CinemaOSMovie · 1919 · 0h 50m

Lure of Ambition

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

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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)

Directed byEdmund Lawrence

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 50m
Language
EN
Released
November 16, 1919
Studios
Fox Film Corporation

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Lady Constance Bromey

Robert Paton Gibbs

Robert Paton Gibbs

Miguel Lopez

Dorothy Drake

Muriel Ralston

Peggy Parr

Minna Dolan

Tammany Young

Tammany Young

Dan Hicks

Creative team
Directed by
Edmund Lawrence
Written by
Julia Burnham
Edmund Lawrence

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