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
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 1917
    Madame du Barry

    Madame du Barry

    Madame du Barry

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    After Jeanette becomes the mistress of the ambitious Jean du Barry, he marries her off to one of his cousins so that she has an entre to the royal...

    Madame du Barry
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1915
    The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

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    This was Theda Bara's third starring film, and the first which she carried all on her own, with no other name actors in the cast. Based on the...

    The Clemenceau Case
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1926
    Madame Mystery

    Madame Mystery

    Madame Mystery

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    A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They...

    Madame Mystery
  • 1917
    The Rose Of Blood

    The Rose Of Blood

    The Rose Of Blood

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    Lisza Tapenko (Bara) is governess in the household of Prince Arbasoff (Charles Clary). After the death of his wife, Lisza and he become involved, but...

    The Rose Of Blood
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1918
    The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha

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    Theda Bara plays a Javanese priestess who elopes with an English military officer (Hugh Thompson). Bara's Bavahari becomes a celebrated dancer but...

    The Soul of Buddha
  • 1915
    Sin

    Sin

    Sin

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

    Sin
  • 1916
    Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

    01916HD

    The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically...

    Under Two Flags