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Theda Bara

from Digitally by Ally Craig

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I wrote this song many years ago after reading Eve Golden's excellent biography, Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara. Theda was one of Hollywood's first screen sirens, the femme fatale for whom the term 'vamp' was coined. She shot to fame in 1915, starring in 39 films over the course of four years. Only two of those films now exist in complete form - the rest are either lost completely, or exist only as tiny fragments. Of all the people with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Theda Bara is the one with the highest percentage of lost films.

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Nearly all her films are lost
No one knows her name
Theda Bara's got a star
On the walk of fame

Theda
Bara

Every room inside her house
Filled with useless clocks
Some are early, some are late
Most of them have stopped

Theda
Bara
Theda

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from Digitally, released September 3, 2021

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Ally Craig Oxford, UK

Ally Craig is an Oxfordshire-based guitarist, singer and songwriter who probably watches too many old films.

He also leads the avant-punk trio Bug Prentice, featuring Ruth Goller (bass) and Stephen Gilchrist (drums).
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