Silent Movie: Haiku: April Fools’ Day

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Haiku: April Fools’ Day - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2025

Today is April 1st

April Fools’ Day

But it’s so sad to live deceiving others!

9 comments:

Jornalista Douglas MeloApril 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My dear friend Theodosia,
With just a few words you have put your finger on the wound of the current political situation in your country.
Another creative Haiku.
Kisses and happy spring in America!!!
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J.P. AlexanderApril 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Genial haiku. Te deseo un lindo día. Te mando un beso.
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EsterApril 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Día de bromas, debería ser un dia alegre, no sentirse engañada y sobretodo no engañar. Un abrazo
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ilblogdiolgaApril 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Spero che non ti abbiano fatto brutti scherzi!OLga
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Ирина ПолещенкоApril 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In the USA, April 1 is April Fools' Day. In Russia, April 1 is Laughter Day. That's interesting.
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ellieApril 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Oh, I like the idea of Laughter Day! You are so sly..thanks for the post.
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AnankaApril 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Great poem but I don't like April Fools
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Tomás BApril 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
En España el día de los inocentes se celebra el día 28 de diciembre.

Saludos.
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anisette59April 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
coucou ! merci de ta visite bon mois d ' avril gros bisous Annie
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Mário Margaride ha scritto:

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"Mais um grande ator que desaparece vitima de doença prolongada. Vi vários filmes em que participou.
Paz à sua alma.
Excelente partilha aqui nos deixas.

Beijinhos e bom fim de semana, amiga Theda

Mário Margaride

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https://soltaastuaspalavras.blogspot.com"

Tomás B ha scritto:

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"Nos has dejado una reseña biográfica creo que mejor que la que escuche esa mañana en las noticias.
Los premios y reconocimientos en ocasiones no llegan ni a la persona adecuada ni a su tiempo.

Saludos. "

anisette59 ha scritto:

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"coucou ! merci de ta visite bon mois d ' avril gros bisous Annie"

ellie ha scritto:

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"Thanks for the tribute. He was quite a performer in everything he did. He did own it many times in films and it is great to read about his other efforts in the world."

Ester ha scritto:

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"Leí que había muerto y me entristeció, no sabía que estaba enfermo y tampoco su edad hasta que el periódico lo aclaraba. Gracias por toda tu informacion, Un abrazo"

Ирина Полещенко ha scritto:

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"Thank you, dear Theodosia, for telling about Val Kilmer."

Jornalista Douglas Melo ha scritto:

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"My dear friend Theodosia,
"Val Kilmer" was one of the best actors to ever play "Batman". He made many excellent films, as you rightly pointed out. "Kilmer" is another one of those artists who did not receive awards for his creative performance in Hollywood.
This was a timely tribute and another very complete biography.
Kisses!!!"

J.P. Alexander ha scritto:

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"Fue un gran actor. Te mando un beso"

Tomás B ha scritto:

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"En España el día de los inocentes se celebra el día 28 de diciembre.

Saludos."

Ananka ha scritto:

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"Great poem but I don't like April Fools "

㋡ Haiku is a poetic form divided into three sentences of: five, seven and five syllables. This short poem of Japanese origin, was created in the 16th century and ended up becoming popular all over the world. The word HAIKU [俳句] is formed by two terms: [hai] (play, ludic) and [ku] (harmony, achievement). That is, it represents a poem of happiness and absence of conflict, and that's how I write, with joy and without getting attached to metrics. ༺⚜༻ August 19th is Haiku Day in Japan due to goroawase (numerical pun). 8 in Japanese is [hachi]➚HA; 1 is [ichi]➚I; 9 is [kyu]➚KU. And on April 17th, many people celebrate International Haiku Day.

🎬 The origin of my name

🎥 My dear paternal grandfather, Jonathan Jon Goodman (descendant of the Goodmans, from actress Theda Bara's father), in addition to being very wise, was a visionary man, because from a very young age, as soon as silent films appeared, he acquired some old theater rooms transforming them in (street) cinemas in Los Angeles, California, United States. My family has been involved in cinematic entertainment for decades and today we still have movie theaters in large shopping malls. This love for the seventh art motivated my father, who has the name Goodman in the genealogy of his ancestors, and my mother, a fan of Theda Bara, to baptize me with the name of this great silent film actress Theodosia, a name that comes from Greek culture and means: “gift from God”. I really like my name and I love old films, whether silent or not.

🎬 Flicker Flashbacks: from 1943 to 1948

🎥 Theda Bara acted in episodes (2 and 5) of the television series shown on American TV: “Flicker Flashbacks” from 1947, alongside Lionel Barrymore, directed by Richard Fleischer. Other big Hollywood stars also starred in the series: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Lon Chaney, Lillian Gish, D. W. Griffith, Harry Carey, Mabel Normand, Mae Marsh, Francis X. Bushman, Harry von Zell, Minta Durfee, Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Henry B. Walthall, Maurice Costello, Agnes Ayres, Owen Moore, Blanche Sweet, Claire McDowell, Nigel De Brulier, Robert Harron, Florence Turner, Christy Cabanne, Linda Arvidson, Marion Leonard, Harold Lockwood, Knox Manning, Arthur V. Johnson, Charles K. French, Harry Solter, George Nichols, Charles Hill Mailes, Ethel Grandin, James Kirkwood, Carol Holloway, Joseph Graybill, David Miles, Charles Inslee, Walter Miller, Charles West, Ed Brady and illusionist magician Harry Houdini.

🎬 Hollywood: The Golden Years: 1961

🎥 “Hollywood: The Golden Years”, is a silent documentary shown on American TV, directed by David L. Wolper, which reports on the lives of: Thomas Edison, Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, Buster Keaton, Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, Will Rogers, Clara Bow, Carole Lombard, Tom Mix, Mary Pickford, Jackie Coogan, John Barrymore, Al Jolson, Gloria Swanson, Lon Chaney, Dolores del Río, Roscoe Arbuckle, Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Norma Shearer, D. W. Griffith , Sessue Hayakawa, Marion Davies, John Gilbert, H. B. Warner, Ronald Colman, Wallace Beery, Pearl White, Dolores Costello, Edna Purviance, Mabel Normand, Eugene Pallette, Marie Dressler, Antonio Moreno, Mae Marsh, Ben Turpin, Mack Sennett, Florence Lawrence, William S. Hart, Francis X. Bushman, Renée Adorée, Richard Barthelmess, Vilma Bánky, Mae Murray, Wallace Reid, Henry B. Walthall, Billy Bevan, Montagu Love & Theda Bara.

🎬 The Love Goddesses: 1965

🎥 “The Love Goddesses”, is a silent documentary shown on American TV, directed by Saul Turell, which tells the lives of: Shirley Temple, Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, Rita Hayworth, Lillian Gish, Brigitte Bardot, Barbara Stanwyck, Louise Brooks, Marilyn Monroe, Agnes Ayres, Claudette Colbert, Richard Barthelmess, Clive Brook, Betty Grable, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Swanson, Horst Buchholz, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Ava Gardner, Jeanette MacDonald, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Laurence Harvey, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Myrna Loy, Gary Cooper, Hedy Lamarr, Jayne Mansfield, Montgomery Clift, Anita Ekberg, Gina Lollobrigida, Mae Marsh, Sessue Hayakawa, Carole Lombard, Maurice Chevalier , John Gilbert, Emil Jannings, Ruby Keeler, Annette Kellerman, Lya de Putti, Louise Glaum, Mae West, Hayley Mills, Mae Murray & Theda Bara.

🎬 The Woman with the Hungry Eyes: 2006

🎥 In October 2005, TimeLine Films awarded the biographical documentary: “The Woman with the Hungry Eyes”, released in early 2006, directed by Hugh Munro Neely. The film chronicles the life of cinema's first femme fatale, the vampire Theda Bara, from her Jewish childhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, to her happy retirement in Hollywood. Theda was a brilliant silent movie actress married to renowned filmmaker Charles Brabin and made more than 40 films for Fox Entertainment Group Inc., only six of which still exist.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Haiku: April Fools’ Day - ©Theda Bara

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