A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
00047
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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A FOOL THERE WAS (1914) 33 The cycle of vampire pictures went merrily on its way, greatly abetted by a new producer, William Fox. Having undertaken to produce a picture suggested by a line of Kipling, "A fool there was," Fox was prevailed upon by his director, Frank Powell, to cast an unknown— Theodosia Goodman— as the vamp. Here she is, in A Fool There Was, with Edward Jose —but not under that name. ABOVE RIGHT Let's face it: who ever heard of a vampire named Theodosia Goodman? So Theodosia became Theda, and Goodman was swapped for another family name, Barranger. The result, Theda Bara, vamped her way through some forty Fox pictures in the next three years, establishing a box-office name that was a boon to exhibitors and an unending source of worry to the censors. Above, Theda meets an old admirer on the docks in A Fool There Was. BELCW Here is Miss Steadman in Jack London's The Valley of the Moon, as made in 1914. Playing opposite her is Jack Conway, a young actor who later became one of M-G-M's ace directors.