Theda Bara was not who she appeared to be. To silent film audiences a century ago, she was the first sex symbol of the silver screen, the sultry “vamp” with the dark, brooding eyes who ...

Century-old graffiti under the Lincoln Memorial may depict silent-film star Theda Bara, with a profile sketch and the word ...

Cincinnati’s first movie superstar – silent screen actress Theda Bara – will be celebrated with a panel discussion and rare film clips and photos at the Main Public Library of Cincinnati and ...

Theda Bara and Maxine Minx's career trajectories are also similar, with both of them having immensely fast surges in ...

Fox Film vamped up the identity of a simple tailor’s daughter to create the seductress in 1915’s A Fool There Was and made quite a ... How Theda Bara Became Silent Film's Supernatural Siren.

The National Park Service theorizes that a century-old sketch made by a worker in the Lincoln Memorial’s undercroft depicts Theda Bara, silent film’s first “Vamp.” ...

Theda Bara played the seductress on screen in over 40 movies. Her clinging robes, she said, suggested the 'sinuosity of the serpent.' But her blazing stardom wasn't set to last.

Fans of film history better check out AMC tonight, where the offerings include a rarely seen 1915 film featuring one of the cinema’s first superstars. “Mad About You” (8 p.m.-8: 30 p.m ...

E vidence of Bara’s film work is mostly nonexistent now, as prints of almost all of her 40 silent films were destroyed in a 1937 fire at the Fox storage facility. But her impact can’t be overstated ...

Bara was one... From Wikipedia Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman, July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Trending ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook David Greenspan gives a wild ride of a performance in “On Set With Theda Bara,” and marionettes star in Vaclav Havel’s ...

Century-old graffiti under the Lincoln Memorial may depict silent-film star Theda Bara, with a profile sketch and the word "Vamp" found on the pillars in the basement.