The film’s title comes from a Rudyard Kipling poem, “The Vampire,” about unrequited love. The name, shortened to Vamp, “is the origin of the term we use today to refer to a seductive woman ...
Century-old graffiti under the Lincoln Memorial may depict silent-film star Theda Bara, with a profile sketch and the word "Vamp" found on the pillars in the basement. National Park Service ...