Repeating the plot successfully introduced in "A Fool There Was" (1915), seductive and selfish Russian royal Theda Bara (as Princess Petrovitch) goes through the usual succession of susceptible males - most notably servant John Webb Dillon (as Stevan), wealthy young Glen White (as Edwin) and his likewise initially happily married brother Herbert Heyes (as Mark). The American Film Institute (AFI) synopsis will reveal Ms. Bara's fate in this one, if you're interested. "The Tiger Woman" is a lost film.
In "Photoplay" (May 1917), writer Julian Johnson called it, "A whaling big vamp chance for Theda Bara, in a Russian setting. It will be popular wherever 'vamp' is a household word and Chesterton, Shaw, Dreiser and such are never heard of. So wide is notoriety and so narrow is fame." That was an apt description. Bara was Popular Player #6 in the 1917 "Motion Picture Magazine" poll.
**** The Tiger Woman (2/18/17) J. Gordon Edwards ~ Theda Bara, Herbert Heyes, John Dillon, Glen White
