Movies: Theda Bara

  • 1918
    The Forbidden Path

    The Forbidden Path (1918)

    The Forbidden Path

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    Mary Lynde (Theda Bara) is an innocent girl who has grown up in New York's Greenwich Village. One of the artists there, Felix Benavente (Sidney Mason), uses her as model when he paints a portrait of the Madonna for a church. His friend Robert Sinclai...

    The Forbidden Path
  • 1918
    When a Woman Sins

    When a Woman Sins (1918)

    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, Lilian leaves after her fiance's death. Years later, Lilian becomes known around town for her "loose moral...

    When a Woman Sins
  • 1915
    Carmen

    Carmen (1915)

    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
  • 1918
    Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke (1918)

    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 native Filipinos. Maria's father Don Ramon is killed and Maria is held hostage. She gets word to Capt. Pau...

    Under the Yoke
  • 1925
    The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman (1925)

    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 and, not telling him of her pregnancy, runs off to Europe where she has her child and becomes the toa...

    The Unchastened Woman
  • 1919
    A Woman There Was

    A Woman There Was (1919)

    A Woman There Was

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    Theda Bara plays Princess Zara, who lives on a South Sea Island. A handsome young missionary (William B. Davidson) arrives and there is a romance, which is hindered by various complications including a typhoon....

    A Woman There Was
  • 1916
    Her Double Life

    Her Double Life (1916)

    Her Double Life

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    Mary Doone (Theda Bara) is a poor British girl who runs away from her adopted family because the father made a pass at her. She lives at a parish house, and at the outbreak of World War I, she becomes a Red Cross nurse....

    Her Double Life
  • 1915
    The Two Orphans

    The Two Orphans (1915)

    The Two Orphans

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    This picture is based on the same story that became D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm in 1921. This version, made by the Fox Studios, stars famous "vamp" actress Theda Bara in the role that Lillian Gish later made famous...

    The Two Orphans
  • 1919
    The Light

    The Light (1919)

    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 DuMonde, is known as "the wickedest woman in Paris," and because of this sordid reputation, she is not al...

    The Light
  • 1926
    Madame Mystery

    Madame Mystery (1926)

    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 succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected....

    Madame Mystery
  • 1914
    The Stain

    The Stain (1914)

    The Stain

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    An ambitious bank teller (Edward Jose) steals a large deposit and starts life over under an assumed name. While he is becoming a lawyer and making his way up the ladder of success with the help of a political boss, the wife he left behind (Eleanor Wo...

    The Stain
  • 1933
    The Film Parade

    The Film Parade (1933)

    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 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" i...

    The Film Parade
  • 1917
    Camille

    Camille (1917)

    Camille

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    Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hopes of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when p...

    Camille
  • 1916
    Gold and the Woman

    Gold and the Woman (1916)

    Gold and the Woman

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    The daughter of a Mexican aristocrat endures the travails of the Mexican revolution....

    Gold and the Woman
  • 1915
    The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter (1915)

    The Devil's Daughter

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    When her lover deserts her, Gioconda Dianti seeks revenge by wrecking the lives of other men. When famous sculptor Lucio Settala meets her and asks her to pose for him, she sets out to ruin him. She captivates the artist with her charms, and he soon ...

    The Devil's Daughter
  • 1919
    When Men Desire

    When Men Desire (1919)

    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
  • 1919
    Lure of Ambition

    Lure of Ambition (1919)

    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 had more or less single-handedly begun the "vamp" craze with the prototype of the genre, A Fool There ...

    Lure of Ambition
  • 1917
    The Tiger Woman

    The Tiger Woman (1917)

    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. Roseman), sells state secrets to a spy to pay her exorbitant bills, and her response is to report him t...

    The Tiger Woman
  • 1918
    The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha (1918)

    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 is murdered onstage by a vengeful Buddhist priest (Victor Kennard)....

    The Soul of Buddha
  • 1918
    The She Devil

    The She Devil (1918)

    The She Devil

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    Lolette an exotic and spirited peasant girl lives In the small Spanish village of Juanguera . Although ardently courted by the native swains, and particularly a bandit called The Tiger, Lolette prefers Maurice Tabor, a French artist who has come to J...

    The She Devil