September 23rd, 2009 -- by Bacchus
Theda Bara Sees YOU!
This still of legendary silent film star Theda Bara is notable both for her eerie penetrating gaze and (especially if you look at the detail available in the large version at Kinky Delight) for the degree to which her “bra” could be identified as the inspiration for Janet Jackson’s infamous nipple jewelry:
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Not to mention the possible inspiration for Princess Leia’s famous metal bikini top in the slave sequence…
..and Princess Leia’s costume from “Return of the Jedi”.
What a remarkable image! You can see here why the word “vamp” was probably invented for Theda Bara.
I’m pretty sure that this particular costume is from _Cleopatra_ (1917). Bara scholar Eve Golden in her book _Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara_ (Vestal, NY: Empire, 1996), reproduces a very similar image with the comment (p. 134) “Sadly, the designer of these remarkable costumes is unknown.”
Even more sadly, apparently only about forty seconds of what must have been one hell of a movie, to which Wikipedia gives a running time of 125 minutes, still survive.
Know you guys like to collect suggestive and erotic photos. Wonder if you saw the following:
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Just love this photo and *especially* love the expressions.
(Wasn’t sure this went through the first time…)