Theda Bara - Vamp-Flapper-Goth Dark Movie Queen of the 1920's

As the first “vamp” of the silver screen, studios made sure Theda Bara’s private life was Hollywood’s best-kept secret. She rose to stardom under a shroud of mystery, mesmerized audiences with her dark looks, and then disappeared.



When Theda Bara acted in her first film A Fool There Was, she became an overnight sensation—and she did it with just four words. In one of her scenes in the film, her vampiric character seduces a man and then purrs out, “Kiss me, my fool.” It quickly became one of the most iconic and quoted lines around Old Hollywood.