Theda Bara, My Mentor
Under the Wing of Hollywood's First Femme Fatale| By: | Joan Craig; Beverly F. Stout |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Print ISBN: | 9781476662831 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781476622873 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2016 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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As movie patrons sat in darkened theaters in January 1914, they were mesmerized by an alluring temptress with long sable hair and kohl-rimmed eyes. Theda Bara--"the vamp," as she would come to be known--would soon be one of the highest paid film stars of the 1910s, earning an unheard of $4,000 per week, before retiring from the screen in 1926. In 1946, at age five, the author met Bara--then 61--at her Beverly Hills home and the actress became her mentor. This memoir is the story of their friendship.