Theda Bara Movies

  • 1915
    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

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    John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come...

    A Fool There Was
  • 2011
    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

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    Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of...

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
  • 2007
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

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    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
  • 1919
    When Men Desire

    When Men Desire

    When Men Desire

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    A woman detained in Germany attempts to escape so she can reunite with her American lover.

    When Men Desire
  • 1917
    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

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    The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the greatest men of Rome, Julius Caesar and Antony. Only a...

    Cleopatra
  • 1918
    Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke

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    As described in a film magazine, when Maria Valverda (Bara) refuses the attentions of Diablo Ramirez (Nye), he starts an insurrection among the...

    Under the Yoke
  • 1939
    The Movies March On

    The Movies March On

    The Movies March On

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    A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the...

    The Movies March On
  • 1925
    The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman

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    When she goes to tell her husband Hubert that she is expecting a child, Caroline Knollys finds him in the arms of another woman. Caroline leaves him...

    The Unchastened Woman
  • 1919
    Lure of Ambition

    Lure of Ambition

    Lure of Ambition

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    Theda Bara plays the social-climbing Olga Dolan, who becomes the Duchess of Rutledge by means of deception and sheer ruthlessness. Sadly, Bara, who...

    Lure of Ambition
  • 1916
    The Serpent

    The Serpent

    The Serpent

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    Peasant girl Vania is assaulted by a duke who murders her lover and sends her away to London.

    The Serpent
  • 1915
    Sin

    Sin

    Sin

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    Italian peasant girl deserts her fiancé for wealthy gangster and departs for America.

    Sin
  • 1918
    When a Woman Sins

    When a Woman Sins

    When a Woman Sins

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    Lilian is engaged to an older man in poor health when she meets his son Michael, whom she falls for. Due to a misunderstanding between the two,...

    When a Woman Sins
  • 1915
    The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

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    "My heart is ice, my passion consuming fire. Let men beware," exclaimed Theda Bara (via an inter-title, of course) in this "Vamp" melodrama based on...

    The Devil's Daughter
  • 1926
    45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

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    A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.

    45 Minutes from Hollywood
  • 1917
    The Tiger Woman

    The Tiger Woman

    The Tiger Woman

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    Theda Bara's vamping is at its most evil here. She plays the Russian Princess Petrovitch, who loves only her pearls. Her husband, the Prince (E.F....

    The Tiger Woman
  • 1915
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

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    A Spanish soldier falls under the spell of a fiery gypsy girl named Carmen. His obsession with her leads to his ruin.

    Carmen
  • 1919
    The Light

    The Light

    The Light

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    Theda Bara does her usual vamp turn in this picture, but this time she's a vamp who turns out to have a heart of gold. Her character, Blanchette...

    The Light
  • 1918
    Salome

    Salome

    Salome

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    Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet...

    Salome
  • 1916
    The Vixen

    The Vixen

    The Vixen

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    In this lost film, Theda Bara took the role of spoiled, deceiving nymphomaniac "vixen" Elsie Drummond. She wooed Wall Street businessman Martin...

    The Vixen
  • 1933
    The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

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    Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a...

    The Film Parade