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January 1915 (USA)
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A married diplomat falls hopelessly under the spell of a predatory woman. full summary | add synopsis
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Edwardian morality play - barely competent
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Runa Hodges | ... | The Child |
| Mabel Frenyear | ... | Kate Schuyler (Fool's wife) |
| Edward José | ... | The Husband, John Schuyler |
| May Allison | ... | The Wife's Sister |
| Clifford Bruce | ... | The Friend, Tom |
 | Theda Bara | ... | The Vampire |
| Victor Benoit | ... | One of Her Victims, Reginal Parmalee |
| Frank Powell | ... | The Doctor (as Frank Fowell) |
| Minna Gale | ... | The Doctor's Fiancee |
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67 min
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One of only a handful of Theda Bara films that still exist, the others being The Unchastened Woman (1925), The Stain (1914), East Lynne (1916), and two short comedies she made for Hal Roach in the mid-1920s.
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Revealing mistakes: During the "sunset of happiness" shot, the ocean waves are going in reverse, showing the film has been run backwards.
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Second Victim:
[as a panhandler] See what you made of me, and still you prosper, you hell cat!
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Featured in Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
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The only value this film has for film historians is the presence of an icon (Theda Bara as Vamp). Oddly she looks rather old and unattractive and displays little acting ability. The film is a relatively short morality play about an utterly immoral woman, deliberately planning to ruin the life of a happily married and successful man due to a social snub from his wife. Production value are barely competent - at times quite boring and predictable and hard to sit through. Not recommended.