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“To be good is to be forgotten. I’m going to be so bad I’ll always be remembered.” Uttered by the original vamp, Theda Bara

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by Vickie Lester on August 14, 2015
Categories: Art, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Theater, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: most of Theda Bara's films lost in fire, Theda Bara, Theda Bara in "Sin" (1915), To be good is to be forgotten. I'm going to be so bad I'll always be remembered. Theda Bara

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anisioluiz2008

Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.

August 14, 2015 at 12:07 pm

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A Pondering Mind

She was from my native city of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

August 14, 2015 at 12:16 pm

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First Night Design

Reblogged this on Rogues & Vagabonds.

August 14, 2015 at 2:31 pm

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Heather in Arles

Damn. Different times…

August 14, 2015 at 2:59 pm

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