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Theda Bara (/ ˈ θ iː d ə ˈ b ær ə / THEE-də BARR-ə; [1] born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols.
Bara's official credit is even "The Vampire", and for this reason the film is sometimes cited as the first "vampire" movie. [7] However, in the film as in Kipling's poem, the term is used metaphorically, as the character is not literally a vampire. The film was the first on-screen appearance of World War I-era film actress May Allison (1890 ...
Theda Bara, Paul Doucet, Victor Benoit: ... the Vampire was released in 1963 and featured an introductory segment with a song by American comedian Allen Sherman.
The Devil's Daughter is a lost 1915 American silent drama film directed by Frank Powell and starring Theda Bara.Based on the 1899 play La Gioconda by Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, this updated adaptation portrayed the story of vengeful woman—a "vamp"—who uses her beauty and sensuality to lure a young man to ruin, destroying both his marriage and his career as an artist.
It predates proto-goth touchstones like Rocky Horror, the droning decadence of The Velvet Underground and Nico, silent-film vamp Theda Bara, the chilling fictions of H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen ...
The production starred Theda Bara, a popular silent film actress who was known for playing similar roles in movies. Critics panned the play, ridiculing the plot, dialogue, and Bara's acting. Theater historian Ward Morehouse called it "one of the worst plays ever written". [2]
For decades, and particularly during the subgenre’s heyday of the 1960s and ‘70s, vampire narratives were a dominant means of getting lesbianism on-screen. And the associations between sapphic ...
Vampire films have been a staple in world cinema since the era of silent films, ... (1915), starring Theda Bara, and the poem was used in the publicity for the film. [2]