallace. Disch proffers the theory that Wallace penned ""Ben-Hur"", in part, to assuage his guilt over his part in the execution of Mary Surratt. In its world-premiere performance at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore in 1989, it was chosen as a Critics' Choice by ""Time"" magazine. ""The Cardinal Detoxes"" had a simple conceit: a Catholic Bishop has committed vehicular homicide while driving intoxicated and is imprisoned in a monastic ""drying tank"""
"novels. In addition to the publication of the complete novel, two parts were published as separate volumes: ""The First Christmas"" (1899) and ""The Chariot Race"" (1912). In 1900, ""Ben-Hur"" became the best-selling American novel of the 19th century, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"". By that time it had been printed in 36 English-language editions and translated into 20 other languages, including Indonesian and Braille. Literary historian James D. Hart explained that by the turn of the century, ""If every American did not read the novel, almost everyone was aware of it."" Between 1880 and 1912, an estimated one"
"by Heston. A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of the book in four parts was first broadcast in the United Kingdom in March–April, 1995, starring Jamie Glover as Ben-Hur, with a cast that included Samuel West and Michael Gambon. ""Ben-Hur""s success encouraged the publication of other historical romance stories of the ancient world, including G. J. Whyte-Melville's ""The Gladiators: A Tale of Rome and Judea"" (1870), Marie Corelli's ""Barabbas"" (1901), and Florence Morse Kingsley's ""Titus, A Comrade of the Cross"" (1897). Other novels adapted Wallace's story: Herman M. Bien's ""Ben-Beor"" (1891), J. O. A. Clark's ""Esther: A Sequel to Ben-Hur"" (1892),"
"his manuscript and his assurances that he had not intended to offend Christians with his writing overcame the publisher's reservations. Harper praised it as ""the most beautiful manuscript that has ever come into this house. A bold experiment to make Christ a hero that has been often tried and always failed."" Harper and Brothers offered Wallace a contract that would earn him 10% in royalties, and published ""Ben-Hur"" on November 12, 1880. It initially sold for $1.50 per copy, an expensive price when compared to other popular novels published at the time. When Lew Wallace's ""Ben-Hur: A Tale of the"
"What is more by dint of working nearly two nights I turned in the script on schedule...and we turned out the greatest spectacle and money-maker up to that time."" At the time, there was no copyright law to protect authors, and she wrote in her autobiography about how the film industry infringed upon everything. As a result of the production of ""Ben Hur"", Harper and Brothers and the author's estate (General Lew Wallace) brought suit against the Kalem Company, the Motion Picture Patents Company, and Gauntier for copyright infringement. The suit, which eventually settled the question of American copyright law"
"Benjamin King (author) Benjamin King (also B. D. King) (born 1944) is an American author, military historian and noted war gamer. He served as a Field Artillery officer during the Vietnam War and later served as an historian for the US Army. He is best known for his historical novels ""A Bullet for Stonewall"" and ""A Bullet for Lincoln"". Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Benjamin King earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Connecticut. In 1965, he was commissioned as a Field Artillery officer in the US Army and assigned to 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery"
"credits are ""My Gal Sal"" (1942), ""Standing Room Only"" (1944), ""Kitty"" (1945) both with Paulette Goddard, ""Because You're Mine"" (1952), ""Valley of the Kings"" (1954), ""Beau Brummell"" (1954), ""The Seventh Sin"" (1957), ""Count Your Blessings"" (1958), ""Libel"" (1959). He is perhaps best known for ""Ben Hur"" (1959). As noted in many contemporary sources, in addition to Tunberg, who had written the first script for the project more than five years before the start of principal photography, Christopher Fry and Gore Vidal contributed to the screenplay during filming. Maxwell Anderson and S.N. Behrman are also mentioned as contributing writers in the"
"Wallace wrote subsequent novels and biographies, but ""Ben-Hur"" remained his most important work. Wallace considered ""The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell"" (1893) as his best novel. He also wrote a biography of President Benjamin Harrison, a fellow Hoosier and Civil War general, and ""The Wooing of Malkatoon"" (1898), a narrative poem. Wallace was writing his autobiography when he died in 1905. His wife Susan completed it with the assistance of Mary Hannah Krout, another author from Crawfordsville. It was published posthumously in 1906. Wallace continued to write after his return from Turkey. He also patented several of his"
"Ben Kane Ben Kane (born 1970) is a novelist, specialising in historical fiction. He is best known for The Forgotten Legion, Spartacus and Hannibal book series. Six of his eight novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers, and his books have been published in more than ten countries, including the USA, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia and the Netherlands. In 2013, Kane and two friends walked the entire length of Hadrian's Wall for charity while wearing full Roman military kit, including hobnailed boots. They raised nearly £19,000 for Combat Stress and Medecins Sans Frontieres. In 2014, they walked again in Italy, raising"
"left to start her own company, Gene Gauntier Feature Players. ""Tom Sawyer"" was the first of over three hundred screenplays Gene Gauntier either wrote and produced or sold. In 1907, she wrote the script for ""The Days of '61"", the first film ever made about the American Civil War. That same year she wrote the screenplay and acted in the first ""Ben Hur"" film. The film was adapted in two days:""I was not familiar with ""Ben Hur"" and the mere reading of the book would take two days. But this time my self-confidence [in writing] was unlimited and I promised."
"Karl Tunberg Karl Tunberg (March 11, 1907 − April 3, 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer. His screenplays for ""Tall, Dark and Handsome"" (1941) and ""Ben-Hur"" (1959) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. Born in Spokane, Washington, Tunberg's earliest writings included short stories, and a novel entitled ""While the Crowd Cheers"", which was published in 1935 by the Macaulay Company. Very soon, Karl Tunberg's story-telling talents were noticed by movie studios, and he was employed to write screenplays. Starting in 1937 Karl was on contract as a screenwriter"
"enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the first century and becomes a charioteer and a Christian. Running in parallel with Judah's narrative is the unfolding story of Jesus, from the same region and around the same age. The novel reflects themes of betrayal, conviction, and redemption, with a revenge plot that leads to a story of love and compassion. ""Ben-Hur"" is a story of a fictional hero named Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman who was falsely accused of an attempted assassination and enslaved by the Romans. He becomes a successful charioteer. The story's revenge plot becomes a story"
"Readers also credited Wallace's novel with making Jesus's story more believable by providing vivid descriptions of the Holy Land and inserting his own character of Judah into scenes from the gospels. One former alcoholic, George Parrish from Kewanee, Illinois, wrote the author a letter crediting ""Ben-Hur"" with causing him to reject alcohol and find religion. Parrish remarked: ""It seemed to bring Christ home to me as nothing else could"". Others who were inspired by the novel dedicated themselves to Christian service and became missionaries, some of them helping to translate ""Ben-Hur"" into other languages. This kind of religious support helped"