The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the greatest men of Rome, Julius Caesar and Antony. Only a small fragment of this film survives.
Production
Outrageous sets that bankrupted Fox and nearly the studio.
Costume
Theda's barely-there outfits that made censors clutch pearls.
Director
J. Gordon Edwards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Theda Bara never played Cleopatra in another scene — the 1917 production was so massive it required two complete sets, one in California and one in New York.
The 1937 Fox vault fire destroyed the last known complete print; what survives is a 20-minute fragment discovered in Spain in the 1960s.
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