

A lost silent epic where Theda Bara dies for love — literally.
The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically takes the bullet herself.
Acting
Theda Bara's swan song as the ultimate sacrificing woman.
Production
Lost Fox epic — only stills and fragments survive.
Costume
Bara's Cigarette: military mascot chic meets tragic heroine.
Director
J. Gordon Edwards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Only fragments survive in the Library of Congress — the rest is truly, permanently lost to time.
Bara was Fox's biggest star until studio execs sabotaged her over contract disputes — this film marks her decline.