After Theda Bara appeared in ‘A Fool There Was,’ a vampire wave surged over the country. Women appeared in vampire gowns, pendant earrings, and even young girls were attempting to change from frank, open-eyed ingenues to the almond-eyed, carmine-lipped woman of subtlety and mystery.
– Mary Pickford, “To Be Or Not To Be a Vampire”, The Day [New London, CT] (16 May 1916), p. 11
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