The Devil's Daughter (1915 film)
The Devil's Daughter is a lost 1915 American silent drama film directed by Frank Powell and starring Theda Bara. Based on the 1899 play La Gioconda by Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, this updated adaptation portrayed the story of vengeful woman—a "vamp"—who uses her beauty and sensuality to lure a young man to ruin, destroying both his marriage and his career as an artist. The film was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the company's studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey and on location in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Bara with Robert Wayne
Film still of Lucio (Doucet) meeting Gioconda (Bara) for the first time on a beach, where she was "half-clothed" and dancing by herself
Advertisement promoting the film at the 800-seat Miller's Theatre in Los Angeles, June 1915
Francis William Powell was a Canadian-born American stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. He is also credited with "discovering" Theda Bara and casting her in a starring role in the 1915 release A Fool There Was. Her performance in that production, under Powell's direction, quickly earned Bara widespread fame as the film industry's most popular evil seductress or on-screen "vamp".
The Moving Picture World, 1916
Advertisement for Frank Powell Productions in The Moving Picture World, July 1916