Film · Kalem · 1907
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Kalem stole a chariot reel from the novel, and it isn't Novarro or Heston.
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The review
Kalem filmed the chariot race without the right. The estate sued and won. A one-reel picture from 1907, not a feature, and a child can watch a chariot. It was taken from the novel. This is not the Novarro picture, and it is not the later Heston picture. I said both of those names before anyone settled in, because the title on the can is a trap.
The lawsuit mattered as much as the picture. Horses are easy to enjoy and easy to misfile. They took a book they had no right to, and the court was the bill. If the kids want Ben-Hur, give them the novel or name the later film you actually mean. A stolen reel doesn't get to wear those other movies. I was too tired to referee a third version.
Journal
Keep Ben-Hur in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
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The glance
Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
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The eight
- 2Industry
Kalem shot a race they had no right to take from the book.
- 1Household
The reel is a chariot, not a marriage, a parent, or a child.
- 2Piety
A religious book was cut to a race, and conscience did not stop the taking.
- 2Courage
A child can watch a chariot; no risk with a real cost is shown.
- 8Republic
The estate sued Kalem and won, so the law was what actually held.
- 3Temperance
A one-reel race is a spectacle they got by taking the novel.
- 8Truth
It was taken from the novel without the right, and the suit was the bill.
- 2Stewardship
What remains is a stolen reel, not a picture that paid its source.
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