The Witch (1916 film)
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The Witch is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Powell, produced by Fox Film Corporation, and starring Nance O'Neil, Alfred Hickman, and Frank Russell. Based on the 1903 play La
Film still showing the title character Zora (Nance O'Neil) being accused of witchcraft
Still of O'Neil (left) in scene in which her character Zora hypnotized Dolores, the military governor's daughter (Jane Miller)
Promotion of O'Neil as the "Empress of Stormy Emotion", Motion Picture News, March 1916
Powell (left) examining set model of Mexican village with Turner (center) and Bach, summer 1915
A Fool There Was (1915 film)
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A Fool There Was is a 1915 American silent drama film produced by William Fox, directed by Frank Powell, and starring Theda Bara. Upon release, the film was long considered controversial for such risq
The Witch (1916 film)
…with controversies and post-release cuts to two other films he directed and Fox released in 1915, just prior to The Witch going into production: A Fool There Was and The Devil's Daughter, both starring Theda Bara. In its coverage of the production of The Witch in the summer of 1915, Motion Picture News describes…
Theatrical release poster
The "Vamp" (Theda Bara) and the wealthy family man she seduces and ruins, John Schuyler (Edward José)
A Fool There Was lantern slide ad, 1915