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	Theda Bara
		Theda Bara was the stage name of Theodosia Goodman (1885 or 1890 - 7 April 1955), a silent film actress.
		Theda Bara made more than 40 feature films between 1914 and 1926 of which complete prints of only three still exist.
		Bara was a sex symbol of the era, and in a number of her films appeared in risque costumes.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/Theda_Bara.html (174 words)

	theda bara ::: pretty but schizo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Theda Bara was born Theodosia Goodman on July 29th, 1885 in Cincinnati.
		Contrary to rumour, Theda Bara was not chosen because it was an anagram of Arab Death --- rather, Theda was her childhood nickname and Bara was a shortening of a family name, Baranger.
		Theda herself was tired of being typecast and her bad attitude began to show on screen.
	www26.brinkster.com /prettybutschizo/thedabara.html (1637 words)

	Theda Bara
		Theda Bara was the stage name of Theodosia Burr Goodman (July 29, 1885 - 7 April 1955), a silent film actress.
		Bara was a sex symbol of the [golden] era, and in a number of her films appeared in risqué transparent costumes that left little to the imagination.
		Beginning with "vamp" Theda Bara's 1915 silent-film debut in A Fool There Was, Dijkstra (Idols of Perversity), writing with passionate feminist scholarship, decodes images of women as predators, destroyers and vultures who deplete civilized males of their creative energies.
	www.jahsonic.com /ThedaBara.html (1087 words)

	Theda Baras grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bara, along with the French film actress Musidora, popularized the vamp persona in the early years of silent film and was soon imitated by rival actresses such as Nita Naldi and Pola Negri.
		Bara was the first sex symbol of that era, and in a number of her films appeared in risqué transparent costumes that left little to the imagination.
		Theda Bara has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1994, she was honored with her image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GlendaleObituaries/thedabara.htm (898 words)

	Grave Hunter finds Theda Bara burial place
		But it was Theda's ability to take direction which helped her gain the lead role as the Vampire in "A Fool There Was", later that year.
		Publicists sent out press releases that Theda was the daughter of an artist and an Arabian princess, a far cry from her humble upbringing in Cincinnati.
		Theda's second film, later that year for the newly formed Fox Studios was in "The Kreutzer Sonata".
	www.gravehunter.net /theda_bara.htm (423 words)

	Theda Bara
		Unlike later vamps such as Nita Naldi and Barbara LaMarr, Theda was the undisputed star of her films.
		The Theda Bara Revival Kit, on the Silents Majority, with filmography, photos, and reviews of her existing films.
		Theda Bara : a biography of the silent screen vamp, with a filmography.
	www.stanford.edu /~gdegroat/bara.htm (415 words)

	Theda Bara
		Although Theda swore she would never play such an "unvirtuous and daring" role, it proved to be her lucky break.
		Powell and Theda devised her new name Theda, a shortened version of Theodosia and Bara being extracted from the middle name of her Swiss grandfather, Francois Bar[r]anger de Coppet.
		Theda utters, "Kiss Me My Fool", while scattering rose petals over the body of her lifeless lover as to command him to wake from his eternal slumbers.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Bara.html (898 words)

	Theda Bara Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Theda became an instant, overnight star in A Fool There Was with the release of the film, and saved the fortunes of the fledgling Fox Studios.
		The straw that broke the camel's back was Kathleen Mavourneen, the film Theda hoped would be her ticket to a contract at another studio.
		The Brabins were wealthy globe-trotters, and Theda's skill as a hostess and gourmet cook made their Beverly Hills home a favorite stopping place for the film community through the 1950s.
	home.att.net /~t.wetzel/faces/bara/barabio.htm (647 words)

	Theda Bara Part II
		Theda began 1916 with typical vamp roles in The Serpent and Gold and the Woman.
		Theda ended 1917 at the peak of her career.
		Now Theda was an integral part of popular culture; songs, poems, and vaudeville sketches were created in her honor.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/classic_actresses/86743 (526 words)

	THEDA BARA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Little did Theda Bara know in 1915, when she landed her first starring role in Fox's A Fool There Was, that she was about to create Hollywood's "badest" bad girl and earn herself the everlasting title of "The Vamp".
		There were no holds barred as Bara released all of her sexual prowess to play the role of La Gioconda, the Vampire who seduced and led one man after another to ruin.
		Bara played her "evil women" roles so convincingly that many people of the time could not separate her from the screen characters she portrayed.
	members.aol.com /DracusCat/index19.html (247 words)

	Theda Bara, Silent Movie Star - goldensilents.com
		Theda Bara's fabricated screen name was an anagram for "Arab death." She was called a "vamp" because of her absurd, vampirish personality, on and off screen.
		Theda was married once, to director-writer Charles Brabin, from 1921 until her death from abdominal cancer on April 7th, 1955, in Los Angeles, California.
		Although her most popular films were made over 80 years ago, Theda Bara has not been forgotten by fans of silent film history, even though few of her movies have survived.
	www.goldensilents.com /stars/thedabara.html (345 words)

	theda hall of fame
		Theda was renowned for her portrayal of sinful, smoky-eyed women who lured proper husbands away from their frigid and heavily-corseted wives.
		Bara was almost 30 when her film career began, which was considered over-the-hill back then (and still is in Hollywood, evidently).
		At a time when women were either whores or housewives, Theda represented something new, the "Vamp," the sexually free goddess who ushered in the era of the Flapper and of new freedom for women.
	www.tartcity.com /thedabara.html (630 words)

	Classic Images - Vol. 250 - April 1996 Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With some shock he realized he was looking at Theda Bara, who had been one of the screen's greatest stars some fifteen years earlier.
		Theda Bara, in little over a decade, had become a musty historical figure with little or no connection to modern-day life.
		Perhaps the lack of scandal in her life has discouraged writers and publishers: Theda Bara never had a substance abuse problem, and her only marriage was a happy one.
	www.classicimages.com /1996/july/theda.html (395 words)

	Marilyn Monroe as Theda Bara by Avedon
		In fours years (1915 - 1919), Theda vamped her way through 39 films and millions of dollars for Fox Studios.
		At the height of her career in 1919, she was making films that cost $60,000 in production and she herself was earning over $4,000 dollars a week.
		Theda died of abdominal cancer on April 7, 1955 in California Lutheran Hospital.
	www.marilynmonroe.ca /camera/galleries/avedon/bara.htm (483 words)

	Hollywood Silents: Theda Bara photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bara had a sense of humor about it.
		Former home of Theda Bara - sold to Roscoe Arbuckle.
		Theda Bara, unusually, as a Madonna with child
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/1096/bara.htm (59 words)

	Silent Star of May
		Theda Bara -- one of the most successful and glamorous stars of the 1910s -- is also the most inaccessible and mysterious today.
		According to her studio, Theda Bara was born around 1892, in the shadow of the Pyramids, the daughter of an Italian artist and a French actress.
		Aggressively intellectual, Theda remained a voracious reader for the rest of her life, especially enjoying philosophy and psychology.
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~pringle/silent/ssotm/May96 (1069 words)

	Alternative Film Guide » Blog Archive » Theda Bara at New York City’s MOMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Directed by Hugh Munro Neely, The Woman with the Hungry Eyes: The Life and Films of Theda Bara will have its New York premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on Saturday evening, May 20, at 8:00 PM.
		Theda Bara (nee Theodosia Goodman in Cincinnati, Ohio) was the supreme film vamp of the 1910s, a welcome example of the feminine dark side during an era in which most film heroines were of the saccharine, curly-top variety.
		Bara sounds smart, has a good reading voice (a recording of “The Thin Man” production is available online).
	www.altfg.com /blog/archives/2006/05/04/theda-bara-at-new-york-citys-moma (471 words)

	29¢ Theda Bara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bara began her acting career in the theater, using the stage name Theodosia de Coppet.
		She was billed as the daughter of an Eastern potentate and her new name, Theda Bara, was advertised as an anagram for "Arab Death!" Her fictitious Oriental background created the mystique needed to make the silent screen's first vamp an overnight success.
		Today, however, Bara's important contributions to America's silent film period are acknowledged by the commemorative stamp on this First Day Cover.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAKJD.HTM (437 words)

	Alternative Film Guide » Blog Archive » Theda Bara at LACMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Theda Bara was one of the biggest stars of the 1910s, a heavily made-up, slightly pudgy - and totally artificial - representation of the dark side of womanhood as seen through a Victorian prism.
		Bara’s anti-heroines were women who possessed a voracious sexual appetite, which, of course, led to death and mayhem to all around her.
		There had been film "vamps" before Theda Bara (née Theodosia Goodman, in Cincinnati, Ohio), but none before or after managed to capture the filmgoing public’s imagination the way Bara did.
	www.altfg.com /blog/archives/2005/10/06/theda-bara-at-lacma (319 words)

	Playbill News: Casting Announced for Mufti Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi
		Complete casting has been announced for the York Theatre Company's upcoming mounting of Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi, which is part of the company's acclaimed "Musicals in Mufti" series.
		Theda Bara features a book by Jeff Hochhauser, music by Bob Johnston and lyrics by both men.
		In 1917, Theda was the Vamp, but instead of being an enigmatic import from Egypt, she is, in fact, Theodosia Goodman, a nice Jewish girl from Cincinnati.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/96505.html (417 words)

	The Lost Film Legacy of Theda Bara
		Theda Bara was perhaps the most famous, and iconic, silent actress of her day.
		Although she made over thirty films in her heyday at Fox, only three are thought to exist.
		Information regarding Theda Bara's films is vital in order to preserve or find existing lost films.
	www.geocities.com /lostthedabara/title.html (164 words)

	Theda Bara: The Wicked Intellectual
		Now making Theda’s movies became more complicated; the shots the censors wanted to cut were exactly what the audience came to see.
		Contrary to common belief, Theda also played a number of non-vamp roles in her career.
		Theda was also pleased with the quality of her role; she was still playing a vamp, but a famous one.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/classic_actresses/86741/3 (409 words)

	Theda Bara Biography - Bombshells.Com
		Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara
		Theda Bara: A Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp with Filmography
		This orginal biography was written by Dawn Marie, 1999 for Bombshells.Com.
	www.bombshells.com /gallery/bara/theda_bio.shtml (1013 words)

	Did you Know...?: Theda Bara
		Though many of you, your parents, and even some grandparents were just saplings when Theda Bara owned the silver screen, we're sure that a few of you fondly remember her reign in the early days of silent film.
		Though she's best known for her many vampish roles throughout the 1910s, what remains most fascinating about her is the enigma, practicality and controversy that followed her throughout life.
		Though this means we may never see the talented actress at her best, it also helps push the ever-growing fascination and enigma she wore like the train of an elegrant gown lifelong.
	scoop.diamondgalleries.com /scoop_article.asp?ai=12064&si=126 (242 words)

	Amazon.com: Theda Bara: A Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp, With a Filmography: Books: Ronald Genini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One might argue that Bara's personality comes over as somewhat vague, though I wonder if that is not the point.
		Bara is elusive, and one suspects she was a much better actress than has been credited.
		Theda Bara was a silent screen icon whose meteoric career was over after five years.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786402024?v=glance (801 words)

	MoMA.org \| Exhibitions Schedule \| Film & Media \| 2006 \| Theda Bara: The Woman with the Hungry Eyes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bara (née Theodosia Goodman), whose screen name was an anagram for Arab Death, is perhaps the best early example of a film personality artificially fashioned to satisfy audience fantasies.
		Like Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo, Bara did not resemble her public persona; she lived a life relatively devoid of tragedy or angst.
		Theda Bara in The Woman With The Hungry Eyes.
	www.moma.org /exhibitions/film_media/2006/ThedaBara.html (180 words)

	Theda Bara
		In 1905 she dropped out of college, died her blond hair fl and looked for theater work.
		Shortly thereafter, Bara was cast as the “vamp,”; an exotic “bad girl,” in
		While many ministers denounced her as immoral, Bara signed a contract with the newly formed Fox Studios and made seven more movies in 1915, including
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0880258.html (200 words)

	Theda Bara
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		Theda Bara: A Fool There Was / Unchastened Woman (Theda Bara)
		Related content from HighBeam Research on: Theda Bara
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0880258.html (224 words)

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