Lure of Ambition (1919)
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)
Director: Edmund Lawrence
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Theda Bara as Olga Dolan |
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Thurlow Bergen as Duke of Rutledge |
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William B. Davidson as Hon. Cyril Ralston |
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Dan Mason as Sylvester Dolan |
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Ida Waterman as Duchess |
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Amelia Gardner as Lady Constance Bromey |
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Robert Paton Gibbs as Miguel Lopez |
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Dorothy Drake as Muriel Ralston |
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Peggy Parr as Minna Dolan |
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Tammany Young as Dan Hicks |
| Directing | Edmund Lawrence | Director |
| Writing | Julia Burnham | Story |
| Writing | Edmund Lawrence | Writer |
