Clifford Bruce, Edward Jose, Mabel Frenyear, May Allison, Runa Hodges ...( see more  see more... ) , Theda Bara , Victor Benoit

Theda Bara, one of only a few sex symbols in the early 1900s, stars in this 1915 silent film classic featuring the original organ score. Bara plays a vamp who uses her charms to seduce and corrupt a m...( read more  read more... )oral Wall Street lawyer, John Schuyler (Edward Jose). A Fool There Was was long considered controversial for such risque title cards as "Kiss me, my fool!"

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Unrated, 67 min.

Directed by: Frank Powell

Release Date: January 1, 1915

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DVD Release Date: April 2, 2002

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  • March 18, 2009
    Obviously it's an early silent and possesses a continuity that adheres to that so it does retain a certain disorientation. But if watch it through you get a strange and interesting story. Theda Bera alone, though, has a really undeniable presence and pull. Plus you got a groundbr...( read more)eaking story for the time about a "Vamp" that although doesn't suck out a man's blood, but sucks out his life for seemingly no gain other than the pleasure of causing his destruction.
  • September 11, 2008
    Theda Bara is the best!
  • June 15, 2008
    Great mimic, great costumes. The end really reminds me of the early german movies, when the male lead gets mad in the end by drug abuse. But here is Theda the drug!
  • January 21, 2007
    wanna see it i cant wAIT LOL !!!

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  • (2003) My name is Andie and I am a writer for one of the top woman's magazines out there. I have to do this article about the relationship between men and women, and I have to pick out this guy to fool. Little did I know that he was trying to con me too. What movie did I describe?  Answer »

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