Lure of Ambition (1919)
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)

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Theda Bara Theda Bara As: Olga Dolan
Thurlow Bergen Thurlow Bergen As: Duke of Rutledge
William B. Davidson William B. Davidson As: Hon. Cyril Ralston
Dan Mason Dan Mason As: Sylvester Dolan
Ida Waterman Ida Waterman As: Duchess
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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)


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

Language: No Language

Release Date: 16 November 1919

Country: US

Runtime: 50m

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Company: Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Olga Dolan

Thurlow Bergen

Thurlow Bergen

Duke of Rutledge

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Hon. Cyril Ralston

Dan Mason

Dan Mason

Sylvester Dolan

Ida Waterman

Ida Waterman

Duchess

Amelia Gardner

Amelia Gardner

Lady Constance Bromey

Robert Paton Gibbs

Robert Paton Gibbs

Miguel Lopez

Dorothy Drake

Dorothy Drake

Muriel Ralston

Peggy Parr

Peggy Parr

Minna Dolan

Tammany Young

Tammany Young

Dan Hicks

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