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Cleopatra is a 1917 American silent historical drama film based on H. Rider Haggard's 1889 novel Cleopatra, the 1890 play Cleopatre by Émile Moreau and Victorien Sardou, and the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. [2] The film starred Theda Bara in the title role, Fritz Leiber Sr. as Julius Caesar, and Thurston Hall as Mark Antony.
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.
Theda Bara starred in the title role, Fritz Leiber, Sr. as Julius Caesar, and Thurston Hall played Mark Antony. After the Hays Code was implemented in Hollywood, Cleopatra was judged too obscene to be shown.
English: Article/advertisement for Theda Bara in Cleopatra, playing at the Belasco Theatre in Washington, DC. November 17, 1917. Date: 17 November 1917: Source:
Even before that, actresses including Theda Bara (1917's Cleopatra) and Vivian Leigh (1945's Caesar and Cleopatra) had played her. She's not the first person to face backlash either.
Poster for the film Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara The Triumph of Cleopatra, by William Etty, 1821, now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight The Banquet of Cleopatra, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1744, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [4] The Banquet of Cleopatra was a frequently used subject in art, mainly of the Baroque ...
For me, the idea that people had gotten it so incredibly wrong before — historically, from Theda Bara to Monica Bellucci, and recently, with Angelina Jolie and Gal Gadot in the running to play ...
Gal Gadot is moving forward with her Cleopatra movie, and she recently told Vogue Hong Kong that it will “change the narrative” about the historical figure. “Israel borders Egypt, and I grew ...