In a 1934 newspaper article, Cleopatra (1917) star Theda Bara said, "Although at first thought you don't classify Claudette Colbert as what was once called a 'vampire' I think she will probably give an excellent performance. When I played the part I read every book I could find concerning the Egyptian queen and discovered to my amazement that she was actually a very capable housewife with several children, not especially beautiful nor the physically alluring siren handed down by our legendary history. You can't give the public any such Cleopatra, so we adopted [William Shakespeare]'s 'A woman of infinite variety, whom custom could not stale' as our keynote for the exotic woman they could accept. No doubt Mr. [ Cecil B. DeMille] has an interesting conception of the role, and Claudette will make her appropriately glamorous."

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