The
Stain (Eclectic
Film Co./Pathe-Freres, 1914) - Cast: Edward Jose, Thurlow Bergen, Virginia
Pearson, Eleanor Woodruff and Samuel Ryan. Directed by Frank Powell.
Note: Theda appeared as an extra in this film
under the name Theodosia deCoppett. Virginia Pearson and Theda would
become screen rivals in the "vamp" genre in the coming years.
A
Fool There Was
(Fox, 1915) - Cast: Edward Jose, May Allison, Clifford Bruce, Mabel
Fremyear, Victor Benoit, Runa Hodges, Mina Gale, Frank Powell and Creighton
Hale. Directed by Frank Powell.
Note: Fox remade this in 1922
with Estelle Taylor as the vamp. As much as Theda felt wrongly typecast
as a vamp, she took secret delight that the remake was a flop. One of
Theda's four surviving films.
The
Kreutzer Sonata (Fox,
1915) - Cast: Nance O'Neil, William E. Shay and Mimi Yvonne. Directed
by Herbert Brenon.
The
Clemenceau Case (Fox,
1915) - Cast: William E. Shay, Mrs. Allen Walker, Stuart Holmes, Jane
Lee, Mrs. Cecil Raleigh, Frank Goldsmith and Sidney Shields. Directed
by Herbert Brenon.
The
Devil's Daughter
(Fox, 1915) - Cast: Paul Doucet, Victor Benoit, Robert Wayne, Jane Lee,
Doris Haywood, Jane Miller, Elaine Evans, Edouard Durad and Clifford
Bruce. Directed by Frank Powell.
Lady
Audley's Secret (Fox,
1915) - Cast: Clifford Bruce, William Riley Hatch, Stephen Gratten and
Warner Richmond. Directed by Marshall Farnum.
The Two Orphans (Fox,
1915) - Cast: Jean Southern, William E. Shay, Herbert Brenon, Gertrude
Berkley, Frank Goldsmith, E.L. Fernandez, Sheridan Block, Mrs. Cecil
Raleigh and John Daley Murphy. Directed by Herbert Brenon. Note:
This film was remade in 1921 by D.W. Griffith as Orphans of the Storm.
It starred Lillian and Dorothy Gish.
Sin
(Fox, 1915) - Cast: William E. Shay, Warner Oland, Mrs. Louise Rial
and Henry Leone. Directed by Herbert Brenon.
Carmen (Fox,
1915) - Cast: Einar Linden, Carl Harbaugh, James A. Marcus, Elsie McCloud,
Fay Tunis, Emil de Varney and Joesph P. Green. Directed by Raoul A.
Walsh.
The
Galley Slave
(Fox, 1915) - Cast: Stuart Holmes, Claire Whitney, Lillian Lawrence,
Jane Lee, Ben Hendricks, Hardee Kirklin, Henry Leone and A.H. Van Buren.
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Destruction (Fox,
1915) - Cast: Joseph Furney, Carlton Macey, Esther H. Hoier, Warner
Oland, J. Herbert Frank, Frank Evans, Arthur Morrison, Gaston Bell,
Master Tansey and J. Walker. Directed by Will S. Davis
The
Serpent
(Fox, 1916) - Cast: George Walsh, James Marcus, Lillian Hathaway, Charles
Craig, Carl Harbaugh, Nan Carter, Marcel Morhange and Ben Nedell. Directed
by Raoul A. Walsh.
Gold
and the Woman (Fox,
1916) - Cast: H. Cooper Cliffe, Alma Hanlon, Harry Hilliard, Chief Black
Eagle, Jude Hurley, Caroline Harris, Ted Griffin, Louis Stern, James
Sheehan, Carlton Macey, Frank Whitson, Pauline Barry and Carter B. Harkness.
Directed by James Vincent.
The
Eternal Sapho
(Fox, 1916) - Cast: Warner Oland, Frank Norcross, George MacQuarrie.
Walter Lewis, Hattie Delano, James Cooley, Einar Linden, Mary Martin,
Kittens Reichert and Caroline Harris. Directed by Bertram Bracken.
East
Lynne
(Fox, 1916) - Cast: Claire Whitney, Stuard Holmes, William H. Tooker,
Stanhope Wheatcroft, Ben Deely, Eugenie Woodward, H.F. Hoffman, James
O'Connor, Emily Fitzroy, Loel Stewart, Elden Stewart, Frank Norcross,
Ethel Fleming, H. Evans and Velma Whitman. Directed by Bertram Bracken.
Note: One of Theda's four surviving films.
Under
Two Flags (Fox,
1916) - Cast: Herbert Heyes, Stuart Holmes, Stanhope Wheatcroft, Joseph
Crehan, Charles Craig and Claire Whitney. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Note: This was Theda's favorite film role.
Her
Double Life
(Fox, 1916) - Cast: Stuart Holmes, A.H. Van Buren, Walter Law, Madeleine
Le Nard, Carey Lee, Katherine Lee, Lucia Moore, Franklin Hanna and Jane
Lee. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Romeo and Juliet
(Fox, 1916) - Cast: Harry Hilliard, Glen White, Walter Law, John Webb
Dillon, Einar Linden, Edwin Eaton, Edwin Holt, Alice Gale, Victory Bateman,
Helen Tracy, Jane Lee and Katherine Lee. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
The Vixen (Fox,
1916) - Cast: Mary Martin, A.H. Van Buren, Herbert Heyes, George Clarke,
Carl Gerard, George Odell, Jane Lee and Katherine Lee. Directed by J.
Gordon Edwards.
The Darling of Paris
(Fox, 1917) - Cast: Glen White, Walter Law, Herbert Heyes, Carey Lee,
Alice Gale, John Webb Dillon and Louis Dean. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
The Tiger Woman
(Fox, 1917) - Cast: E.F. Rogerman, Glen White, Mary Martin, John Webb
Dillion, Louis Dean, Emil De Varney, Herbert Heyes, Edwin Holt, Florence
Martin, Kate Blanke, George Clarke and Kittens Reichert. Directed by
J. Gordon Edwards.
Her Greatest Love
(Fox, 1917) - Cast: Glenn White, Harry Hilliard, Walter Law, Marie Curtis,
Alice Gale and Callie Torres. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Heart and Soul
(Fox, 1917) - Cast: Harry Hilliard, Glen White, Claire Whitney, Walter
Law, Edwin Holt, John Webb Dillon, Alice Gale, Kittens Reichert and
Margaret Laird. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Camille (Fox, 1917)
- Cast: Albert Roscoe, Walter Law, Glen White, Alice Gale and Claire
Whitney. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Cleopatra (Fox, 1917) - Cast: Fritz Leiber, Thurston
Hall, Albert Roscoe, Genevieve Blinn, Henry de Vries, Dorothy Drake,
Dell Duncan, Hector V. Sarno, Herschel Mayall, Dorothy Blake, Helen
Tracy, Alfred W. Fremont and Art Acord. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Note: Art Acord was one of the greatest cowboy stuntmen of the
silver screen.
The Rose of Blood
(Fox, 1917) - Cast: Richard Ordynski, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall,
Marie Keirnan, Bert Turner, Genevieve Blinn, Joe King and Hector V.
Sarno. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Madame Du Barry (Fox,
1917) - Cast: Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall, Fred Church, Genevieve
Blinn, Willard Louis, Hector V. Sarno, Dorothy Drake, Rosita Marstini,
Joe King, James Conley and Alfred W. Fremont. Directed by J. Gordon
Edwards.
The Forbidden Path
(Fox, 1918) - Cast: Hugh Thompson, Sidney Mason, Walter Law,
Florence Martin, Wynne Hope Allen, Alphonse Ethier, Lisle Leigh and
Reba Porter. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
The Soul of Buddha
(Fox, 1918) - Cast: Hugh Thompson, Victor Kennard, Anthony Merlow, Florence
Martin, Jack Ridgway and Henry Warwick. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Under the Yoke (Fox,
1918) - Cast: Albert Roscoe, G. Raymond Nye, E.B. Tilton and Carrie
Clark Ward. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Salome
(Fox, 1918) - Cast: G. Raymond Nye, Albert Roscoe, Bertram Grassby,
Herbert Heyes, Genevieve Blinn, Vera Doria and Alfred W. Fremont. Directed
by J. Gordon Edwards. Note: This film and Cleopatra are probably
the two most famous of Theda's lost films.
When a Woman Sins
(Fox, 1918) - Cast: Albert Roscoe, Joseph Swickard, Ogden
Crane, Alfred W. Fremont, Jack Rollens and Genevieve Blinn. Directed
by J. Gordon Edwards.
The She-Devil
(Fox, 1918) - Cast: Albert Roscoe, Frederick Bond and George A. McDaniel.
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
The Light
(Fox, 1919) - Cast: Eugene Ormande, Robert Walker, George Revenant and
Florence Martin. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
When Men Desire
(Fox, 1919) - Cast: Flemming Ward, G. Raymond Nye, Florence Martin,
Maude Hill, Edward Elkas. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
The Siren's Song
(Fox, 1919) - Cast: Alfred W. Fremont, Ruth Handworth, L.C. Shumway,
Albert Roscoe, Paul Weigel and Carrie Clark Ward. Directed by J. Gordon
Edwards.
A Woman There Was
(Fox, 1919) - Cast: William B. Davidson, Robert Elliot, Claude
Payton and John Ardizoni. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards.
Kathleen Mavourneen
(Fox, 1919) - Cast: Edward O'Connor, Jennie Dickenson, Raymond McKee,
Marc McDermott, Marcia Harris, Henry Hallam, Harry Gripp and Morgan
Thorpe. Directed by Charles J. Brabin. Note: Director Charles
Brabin eventually married Theda Bara in June, 1921. Their marriage lasted
33 years until her death in 1955.
La Belle Russe
(Fox, 1919) - Cast: Warburton Gamble, Marian Stewart, Robert Lee Keeling,
William B. Davidson, Alice Wilson, Robert Vivian and Lewis Broughton.
Directed by Charles J. Brabin.
The
Lure of Ambition (Fox, 1919) - Cast: Thurlow Bergen,
William B. Davidson, Dan Mason, Ida Waterman, Amelia Gardner, Robert
Paton Gibbs, Dorothy Drake and Tammany Young. Directed by Edmund Lawrence.
The
Unchastened Woman
(Chadwick Pictures Corporation, 1925) - Cast: Wyndham Standing, Dale
Fuller, John Miljan, Eileen Percy, Dot Farley, Harry Northrup, Mayme
Kelso, Kate Price, Eric Mayne and Frederic Kovert. Directed by James
Young. Note: One of Theda's four surviving films.
Madame
Mystery (Hal Roach/Pathe, 1926) - Cast: James Finlayson,
Tyler Brooke, Oliver Hardy, Fred Malatesta, Sam Brooks, R.E. Madeson
and Martha Sleeper. Directed by Richard Wallace and Stan Laurel.
Note: One of Theda's four surviving films. Oliver Hardy appears
almost unrecognizable as Captain Schmaltz (who seems to be stuck in
a trunk).
Sources:
• American Film Institute Catalogue 1911 - 1920 (R.R.
Bowker, 1971)
• A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, by Daniel Blum
(Grosset and Dunlap, 1953)
• 80
Silent Film Stars, by George Katchmer
• Filmographies by R.E. Braff (McFarland, 1991)
• Vamp:
The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara, by Eve Golden (Emprise Publishing,
1996)
• Who's
Who in Hollywood, by David Ragan (Arlington House, 1976)