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WILLIAM S. HART as
"The Virginian" on the stage
in 1905 ... painting by
J. M. Marchand.
William S. Hart as the origi-
nal "Messala" in "Ben Hur"
at the Broadway theater,
New York, in 1899. (Left to
right) Adeline Adler, Mabel
Bert, Edward Morgan as
"Ben Hur," Mary Shaw and
William S. Hart as "Messala"
... (Bill was young and
rugged in those days).
