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Theda Bara (/ ˈ θ iː d ə ˈ b ær ə / THEE-də BARR-ə; [1] born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols.
Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson [1] (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award.
Sadie Thompson is a 1928 American silent drama film that tells the story of a "fallen woman" who comes to Pago Pago to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco.
Rain is a 1932 pre-Code drama film that stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson. Directed by Lewis Milestone and set in the South Seas , the production was filmed in part at Santa Catalina Island and what is now Crystal Cove State Park in California.
Prince Ross Marino/Getty Images Prince’s iconic Purple Rain is being adapted for Broadway. The 1984 film, which marked the musician’s acting debut, grossed close to $100 million worldwide and ...
The Girl in the Rain is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and starring Anne Cornwall, Lloyd Bacon and Jessalyn Van Trump. [1] Plot
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Clara Gordon Bow (/ b oʊ /; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929.