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Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara

Eve Golden

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Theda Bara became an overnight superstar with her film debut in the scandalous 1915 hit, A Fool There Was, and for the rest of that decade stayed at the top of the heap, along with Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin. Despite her fame and notoriety as the movies' first "sex symbol," no biography of the original Vamp has ever been written, even though Bara threatened to pen her own "because nobody ever wrote a true word about me." Finally, someone has. Bara had one of the most bizarre and colorful careers of the silent era, starring in Cleopatra, Salome, and scores of other hit films before vanishing mysteriously from the screen. Now, read for the first time how a nice Jewish girl from the Midwest became "Satan's Handmaiden," scandalized a nation, and abruptly fell from the heights.

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Publisher:: Vestal Press

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Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1879511320

ISBN13:: 9781879511323

kindle Asin:: B00AAS6MNQ

Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara

Eve Golden

3.94/5 (443 ratings)

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Theda Bara became an overnight superstar with her film debut in the scandalous 1915 hit, A Fool There Was, and for the rest of that decade stayed at the top of the heap, along with Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin. Despite her fame and notoriety as the movies' first "sex symbol," no biography of the original Vamp has ever been written, even though Bara threatened to pen her own "because nobody ever wrote a true word about me." Finally, someone has. Bara had one of the most bizarre and colorful careers of the silent era, starring in Cleopatra, Salome, and scores of other hit films before vanishing mysteriously from the screen. Now, read for the first time how a nice Jewish girl from the Midwest became "Satan's Handmaiden," scandalized a nation, and abruptly fell from the heights.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Vestal Press

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1879511320

ISBN13:: 9781879511323

kindle Asin:: B00AAS6MNQ

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