As seen on screen in the 1959 movie Ben-Hur, in the Rome NavalBattle Victory Parade scene - a segment sadly deleted entirely from the recent 2016 remake. The 1959 Ben-Hur is said to have saved the MGM studio, for awhile that is. A sign of the end came with a mega studio prop and costume auction held in 1970,in which this standard was sold off to the collecting pubic.This prop standard had also been used in MGM's 1951 Quo Vadis, 1953 Julius Caesar, and the 1955 Roman theme musical Jupiter's Daughter. This hand carved wooden snake standard likely also dates back to the silent 1925 Ben Hur, as the design has a spokedchariot wheel center - thus at least a five times movie veteran.This Snake and wheel pole top device exactly matches this listing provided on screen photo. It Would be nice to know if the other Roman prop standards also survive?
