Comments on: A FOOL THERE WAS – Theda Bara http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/a-fool-there-was-theda-bara-frank-powell/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Greta de Groathttp://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/a-fool-there-was-theda-bara-frank-powell/#comment-326572 Greta de Groat Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:27:57 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=2549#comment-326572 This is a pretty primitive film, but i have to admit i love it. I was surprised when i first saw it to find that she was not only just slinking around vamping the guys (though a lot less of this than i expected), but that she was so bitchy as well. She's not only mean to her victims, she's mean to servants and mean to kids. And she has atrocious fashion sense. And i loved the vamp dance party. She was a lot more fun than i had expected. And her victims are such losers it's hard to generate any sympathy for them. Especially Edward Jose groveling at her feet when his family shows up. Maybe--dare i say it--that this film might be more enjoyable for women, kind of a guilty pleasure film. You go, Theda! It's such a shame that there isn't much more surviving of her career than this. She looks great in Unchastened Woman, but it's only a so-so film. This is a pretty primitive film, but i have to admit i love it. I was surprised when i first saw it to find that she was not only just slinking around vamping the guys (though a lot less of this than i expected), but that she was so bitchy as well. She's not only mean to her victims, she's mean to servants and mean to kids. And she has atrocious fashion sense. And i loved the vamp dance party. She was a lot more fun than i had expected. And her victims are such losers it's hard to generate any sympathy for them. Especially Edward Jose groveling at her feet when his family shows up. Maybe–dare i say it–that this film might be more enjoyable for women, kind of a guilty pleasure film. You go, Theda!

It's such a shame that there isn't much more surviving of her career than this. She looks great in Unchastened Woman, but it's only a so-so film.

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