Theda Bara Vamped through many Fox films. She was born Theodosia Goodman. The name didn't strike the sexiness that she had on screen. Her new stage name was simply Theda as a first name and Arab spelled backwards as a last name. An anagram for Arab Death was the popular legend for her name. The theme for her "Vamp" series of pictures centered around the exotic Arab world. This allowed for really skimpy costumes. Theda Bara once said that she had about 20 costume changes in "Cleopatra" and if she put them all on at once she still couldn't keep warm. William Fox was a brilliant showman and Theda became the first publicity created sex star thanks to his ability to see how to create a star that was bigger than life. Theda Bara became a completely new phenomenon, a mass produced celebrity instantly recognized by millions of people through the images seen on Fox Theater screens.

Almost all of Theda Bara's films are lost. Oddly enough "A Fool ThereWas" is not lost and a DVD comes with this camera . Run time 67 minutes.

This wood camera is a tropical or colonial model Williamson. Tropicals constituted only about five percent of the Williamson factory's entire run of cameras. They have special brass inserts set in the Honduran Mahogany body to allow shrinking and expanding of the wood through out all climates with out cracking.