Lure of Ambition (1919)

There are women who would barter their souls for luxuries and a fine time. Is There One in Your Life?

Theda Bara plays the social-climbing Olga Dolan, who becomes the Duchess of Rutledge by means of deception and sheer ruthlessness. Sadly, Bara, who had more or less single-handedly begun the "vamp" craze with the prototype of the genre, A Fool There Was, went out with little more than a whisper. She left films after the ironically titled The Lure of Ambition, and was lured back only twice, in: The Unchastened Woman (1925), a poverty row concoction which had few takers, and Madame Mystery (1926)

Year

1919

Country

Language

English

Release date

16 November 1919

TMDB

10.0 (1)

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