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WILLIAM FARNUM IN "THE PLUNDERER"
1Q 1 C Fox was forging ahead as one of the leading film W ' W companies, and this year their prestige soared when they released "A Fool There Was" with Theda Bara in the leading role. She became famous overnight. "A Fool There Was" had been a stage play which had been evolved from Kipling's poem "The Vampire." The word "vamp" became a household word and Theda Bara became the most famous vampire on the screen and a great box office attraction. She made 40 pictures for Fox in three years, or more than one a month. A legend, built in a press agent's mind, had Miss Bara born in the shadow of the Sphinx, the daughter of a French artist and his Arab mistress. She was born Theodosia Goodman in Cincinnati of a nice middle-class family. As Theodosia De Coppett she had some stage experience and played a small part in Pathe's film "The Stain" before shooting to stardom. She appeared also this year in a version of "Carmen" in direct competition with Geraldine Farrar, and "The Two Orphans" with Jean Sothern and Herbert Brenon who subsequently became a famous director. Another Fox star who was on the ascent was William Farnum. Fox also contracted Nance O'Neil and Robert B. Mantell, famous stage stars, Betty Nansen, well-known Danish actress, and Valeska Suratt who had made her film debut for Lasky earlier in the year. Biograph Company was nearing the end of its existence. It was still releasing one and two-reelers with an occasional three-reel feature such as "Under Two Flags," "Jane Eyre" and "Dora." Their players included Alan Hale, Louise Vale, Franklin Ritchie and Gretchen Hartman. Thanhouser, besides "Zudora" its serial, was still releasing mostly oneand two-reel pictures. Florence LaBadie, Marguerite Snow, James Cruze and Harry Benham were their top stars.
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VALESKA SURATT, JANE LEE IN "SOUL OF BROADWAY"
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WILLIAM FARNUM
BETTY NANSEN
NANCE O'NEIL
ROBERT MANTELL
FOX PHOTOPLAYS AND PLAYERS