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VAMPTHEDA BARA

Throwing petals at her lover´s corpse. By 1925 she was already a has-been.

Queen of Vamps Theda Bara inA Fool There Was (1915). So perverse was Bara´s role that she was simply but brutally named “The Vampire”. No cute name calling for this gal!

thewisecrackingtwenties:

“To be good is to be forgotten. I´ll be so bad l´ll always be remembered” - Theda Bara

Although she was not the first vamp, she was the first major, international vamp, joining the ranks of such stars as Pickford and Chaplin. 

Queen of Vamps Theda Bara in the film that made her a sensation “A Fool There Was” (1915)

Notice her stunnig costumes!

WickedTheda Bara, vamp.

MagnificentTheda Bara, Queen of Vamps in 1915

1910scinemais 1 year old already! reblog to celebrate!

VAMPS: The bad girls of the Silent Era, from top to bottom:

1)Alice Hollister, The Original Vamp

2)Louise Glaum, The Leopard Woman

3)Barbara Lamarr, The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful

4)Nita Naldi, The Silent Seductress

5)Theda Bara, Queen Of Vamps

6)Carmel Myers, she`s famously featured in Ben Hur (1925)

7)Bebe Daniels, Vamp Clotheshorse

8)Pola Negri, also an accomplished tragedienne

9)Dagmar Godowsky, The Hedonistic Vamp

10)Valeska Suratt, The Empress of Fashion

IconicTheda Barain Cleopatra (1918) her most famous film, after which her career started to decline rather quickly. Some scholars believe that Bara herself was responsible for creating the stunning costumes.

Some of the biggest stars of the 1910s and of all times:

Mary Pickford, Queen of the Movies; Theda Bara the Vamp Supreme; Douglas Fairbanks Sr., the all american hero; Charles Chaplin, the tramp, and the incredible clowns Mabel NormandandFatty Arbuckle.

thewisecrackingtwenties:

STUNNING QUEEN OF VAMPS THEDA BARA

The queen of vamps in the 1910s, fell into oblivion quickly as the 1920s advanced. She started in 1914 and in over 5 years she made 40 films, most of them back to back!

Baramania!

thewisecrackingstwenties:

Top Box Office hits from the Silent Era (1913-1929) when silent films became long features, not just flicks or one reelers anymore, all the way to the mega productions.

PART I DECADE OF THE 1910s

• 1913:Traffic in Souls 
  
• 1914:The Million Dollar Mystery 
  
• 1915: The Birth of a Nation 
  
• 1916: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 
  
• 1917: A Romance of the RedwoodsandCleopatra (lost film) 
  
• 1918:Mickey 
  
• 1919:The Miracle Man 
  

vampsandflappers:

The Queen of the Vampires: Theda Bara in promotional photos for the lost 1915 silent film SIN.

Photoplay, June 1925

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thewisecrackingtwenties:

STUNNING QUEEN OF VAMPS THEDA BARA

The queen of vamps in the 1910s, fell into oblivion quickly as the 1920s advanced. She started in 1914 and in over 5 years she made 40 films, most of them back to back!

Baramania!

diioonysus:

 women in history | archetypes | vamps

→ female vampires were considered to be seductresses who sucked the blood dry from males. this terrified a male dominated hollywood at the time because vamps challenged the social norms. they were overly sexual and aggressive (or so explained by columnists at the time). this archetype would later morph into title of femme fatale.