Theda Bara Movies

  • 1915
    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

    5.21915HD

    John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come...

    A Fool There Was
  • 1918
    The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha

    01918HD

    Theda Bara plays a Javanese priestess who elopes with an English military officer (Hugh Thompson). Bara's Bavahari becomes a celebrated dancer but...

    The Soul of Buddha
  • 1918
    Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke

    01918HD

    As described in a film magazine, when Maria Valverda (Bara) refuses the attentions of Diablo Ramirez (Nye), he starts an insurrection among the...

    Under the Yoke
  • 2007
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    4.92007HD

    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
  • 1916
    Gold and the Woman

    Gold and the Woman

    Gold and the Woman

    01916HD

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

    Gold and the Woman
  • 1925
    The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman

    5.31925HD

    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...

    The Unchastened Woman
  • 1919
    La belle Russe

    La belle Russe

    La belle Russe

    01919HD

    In this film, her next-to-last picture for Fox, it was Theda Bara's turn to tackle a double role. Bara's characters are twin sisters La Belle Russe,...

    La belle Russe
  • 1931
    Stars of Yesterday

    Stars of Yesterday

    Stars of Yesterday

    01931HD

    Stars of Yesterday documentary film.

    Stars of Yesterday
  • 1915
    The Galley Slave

    The Galley Slave

    The Galley Slave

    01915HD

    Francesca Brabaut, who married an artist against her father's advice, regrets her decision when her husband Antoine, in debt, sends her to his...

    The Galley Slave
  • 1916
    Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

    01916HD

    The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically...

    Under Two Flags
  • 1915
    The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

    01915HD

    "My heart is ice, my passion consuming fire. Let men beware," exclaimed Theda Bara (via an inter-title, of course) in this "Vamp" melodrama based on...

    The Devil's Daughter
  • 1915
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

    61915HD

    A Spanish soldier falls under the spell of a fiery gypsy girl named Carmen. His obsession with her leads to his ruin.

    Carmen
  • 1916
    The Vixen

    The Vixen

    The Vixen

    01916HD

    In this lost film, Theda Bara took the role of spoiled, deceiving nymphomaniac "vixen" Elsie Drummond. She wooed Wall Street businessman Martin...

    The Vixen
  • 1916
    The Eternal Sapho

    The Eternal Sapho

    The Eternal Sapho

    01916HD

    A scheme by a beautiful vamp to marry a wealthy young man fails, and the woman returns to her former lover, a sculptor. She is shocked to discover he...

    The Eternal Sapho
  • 1917
    The Darling of Paris

    The Darling of Paris

    The Darling of Paris

    01917HD

    This film is a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo and presumed lost: The wealthy girl Esmeralda...

    The Darling of Paris
  • 1916
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    01916HD

    Shakespeare's tragedy of two young people who fall desperately in love despite the ancient feud between their two families. A lost film.

    Romeo and Juliet
  • 2006
    The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

    The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

    The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

    62006HD

    The true story of the life of the movies first femme-fatale, Theda Bara, who made over 40 films, only a handful of which survive. Born in America,...

    The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
  • 1926
    45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

    51926HD

    A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.

    45 Minutes from Hollywood
  • 1917
    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    4.21917HD

    The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the greatest men of Rome, Julius Caesar and Antony. Only a...

    Cleopatra
  • 1915
    The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

    11915HD

    This was Theda Bara's third starring film, and the first which she carried all on her own, with no other name actors in the cast. Based on the...

    The Clemenceau Case