Marriage and Retirement
Bara married British-born American film director Charles Brabin (1883–1957) in 1921. They honeymooned in Nova Scotia and there at Harbourville purchased a 400 hectares (990 acres) property overlooking the Bay of Fundy, eventually building a summer home they called Baranook. They had no children.
It is claimed her husband did not consider it proper for his wife to have a career, and this is why she did not make many more appearances after her marriage – although by 1921 her popularity was already waning.
In 1949, producer Buddy DeSylva and Columbia Pictures expressed interest in making a movie of Bara's life, starring Betty Hutton, but the project never materialized.
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