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Theda Bara: Sex Symbol

• The Atlanta Georgian, 1917 •

An enthusiastic review of the Hollywood silent film, The Tiger Woman (1917) starring the first sex symbol of the silent era, Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman; 1885-1955). This brief review will give the reader a sense as to how uneasily many men must have sat in their seats when she was on screen.

"She is a very tigerish 'Tiger Woman' in this picture. Her heart, her soul, her finger tips, her eyelashes, her rounded arms, her heaving buzzum, all vibrate to a passion for pearls."

Theda Bara retired in 1926, having worked in forty-four films.

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