Ben-Hur (1959 film) aspect ratio. For this release, the film was completely restored frame by frame from an 8K scan of the original 65mm negative. The restoration cost $1 million, and was one of the highest resolution restorations ever made by Warner Bros. A new musical soundtrack-only option and six new featurettes (one of which was an hour long) were also included. Ben-Hur (1959 film) Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic religious drama film, directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of , "Ben-Hur" was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880
The Bat (1959 film) The Bat (1959 film) The Bat is an American mystery film from 1959 starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. It is the fourth film adaptation of the story, which began as a 1908 novel "The Circular Staircase" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, which she later adapted (with Avery Hopwood) into the 1920 play "The Bat". The first movie version of the play was the 1926 American silent film "The Bat" starring Emily Fitzroy as Miss Cornelia Van Gorder. The film version was adapted by playwright Crane Wilbur, who also directed. "The Bat" was distributed in 1959 on a double bill with