Cleopatra
1934 Nominee

100 Words
The Queen of Egypt was a French flapper named Cleopatra. Seductress extraordinaire and a chemist of sorts by the way she knows her way around a poison, the leading lady is struck by luck of the unfortunate kind when Julius Caesar is murdered on their would-be wedding day (Woe betide those who ignore the warnings about the Ides of March). Soon after, Marc Antony makes his debut in French-Egyptian Cleo’s world. Seduction of the showmanship kind is in order for this type of man, who doesn’t shy away from war or wine and the rest, as they say, is history.