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PipeSounds sets silent film to music

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Say "Ben-Hur" and you're likely to conjure the 1959 version starring Charlton Heston. There was an earlier silent film version released in 1925, though: "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ." Starring Ramon Novarro, it was a blockbuster about the conflict between a charioteer and his boyhood friend who becomes a corrupt Roman tribune.

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PipeSounds sets silent film to music

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Say "Ben-Hur" and you're likely to conjure the 1959 version starring Charlton Heston. There was an earlier silent film version released in 1925, though: "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ." Starring Ramon Novarro, it was a blockbuster about the conflict between a charioteer and his boyhood friend who becomes a corrupt Roman tribune.

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