It was on this film that Valentino met his second wife, Natacha Rambova.

Rambova, Mathis, Ivano, and Valentino began work on the Alla Nazimova film Camille.

After finishing the film, Valentino married Rambova, which led to a bigamy trial.

Valentino felt he had underperformed in the film, being upset over his separation with Rambova.

Missing Rambova, Valentino returned to New York after the release of The Young Rajah.

After speaking with Rambova and his lawyer Arthur Butler Graham, Valentino declared a ' One man Strike ' against Famous Players.

The tour was a tremendous success with Valentino and Rambova performing in 88 cities in the United States and Canada.

While Rambova worked designing costumes and rewriting the script for Falcon, Valentino was persuaded to film Cobra with Nita Naldi.

With the marriage under strain, Valentino began shooting and Rambova announced that she needed a " marital vacation ".

Valentino first met Winifred Shaughnessy, known by her stage name, Natacha Rambova, an American silent film costume and set designer, art director, and protégée of Nazimova, on the set of Uncharted Seas in 1921.

Having to wait the year or face the possibility of being arrested again, Rambova and Valentino lived in separate apartments in New York City, each with their own roommates.

Valentino and Rambova divorced in 1925.

The end of the marriage was bitter, with Valentino bequeathing Rambova one dollar in his will.

In fact, the marriages to Acker and Rambova, as well as the relationship with Pola Negri, only serve to add to the suspicion that Valentino was gay and that these were " lavender marriages ", as all have documented lesbian relationships.

Valentino left his estate to his brother, sister, and Rambova's aunt Teresa Werner, who was left the share originally bequeathed to Rambova.

* January 19-Natacha Rambova, dramatist and wife of Rudolph Valentino

Valentino negotiated a slightly better contract and was now earning more than Rambova.

Before their marriage a public controversy over pictures Rambova had taken of Valentino, dressed up as a faun or pan-like God.

Valentino complained that his separation from Rambova distracted his acting, causing a sub-par performance.

He then suggested Valentino and Rambova partake in a dance tour to help the promotion and keep Valentino's name in the spotlight.

Once the tour wrapped up, Valentino and Rambova legally married and the press praised Rambova for her " business sense ".

When Ullman informed Mathis of the decision, Mathis quit speaking to both Rambova and Valentino, ending their long friendship.

Valentino and Rambova tried to fight back, by granting interviews claiming that ' Valentino is not a Henpecked Husband '.

Although Joseph Henabery was the official director, Rambova took over this role unofficially.

Mathis soon joined him, angering both Ivano and Rambova.

Rambova negotiated a two picture deal with Famous Players and four pictures for Ritz Carlton.

He was looking for a leading lady for Cobra, the first independent project he and his wife Natacha Rambova were producing.

Rambova recommended Loy for a small but showy role opposite Nita Naldi in What Price Beauty?

Rambova was rebellious, and mocked her stepfather for being passive.

Around this time Rambova fell for the 32 year old Kosloff ( who had a wife and an invalid daughter in Europe ) and the pair began a tumultuous love affair.

Rambova took to researching historical accuracy for her designs, which Kosloff would then use without giving her credit, stealing her sketches and claiming them as his own.

Nazimova was impressed and when she asked for revisions to some costumes, Rambova took out a pencil and began to make the revisions, showing that she had done the work.

The pictures had been taken by Rambova as part of a series of faun pictures for a magazine called Shadowland, that featured art and dancer photos.

As the bigamy scandal raged on, Rambova began work on costumes for Valentino's next picture, The Young Rajah.

Rambova would be seen as his artistic collaborator for the first time.

By this point in Valentino's career the press began to blame Rambova for his missteps, claiming she was controlling and power hungry.

The costumes were again lavish and Rambova brought on two designers who would go on to successful careers: Norman Norell, and Adrian ( who would design for The Wizard of Oz ).

During production for The Hooded Falcon, Rambova clashed frequently with Valentino's friends.

Rambova and George Ullman were in a battle for control of Valentino's career.

With her husband in Mallorca, Rambova began a business of buying up old villas and modernizing them for tourists ; a venture she financed with her inheritance from her stepfather who had died in 1928.

When Rambova began work in film costume design she took to researching historical accuracy for her designs.

Kosloff had several lovers, and took credit for all their designs and work he would ask them to do, including Rambova.

The marriage began to be strained as the press scrutinized Rambova and blamed her for Valentino's failures.

After signing with United Artists ( which stipulated Rambova could not be present on Valentino's sets or take part in his films ), Rambova turned cold and ignored her husband's 30th birthday, mocking him for staying home all day while she went to work ( he was waiting for his contract to finalize ), sparring with him in public, embarrassing him in front of Hollywood elite on the night of his ' Rudolph Valentino Medal ' ceremony, and eventually cheating on him with her cameraman on What Price Beauty?