Theda Bara is a lot of things: She is one of the three pairs of eyes of the Chicago International Film Festival Logo, starred in the two most expensive and lavish productions of the silent film era, essentially created Fox Studios with her work, was the first sex symbols of the film era, and donned the most revealing costumes of Old Hollywood. Most of all, though, she was the first vamp in movie history and created this type of woman.
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