Lure of Ambition

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Lure of Ambition (1919)

Directed by Edmund Lawrence

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

Romance · 50m

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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Cast

Theda Bara Olga Dolan Thurlow Bergen Duke of Rutledge William B. Davidson Hon. Cyril Ralston Dan Mason Sylvester Dolan Ida Waterman Duchess
A
Amelia Gardner Lady Constance Bromey Robert Paton Gibbs Miguel Lopez
D
Dorothy Drake Muriel Ralston
P
Peggy Parr Minna Dolan Tammany Young Dan Hicks

Crew

Director
Edmund Lawrence
Writer
Edmund Lawrence

Details

Release date
1919-11-16
Runtime
50m
Genres
Romance
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Fox Film Corporation