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 There Was was considered controversial for title cards such as: "Kiss me, my fool!"
Theda Bara -- what a woman! Only in the silents could there have been such a vamp!
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