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New Fragment of legendary 'lost' film CLEOPATRA (1917) Found in Coney Island.
The hosts (Jack Garcia & Rev. Hal Shaw) of the popular alternative media program God Rock Radio stumbled across the historical clip at a local book exchange on a mislabeled video tape.
Unlike the 30 second fragment shown on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES this newly unearthed footage featuresfluid camera movement and classic silent screen pantomime acting. Theda Bara was the screen's first sex symbol and made over 40 films, sadly only 2 complete features are known to exist.
"We contacted over a dozen film archives" said Writer/Director Jack Garcia,"but they didn't bother to return our phone calls or e-mails. I don't think they believed us, so we decided to make it available to the public".
New Fragment of legendary 'lost' film CLEOPATRA (1917) Found in Coney Island.
The hosts (Jack Garcia & Rev. Hal Shaw) of the popular alternative media program God Rock Radio stumbled across the historical clip at a local book exchange on a mislabeled video tape.
Unlike the 30 second fragment shown on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES this newly unearthed footage featuresfluid camera movement and classic silent screen pantomime acting. Theda Bara was the screen's first sex symbol and made over 40 films, sadly only 2 complete features are known to exist.
"We contacted over a dozen film archives" said Writer/Director Jack Garcia,"but they didn't bother to return our phone calls or e-mails. I don't think they believed us, so we decided to make it available to the public".
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geniuswaitress
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July 1, 2018
Subject: Misrepresentation
Subject: Misrepresentation
Not Theda Bara, as others have pointed out, and doesn't even remotely resemble her (as the photo of Theda Bara that has been inserted into this footage makes clear).
Just an excerpt from a Betty Blythe film that is not lost.
Is there a process for getting something like this removed from the site, or at least correctly identified?
Just an excerpt from a Betty Blythe film that is not lost.
Is there a process for getting something like this removed from the site, or at least correctly identified?
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July 20, 2011
Subject: Not Theda Bara....but Betty Blythe
Subject: Not Theda Bara....but Betty Blythe
This is an interesting and rare clip, though it has been seen before, I believe. I checked with the man who knows more about CLEOPATRA (1917) than anyone else in the world: historian Philip Dye. He has assembled every known still photo, showing every known costume from the film. Philip says this clip is from THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (1921). This SHOULD have been a Theda Bara film, but Theda and Wm Fox fell out over money in 1919, and so Betty Blythe got to work with Theda's co-star from CLEO, and Theda's director. The entire film of THE QUEEN OF SHEBA is not known to survive... so this is a very interesting clip, but it's not CLEO and it's not Theda. Sorry, guys.
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