A Fool There Was Part 2

(1915 - Silent) A distinguished New York diplomat abandons family, friends and honour in his pursuit of a vampirish seductress.

Theda Bara - The Vampire
Edward Jose - John Schuyler
Mabel Frenyear - Kate Schuyler
Runa Hodges - The Child
May Allison - Wife's Sister
Clifford Bruce - The Friend
Victor Benoit - Reginal Parmalee
Frank Powell - The Doctor
Minna Gale - The Doctor's Fiancee
Creighton Hale - Bit Part

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Theda
• Bara
• vamp
• vampire
• adultrey
• sin
• melodrama
• silent
• film
• 1915
• Rudyard
• Kipling
• femme
• fatale

[MsCatfeet]

Rock bands were not the first to trash hotel rooms!

[EmpressJudge13]

@LadyVanHelsing713 Oh the Code was definitely around then, but it was almost impossible to enforce, so the filmmakers (and actors) were essentially doing what they pleased while occasionally paying the code lip service. It wasn't actually enforced until about June of 1934.

[LadyVanHelsing713]

@EmpressJudge13 Hmm... I remember censors went nuts over some horror films, but that was in the 20s, so the code probably was put in place late-1910s, early 1920s. (I remember "The Man Who Laughs" ran into trouble because Olga Baclanova's character showed her whole leg on camera—not just up to her knee as was generally common)

[EmpressJudge13]

@LadyVanHelsing713 It was a pre-code film, so it's not like anyone was rushing in to censor them.

[LadyVanHelsing713]

Geez... That one sleeve always coming down on her nightdress... how could they get away with a bare breast, even if her hair was in the way? (2:20-3:32)