Jon Mirsalis on Piano. Believed lost for over eighty years, Theda Bara's debut was vigorously dismissed by the actress: "I started out as a star and remained a star." Well, here it is, found by an Australian collector. Theda Bara's surviving films are so few that even a screen test may contribute to the legend. See if you can spot her first appearance in the pantheon of femmes fatales.-Paolo Cherchi Usai, Pordenone '98