Friday, January 14, 2011

"Kiss Me, My Fool"

"Kiss Me, My Fool" ~ The Vampire

The storyline is familiar today ... evil woman seduces a good (but weak) man. Can you think of any other movies with a similar plot?


Here are three options to view the film.

Title: A Fool There Was (1915)
Stars:  Theda Bara, Edward José, May Allison, Victor Benoit, Runa Hodges, Clifford Bruce, Mabel Frenyear 
Movie rating: NR
Length: 67 minutes



Watch the film (no music) in its entirety, courtesy of the Internet Archive:

Animated Images from Internet Archive


View "A Fool There Was/Theda Bara" playlist YouTube.com:
(Includes film in 7 parts with piano score, courtesy of urialle).





Purchase the "A Fool There Was" DVD.

It comes with the following cool special features:

~ A piano score that compliments the film
~ Text of Rudyard Kipling's "The Vampire" (read before the film was screened)
~ Excerpt from Terry Ramsaye's "Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture Through 1925 (A Touchstone book)"
~ 1915 review of the film
~ Photo gallery of actress Theda Bara

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