Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on May 3, 2011

A Fool There Was (1915). Is a silent film, directed by Frank Powell. Cast: Theda Bara, one of the first sex symbols of the early 20th century. Bara plays a vamp who uses her charms to seduce and corrupt a moral Wall Street lawyer, John Schuyler (Edward Jose). A Fool...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on May 2, 2011

“A Fool There Was” (1915) is a silent drama starring Theda Bara, Edward Jose, Mabel Frenyear, and May Allison. Directed by Frank Powell, this film was inspired by both the Rudyard Kipling poem, “A Fool There Was” and the Sir Philip Burne-Jones painting, “The Vampire.&   read more