Theda Bara's lost vamp masterpiece — 60 minutes of silent sin that vanished forever.
Peasant girl Vania is assaulted by a duke who murders her lover and sends her away to London.
Acting
Theda Bara invented the vamp archetype — all kohl and catastrophe.
Direction
Raoul Walsh's earliest surviving credit, before becoming a legend.
Costume
Bara's serpent-inspired looks defined 1910s exoticism.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Theda Bara was born Theodosia Goodman in Cincinnati — the studio invented 'Arabian' ancestry whole cloth.
Only fragments survive after the 1937 Fox vault fire; most 'lost film' lists cite this as the most sought-after silent.
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