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La belle Russe (1919)

The celebrated stage drama by David Belasco. Miss Bara plays the most extraordinary dual role in the history of photoplays.

In this film, her next-to-last picture for Fox, it was Theda Bara's turn to tackle a double role. Bara's characters are twin sisters La Belle Russe, the wicked one, and Fleurette, the nice one. They're Parisian dancers, and Fleurette marries Philip Sackton (Warburton Gamble). However, Sackton is a member of Britain's snooty aristocracy, and his family disinherits him.

Release: 1919-09-21
Runtime: 60 min
Cast
Theda Bara
Theda Bara
Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe
Warburton Gamble
Warburton Gamble
Phillip Sackton
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Marian Stewart
Phillip Sackton Jr
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Robert Lee Keeling
Sir James Sackton
William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson
Brand
Alice Wilson
Alice Wilson
Lady Sackton
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Robert Vivian
Butler
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Lewis Broughton