Salomé (Fox Film, 1918). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. Trimmed Lobby Card (11" X 14") & Lobby Cards (2) (11" X 14").. ... (Total: 3 Items)

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Salomé (Fox Film, 1918). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. Trimmed Lobby Card (11" X 14") & Lobby Cards (2) (11" X 14").
Offered are three extremely rare lobby cards from Salomé, (a lost film), directed by J. Gordon Edwards, based on the Biblical story of Salome, King Herod, and John the Baptist. It starred Theda Bara - 'Serpent of the Nile' and 'Siren supreme of the screen' - who was not the offspring of an Arab sheik and a French woman nor of Egyptian of royal lineage as Fox publicists claimed, but born Theodosia Goodman in Cincinnati, Ohio. The movie also starred G. Raymond Nye (King Herod), Alan Roscoe (John the Baptist), Herbert Hayes, and Bertram Grassby. Salomé was subject to restrictions and cuts by censorship boards though it remained a sensation. "Miss Bara wore an elaborate 'costume'... rich and glittering and scant." All three cards have excellent images of Theda Bara. The linen backed card has been trimmed, replacing the bottom border edge, with corner bends, creases, small tear, pin holes, with two chips to right and left border edge. One card has two strips of tape backing creases.


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