A Fool There Was

A Fool There Was (1915)

Kiss me, my Fool!

John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come along with him. On the ship to England, Schuyler meets the notorious Vampire - a relentless gold digger who causes the moral degradation of those she seduces, first fascinating and then draining the very life from her victims.

Date of release
1915-01-12
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (36)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Drama
Director
Frank Powell

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Florida and Fort Lee

A Fool There Was is a 1915 American silent drama film produced by William Fox, directed by Frank Powell, and starring Theda Bara. Upon release, the film was long considered controversial for such risqué intertitle cards as "Kiss me, my fool!"

Production

The producers were keen to pay tribute to their literary source, having a real actor read the full poem to the audience before each initial showing, and presenting passages of the poem throughout the film in intertitles. Bara's official credit is even "The Vampire", and for this reason the film is sometimes cited as the first "vampire" movie.

The film was the first on-screen appearance of World War I-era film actress May Allison (1890 – 1989).

Scenes ostensibly set in England and Italy were actually shot in the USA: in St. Augustine, Florida, New York Harbor, and at Fox Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, which at the time was home to America's first motion picture industry.

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