The Soul of Buddha (1918)

Theda Bara plays a Javanese priestess who elopes with an English military officer (Hugh Thompson). Bara's Bavahari becomes a celebrated dancer but is murdered onstage by a vengeful Buddhist priest (Victor Kennard).

Producers	Fox Film Corporation
Original title	The Soul of Buddha
Directors	J. Gordon Edwards
Writers	Adrian Johnson, Theda Bara

Cast

Theda Bara

as Bava

Victor Kennard

as Ysora

Florence Martin

as Romaine's wife

Tony Merlo

as M. Romaine (as Anthony Merlo)

Jack Ridgeway

as Wife's father (as Jack Ridgway)

Hugh Thompson

as Sir John Dare

Henry Warwick

as Stage manager