Theda Bara, My Mentor: Under the Wing of Hollywood's First Femme Fatale (Paperback)

from chrisac

"Theda Bara, My Mentor" is a memoir about the famed silent film actress Theda Bara, by Joan Craig. As a child, Craig's family lived in Los Angeles and they befriended their neighbors, Theda Bara and her husband, retired director Charles Brabin. While Miss Bara's career is an interesting one - she...

from lisan.

This gets two stars only because it had a lot of pictures in it. The writing was terrible. I think the co-author just put a tape recorder in front of Joan Craig, and let her talk, then transcribed her memories to create this so-called book. I don't think the format worked, although if it had been...

from Judiex

As a child, Joan Craig lived down the street from Theda Bara and her husband, Charles Brabin. Not having children of their own, Theda and Charles treated Craig as their own child (Joan called him Uncle Charles.) She spent a lot of time with them after school, during the summer, and attendrf many ...

from vaniamk13

An extremely elliptic collection of oil heiress Joan Craig's childhood memories of the then aging and retired legendary and gorgeous early silent film star Theda Bara. As such, little more is learned of Theda Bara than that she was a generous woman who provided much entertainment and encouragemen...

from lauriebrown54

Joan Craig grew up living across the street from silent film star Theda Bara, and the two pretty much instantly connected when they met, introduced by Bara's husband who had cut a rose for Joan as she walked past on her way to school. Bara had no children of her own, and Joan's mother seems to ha...