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During the filming of Monsieur Beaucaire, both Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks approached Valentino privately, due to his contract with Ritz Carlton, about joining with United Artists.

Valentino's contract with United Artists provided $ 10, 000 a week for only three pictures a year, plus a percentage of his films.

The contract excluded Rambova from production of his films and the film set.

Valentino's acceptance of the terms caused a major rift in his marriage to Rambova.

George Ullman, who had negotiated the contract with United Artists, offered Rambova $ 30, 000 to finance a film of her own.

It became her one and only film, titled What Price Beauty?

and starred Myrna Loy.