Some 3, 000 extras participated today in mob scenes for Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s latest version of “Ben Hur. ” The location in the hills outside this city is one of the most picturesque in the area. The extras included immigrants, students and Israeli Bedouin with their own camels.
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