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Originally Posted by Tourmaline
While exploring the whereabouts of the Charles Ray's and Miles (Myles) Standish's Mayflower replica, I was reminded of another long-lost nautically-connected drama, Theda Bara's 1917 Cleopatra. According to one source, some of Cleopatra was photographed on California's Nile aka The Dominguez Slough. (Yes, there was another name.  ) Has anyone seen any location stills/footage of this area with Cleo's barge? |
Very intriguing
Tourmaline.
The 1917 film is lost (except for a few short fragments), and there doesn't seem to be many stills, except for Theda posing in her famous snake-boobs costume.
http://www.britannica.com/biography/...ra-1917/163182
http://www.williamhpeck.org/images_of_cleopatra_in_film
Pretty saucy stuff for 1917!
Here's one more for good measure.
http://www.williamhpeck.org/images_of_cleopatra_in_film
I found an article titled "Newport Beach in Film", that claims the big battle scene was filmed there.
http://www.ocinsite.com/arts/article..._beach_on_film
Showing at Clunes Auditorium, downtown Los Angeles.
http://www.williamhpeck.org/images_of_cleopatra_in_film
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movi...-of-theda-bara
I thought there might be images of the barge battle in this ad. -but no.
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