The producers were keen to pay tribute to their literary source, having a real actor read the full poem to the audience before each initial showing, and presenting passages of the poem throughout the film in intertitles.
Bara's official credit is even "The Vampire", and for this reason the film is sometimes cited as the first "vampire" movie.
However, in the film as in Kipling's poem, the term is used metaphorically as the character is not literally a vampire.

The film was the first on-screen appearance of World War I-era film actress May Allison (1890 – 1989).

While the film contains scenes ostensibly set in England and Italy, the entire movie was actually filmed in St. Augustine, Florida.
The producers were keen to pay tribute to their literary source, having a real actor read the full poem to the audience before each initial showing, and presenting passages of the poem throughout the film in intertitles. Bara's official credit is even "The Vampire", and for this reason the film is sometimes cited as the first "vampire" movie. However, in the film as in Kipling's poem, the term is used metaphorically as the character is not literally a vampire.
The film was the first on-screen appearance of World War I-era film actress May Allison (1890 – 1989).
While the film contains scenes ostensibly set in England and Italy, the entire movie was actually filmed in St. Augustine, Florida.
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