The debut film of Theda Bara, the silent screen's first great vamp, A FOOL THERE WAS is an outrageous sexual melodrama about a good man gone wrong.
The US government dispatches John Schuyler (Edward Jose), a wealthy and respected middle-aged lawyer, on a diplomatic mission to England. His loving wife (Mabel Fremyear) and small daughter (Runa Hodges) are unable to accompany him. A heartless "vampire" (Theda Bara), who lives by seducing,
exploiting, and discarding rich men, reads about Schuyler's appointment and books passage on the Gigantic, the same ocean liner that will carry Schuyler overseas. She is followed on board by her latest victim, young Parmale...
Released:
1915
Rated:
NR
Length:
59 mins