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A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was may refer to: * ''A Fool There Was'' (1914 film) or ''She Wanted a Car'', a comedy directed by Frank Griffin and featuring Oliver Hardy * ''A Fool There Was'' (1915 film), a melodrama directed by Frank Powell and starring Theda Bara * ''A Fool There Was'' (1922 film), a remake of the 1915 film, directed by Emmett J. Flynn * ''A Fool There Was'' (play), a 1909 play by Porter Emerson Browne, basis for the 1915 and 1922 films {{disambiguation ...
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A Fool There Was (1915 Film)
''A Fool There Was'' is an American silent drama film produced by William Fox, directed by Frank Powell, and starring Theda Bara. Released in 1915, the film was long considered controversial for such risqué intertitle cards as "Kiss me, my fool!" ''A Fool There Was'' is one of the few extant films featuring Theda Bara. It popularised the word '' vamp'' (short for vampire), which describes a ''femme fatale'' who causes the moral degradation of those she seduces, first fascinating and then exhausting her victims. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot John Schuyler ( Edward José), a rich Wall Street lawyer and diplomat, is a husband and a devoted family man. He is sent to England on a diplomatic mission without his wife and daughter. On the ship he meets the " Vampire woman" ( Theda Bara) – a psychic vampire described as "a wom ...
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A Fool There Was (1914 Film)
''A Fool There Was'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Jerold T. Hevener, Frank Griffin, and Mabel Paige, with Oliver Hardy in a small role.''The Lubin Bulletin'', vol. 1, no. 16 (September 30, 1914), p. 6
Rob Stone, ''Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver "Babe" Hardy'' (Temecula, CA: Split Reel Books, 1996), pp. 30–31. The title was changed to ''She Wanted a Car'' as a result of a lawsuit filed by the owners of the 1909 stage play ''A Fool There Was'' by Porter Emerson Browne.


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A Fool There Was (1922 Film)
''A Fool There Was'' is a 1922 American drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and written by Bernard McConville. It is based on the 1909 play ''A Fool There Was'' by Porter Emerson Browne. The film stars Estelle Taylor, Lewis Stone, Irene Rich, Muriel Frances Dana, Marjorie Daw and Mahlon Hamilton. It was released on June 18, 1922, by Fox Film Corporation and is considered a lost film. Plot Cast *Estelle Taylor as Gilda Fontaine *Lewis Stone as John Schuyler *Irene Rich as Mrs. Schuyler *Muriel Frances Dana as Muriel Schuyler * Marjorie Daw as Nell Winthrop *Mahlon Hamilton as Tom Morgan *Wallace MacDonald Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891 – 30 October 1978) was a Canadian silent film actor and film producer. Biography MacDonald was born in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada, and attended school in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He started as a mes ... as Avery Parmelee * William V. Mong as Boggs *Harry Lonsdale as Parks References External links * {{DE ...
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A Fool There Was may refer to: * ''A Fool There Was'' (1914 film) or ''She Wanted a Car'', a comedy directed by Frank Griffin and featuring Oliver Hardy * ''A Fool There Was'' (1915 film), a melodrama directed by Frank Powell and starring Theda Bara * ''A Fool There Was'' (1922 film), a remake of the 1915 film, directed by Emmett J. Flynn * ''A Fool There Was'' (play), a 1909 play by Porter Emerson Browne, basis for the 1915 and 1922 films {{disambiguation ...
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