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Theda Bara: Stars
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Theda Bara's image has been the symbol of the Chicago International Film Festival. A stark, black and white close up of her eyes set as repeated frames in a strip of film serves as the logo for the nonprofit festival. Only a handful of Theda Bara films still exist: The Stain (1914), A Fool There Was (1915), East Lynne (1916), The Unchastened Woman (1925), and two short comedies she made for Hal Roach in the mid-1920s.[8]
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A chance meeting with an eccentric octogenarian film fan introduced Starr to the world of silent screen legend Theda Bara. Once the biggest silent movie star in the world, Bara appeared in over forty films, of which only two still exist today. Through extensive research into the art of Bara and other neglected silent stars, Starr has reconstructed key scenes from the lost films, with both herself and the film fan taking on the role of ‘Theda’. The work will look at the vicarious nature of the cinematic experience and explore the silent film form through image and live sound.
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In this seminar, Vicki Botnick examines the role of the Hollywood "star system," describing how stars, such as Theda Bara (right), found such great success on the screen and with the public. Examining the careers of various stars from the 1910s to the 1940s, such as Clara Bow and Lana Turner, this seminar explores how the major motion picture studios, publicity departments and the ticket-buying public all contribute to the creation of the Hollywood movie star--both on and off the screen.
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