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 embodied ...

A century ago the world was in the throes of the Great War, women didn’t yet have the vote and the movie industry was in its infancy. Two Jewish refugees from the wine-growing Tokaji region of Hungary ...

She lies sleeping alone for eternity – buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California, next to her husband of 34 years, Charles Brabin. What? You never heard of Mrs. Charles Brabin? Well, of ...

From around 1914 to 1920, she was the most exciting and exotic movie star in the world of silent movies. On the silver screen, she was beautiful, seductive, and dangerous. Her publicist and the Fox ...

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

PORT ANGELES — Zoe Omega will host “Night of the Vamp: A Theda Bara Burlesque and Film Experience” at 7 p.m. Friday. The performance will be at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St., Port Angeles. Tickets for ...

The unpublished memoirs of silent film icon Theda Bara lie in wait at the University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books Library. A new museum in Sandusky highlights the history of Cedar Point. Meet ...