Rare footage from the Holy Grail of lost #silentfilm found! #cleopatra #lowfihiphoptochillstudyto

Theda Bara was Hollywood's first sex symbol, however most of her films have been lost. Miraculously, 40 seconds of her most infamous film, Cleopatra, were discovered in of all places an eBay auction lot. Credit to @oldfilmsandstuff4679 for this amazing find and fantastic restoration

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Theda Bara, from the same neighborhood in Cincinnati that also gave the world Doris Kepelhof, aka Doris Day. Their films were kinda different.