The Soul of Buddha
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The Soul of Buddha is a 1918 American silent romance film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara, who also wrote the film's story.[1] The film was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[3] fascinated by the lure of white robes and dancing, Bava (Bara) enters the Temple of Buddha. She is soon disillusioned and, yielding to the entreaties of Major John Dare (Thompson) of the British army, she flees with him and becomes his wife, incurring the enmity of Ysora (Kennard), high priest from the temple. A child is born to the two but is later found dead with the Buddhist death mark on its forehead. This withers the soul of Bava, who leads her husband around the globe in search of happiness. Hardened by sorrow, she turns against Dare and bids him gone. At a Paris resort she meets a theatrical manager (Warwick) who is fascinated by her dancing. She accepts an offer to appear at his theater. At the night of her premiere her husband attempts a reconciliation, but is unsuccessful and kills himself in her dressing room. At the end of her dance Bava meets her death at the hands of Ysora.
Cast
- Theda Bara as Bava, The Priestess
- Victor Kennard as Ysora
- Florence Martin as Romaine's Wife
- Tony Merlo as M. Romaine (credited as Anthony Merlo)
- Jack Ridgeway as Wife's Father (credited as Jack Ridgway)
- Hugh Thompson as Sir John Dare
- Henry Warwick as Stage Manager
Reception
Like many American films of the time, The Soul of Buddha was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 3, of the attack on the servant woman, all views of woman's leg exposed above the knee, in the Apache dance eliminate all views of Apache framing blonde woman's face with hands and wiggling her in close embrace, man kissing woman's arm and love scene following, and, Reel 5, stabbing of dancer.[4]
Preservation status
The Soul of Buddha is now considered to be a lost film.[1]
See also
References
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- 1918 films
- 1910s romance films
- 1918 lost films
- Fox Film films
- Lost American romance films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by J. Gordon Edwards
- Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films