DYK #ThedaBara, the vamp & film’s leading lady in 1915, popularized & glamorized the “painted” look? Cosmetics were no longer the domain of sex workers. One fifth of American women, mostly working class, “tough” girls began using it, & spent 50¢ a year on it. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
DYK #ThedaBara, the vamp& film’s leading lady in 1915, glamorized the “painted” look? Cosmeticswere no longer the domain of #SexWorkers. 1/5 American women, mostly working class“tough” girls used it, & spent 50¢ a year on it. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
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#sexsymbols #cinéma #femmes #thedabara #usa #theodosiagoodman #afooltherewas #williamfox #vamp
A black and white photo of Theda Bara holding her hair above her head in a dramatic pose wearing a black wrapped dress and golden bangle bracelet. Her eyes are intensely staring.
I fully believe that the scene in "The Addam's Family" where Morticia is cutting off the rose heads is a nod to the opening scene of Theda Bara in "A Fool There Was". 1915. One of the first screen fem fatale "vamps" and mystery icons.
#SilentFilm #ThedaBara #HorrorSky
Theda Bara (1885-1955) in the movie "The Soul of Buddha", American silent film and stage actress, unknown photographer, directed by J. Gordon Edwards in 1918.
#actress #ThedaBara #photography #movie #buddha #cinema
Actress Theda Bara on the set of the lost 1918 film Salome taken by Albert Witzel.
#ThedaBara #Salome #Film #Lost #Actress
#AWickedHalloween Day 10: Classic Gothic Horror/Terror Gótico Clássico — Theda Bara
#thedabara #halloween #halloweenart #artdeco #art #illustration
I reworked a Grateful Dead illustration from 2019! #gratefuldead #deadandcompany #deadheads #hippies #fineart #artwork #art #illustration #drawing #penandink #watercolor #bertha #thedabara #bongs #joints #cards @blueskyartshow.bsky.social @blueskyartist.bsky.social
Theda Bara (1885-1955)
Publicity for the now lost film "The She Devil", 1918, unknown photographer
#photography #actress #cinema #bird #silentmovie #ThedaBara
Happy Birthday today, July 29, to: Theda Bara, Clara Bow, and Thelma Todd.
Bara’s pictured here at Herman Mishkin’s NYC photography studio, 1910s.
#thedabara #clarabow #thelmatodd
Promotional photo of Theda Bara promoting her 1915 silent film A Fool There Was. Her, sitting down behind a full sized human skeleton.
Confession time. Nobody else knows this. 😞 When I was 13 or so (1984), I stole this page out of a library book because it fascinated me so much. It was many years later before I saw the movie the photo was promoting Theda Bara's "A Fool There Was" (1915)
#Cinema #SilentFilm #Movies #ThedaBara #Vamp
The Stars Are Aligned!
All were born on July 29.
#botd #FilmSky 🎥 #MovieSky 🎬 #WilliamPowell #ThedaBara #MariaOuspenskaya #RichardEgan #ClaraBow #ItGirl #ThelmaTodd #HotToddy
Born on this day 140 years ago: silent film she-demon, early cinema’s original bad girl (described by Photoplay magazine in 1915 as both “Purgatory’s Ivory Angel” and “Daughter of the Sphinx”) and perhaps the first goth, too - the vampiric #ThedaBara (29 July 1885 – 7 April 1955). #lobotomyroom
Theda Bara – American cinema’s first femme fatale – in 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢 (Fox Film Corporation, 1917) A look at the long-lost film from Kelly Robinson at Crooked Marquee (2017): https://crookedmarquee.com/theda-baras-cleopatra-the-story-of-a-century-old-lost-classic/amp/
Theda Bara – American cinema’s first femme fatale – in 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢 (Fox Film Corporation, 1917) A look at the long-lost film from Kelly Robinson at Crooked Marquee (2017): https://crookedmarquee.com/theda-baras-cleopatra-the-story-of-a-century-old-lost-classic/amp/
Theda Bara – American cinema’s first femme fatale – in 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢 (Fox Film Corporation, 1917) A look at the long-lost film from Kelly Robinson at Crooked Marquee (2017): https://crookedmarquee.com/theda-baras-cleopatra-the-story-of-a-century-old-lost-classic/amp/
Theda Bara – American cinema’s first femme fatale – in 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢 (Fox Film Corporation, 1917) A look at the long-lost film from Kelly Robinson at Crooked Marquee (2017): https://crookedmarquee.com/theda-baras-cleopatra-the-story-of-a-century-old-lost-classic/amp/
#ThedaBara – American cinema’s first femme fatale – in 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢 (Fox Film Corporation, 1917)
A look at the long-lost film from Kelly Robinson at Crooked Marquee (2017):
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‘Deal’ Grateful Dead inspired illustration from 2019. #gratefuldead #deadheads #art #artwork #trending @blueskyartists.bsky.social #crosshatching #penandink #watercolor #illustration #bertha #thedabara #bongs #cards #deal #deadandcompany
Let’s add Hollywood’s original “Vamp” for our Saturday fun! Caption this Theda Bara image from her 1917 silent film, Cleopatra. This week I got to see pieces of Bara’s original costume.
#SaturdayCaption #silentfilm #hollywood #oldhollywood #film #thedabara #cleopatra #vamp
Total #ThedaBara #Vibes
One of my favorite photos of Edwardian silent film actress Theda Bara, née Theodosia Goodman. It’s from about 1916.
Bara revolutionized cinema, American culture, and the early 20th century women’s rights movement by becoming the first mass-media sex symbol in world history.
#thedabara #femmefatales
#ThedaBara, the vamp & film’s leading lady in 1915, glamorized the “painted” look. Cosmetics were no longer the domain of #SexWorkers. 1/5 American women, mostly working class “tough” girls began using it, & spent 50¢ a year on it. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
Theda Bara
Real Name: Theodosia Goodman
Birth: 29 Jul 1885
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death: 7 Apr 1955 aged 69
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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#OTD #ThedaBara #actress #silentfilms #Vamp #MadameMystery #Cleopatra #Salome #TheVixen
