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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:24:42 -0500
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- From: Peter.Giordano@WILLIAMS.EDU
- Subject: Re: Remakes revisited
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- I don't know if it's the first film version but MGM did a silent
- version of BEN HUR that was swell - the race probably is more
- exciting than the later rendition - It also had some scenes in color -
- Beyond my comment about the race I don't think one could say either
- is better - They are two enyt
- (sorry) They are two entirely different films with very different
- production values
-