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Art Acord in Cleopatra
1917
Art Acord as the Egyptian Kephren from the 1917 Fox production of Cleopatra.
Harry Hilliard and Theda Bara in "Romeo and Juliet"
1916
Romeo (played by Harry Hilliard), on his knees, clasps Juliet's (Theda Bara) hand in a romantic scene still in the Fox production "Romeo and Juliet" (Fox 1916).
Theda Bara and William B. Davidson in Scene Still
1919
A missionary from New England, Winthrop Stark (played by William B. Davidson), professes his love to Princess Zara (Theda Bara in a grass skirt) on the South Sea island of Kolpee in a scene still f...
Publicity still of Theda Bara
1918
In this publicity still for the 1918 Fox silent drama "The She-Devil," Theda Bara poses outdoors with cherries hanging from her lips and four giant pom-poms hanging from her hat.
Theda Bara and another actor in a scene still
1918
Lolette, the Spanish peasant girl (played by Theda Bara) uses a knife to defend herself from a middle aged man in a scene still for the silent drama "The She-Devil." She wears a Spanish dancing cos...
Enid Markey, Fritz von Hardenberg, and George Walsh
1917
Princess Alexia (played by Enid Markey in an elaborately decorated dress and wearing a crown) marches arm in arm with Dick Mason (George Walsh) in a scene still from the 1917 Fox production "The Ya...