Theda Bara is often referenced as the first sex symbol, or the first celebrity to have an entire persona crafted by a PR team. Photos of her are synonymous with the word vamp, and 100 years later, still have a certain mysterious appeal. But what was she really like?
Research:
<ul>
<li>&ldquo;Theda Bara at Quimby&rsquo;s.&rdquo; The Times Recorded. Oct. 26, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/284870168/?terms=%22theda%20bara%22%20%22Louella%20parsons%22&match=1</li>
<li>&ldquo;Gordon Theater.&rdquo; Democrat and Chronicle. Jan. 10, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/135289009/?terms=%22theda%20bara%22&match=1</li>
<li>&ldquo;An Interviewer Sees Theda Bara, the Mysterious.&rdquo; Waco Morning News. Nov. 5, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/43896475/?terms=%22theda%20bara%22&match=1</li>
<li>Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Theda Bara".&nbsp;Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theda-Bara</li>
<li>Wasserman, Suzanne. &ldquo;Theda Bara.&rdquo; Jewish Women&rsquo;s Archive. The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bara-theda</li>
<li>Golden, Eve. &ldquo;Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara.&rdquo; Vestal Press. 1998.</li>
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