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Lure of Ambition
There are women who would barter their souls for luxuries and a fine time. Is There One in Your Life?
Genres
Romance
Overview
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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Runtime
50 min
Release Date
1919-11-16
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Cast
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Theda Bara
Olga Dolan
Thurlow Bergen
Duke of Rutledge
William B. Davidson
Hon. Cyril Ralston
Dan Mason
Sylvester Dolan
Ida Waterman
Duchess
Amelia Gardner
Lady Constance Bromey
Robert Paton Gibbs
Miguel Lopez
Dorothy Drake
Muriel Ralston
Peggy Parr
Minna Dolan
Tammany Young
Dan Hicks
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