Under the Wing of Hollywood's First Femme Fatale
by
Joan Craig, Beverly F. Stout
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
As movie patrons sat in darkened theaters in January 1914, they were mesmerized by an alluring temptress with long sable hair and kohl-rimmed eyes. Theda Bara—“the vamp,” as she would come to be known—would soon be one of the highest paid film stars of the 1910s, earning an unheard of $4,000...