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

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

With the knowledge United Artists would likely be signing Valentino, Rambova went to speak with Ullman about the contract terms.

As a peace offering, Ullman offered Rambova $ 30, 000 to create a film of her own choosing.

At Valentino's request, Ullman sent a telegram to Rambova.

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.

Several books were written including one by Rambova.

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

Kosloff sent Rambova to show sketches to Nazimova, claiming they were his own when they were actually Rambova's.

The pictures were damaging to Valentino's image, and also were seen as evidence that he was carrying on with Rambova during his divorce from Acker.

They were given a huge budget, with Rambova spending $ 215, 000 on costumes alone.

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 ).

Both Rambova and Valentino were Spiritualists.

Naldi and Valentino were never romantic, and she would be one of the few to befriend his wife Natacha Rambova though that friendship would sour when the Valentinos divorced.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Rambova, alongside Valentino and Henabery, decided Mathis ' script for The Hooded Falcon would not do and that a script doctor should be used.

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?

The film, mostly under the control of Rambova and Nazimova, was considered too avant garde by critics and the public.

Rambova took control of the production, especially the costumes and the casting.

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

Many of Valentino's friends disliked Rambova and found her controlling.

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

After a final fight between Williams and Valentino over Rambova, Williams announced to the press that The Hooded Falcon would be postponed indefinitely, and Valentino's contract terminated.

After Valentino's death, Rambova appeared on stage via vaudeville and Broadway.

Rambova had been sent to New York by the studio before Valentino's jailing, and was informed at a stop in Chicago.

Rambova did not get along with Valentino's friends and family, with the exception of Paul Ivano.

Rambova believed a reconciliation had taken place and the two sent telegrams right until the final moments of Valentino's life.

In 1977, she played Rudolph Valentino's second wife Natacha Rambova in Ken Russell's film Valentino.

She appeared in a 1964 episode of Dr. Kildare (" Tyger Tyger ") and later appeared in numerous television series and made-for-television movies, one of which is The Legend of Valentino ( 1975 ), wherein she played Rudolph Valentino's second wife, Natacha Rambova.