Ever since silent film audiences swooned for Rudolph Valentino and the vamp Theda Bara, the movies have packed a sexual charge. But filmmakers have always had trouble dealing with sex head-on.

MaXXXine has an odd connection to Theda Bara, and here is why her Hollywood Walk of Fame star appears in the film, how it ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook David Greenspan gives a wild ride of a performance in “On Set With Theda Bara,” and marionettes star in Vaclav Havel’s ...

Ever since silent film audiences swooned for Rudolph Valentino and the vamp Theda Bara, the movies have packed a sexual charge. But filmmakers have always had trouble dealing with sex head-on.

The National Park Service theorizes that a century-old sketch made by a worker in the Lincoln Memorial’s undercroft depicts Theda Bara, silent film’s first “Vamp.” ...

BEFORE the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s, an altogether darker palate engulfed Tinseltown… mostly thanks to actress Theda Bara. The sultry star, who was 30 when she first found fame, b… ...

Theda Bara played the seductress on screen in over 40 movies. Her clinging robes, she said, suggested the 'sinuosity of the serpent.' But her blazing stardom wasn't set to last.

Today is Thursday, July 20, the 201st day of 2006 with 164 to follow. Theda Bara ( /ˈθiːdə ˈbærə/ thee-də bar-ə; July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955), born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was an ...

”Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi,” which sounds goofy right from the start, is a new musical put together with an improbable combination of simple- minded innocence and shrewd show bu… ...

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 ...