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Director:
Frank Powell
Writers:
Rudyard Kipling (poem)
Porter Emerson Browne (play)
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Release Date:
January 1915 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A married diplomat falls hopelessly under the spell of a predatory woman. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A Fool There Was was mainly of interest to me because of Theda Bara more (12 total)

Cast

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Runa Hodges ... The Child
Mabel Frenyear ... Kate Schuyler (Fool's wife)
Edward José ... The Husband, John Schuyler
May Allison ... The Wife's Sister
Clifford Bruce ... The Friend, Tom

Theda Bara ... The Vampire
Victor Benoit ... One of Her Victims, Reginal Parmalee
Frank Powell ... The Doctor (as Frank Fowell)
Minna Gale ... The Doctor's Fiancee
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
67 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
UK:R
Filming Locations:
Fox/Willat Studio, Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA more
Company:
William Fox Vaudeville Company more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of only a handful of Theda Bara films that still exist, the others being The Unchastened Woman (1925), The Stain (1914), East Lynne (1916), and two short comedies she made for Hal Roach in the mid-1920s. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the "sunset of happiness" shot, the ocean waves are going in reverse, showing the film has been run backwards. more
Quotes:
The Vampire: Kiss me, my Fool! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in From Hare to Eternity (1997) more

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A Fool There Was was mainly of interest to me because of Theda Bara, 21 June 2008
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Author: tavm from Baton Rouge, La.

I've been frequenting YouTube a lot lately in order to search for various movies I'd like to see that happen to be in the public domain (and many that aren't that haven't been taken off). Many of these movies are shown in segments that last little more than ten minutes each though there are some exceptions like this one that was shown in its one hour, seven minute entirety. It's one of the few surviving films of Theda Bara who is a pioneer as an alluring sex symbol of the movies. Here she likes to take happily married rich men and play with their emotions for the fun of it. Having said all that, while I found Ms. Bara's vamping pretty entertaining near the end, the first 30 minutes of A Fool There Was almost put me to sleep since that time mainly concerned the man she was fooling with's family. It probably didn't help that many messages that were shown on screen were mainly blurry. So for that, I'd only recommend A Fool There Was for any silent movie buff out there. P.S. This is the one with the famous inter-title card "Kiss Me, You Fool!"

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