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Rambova was gifted at ballet, and trained with Rosita Mauri at the Paris Opéra during the summers.
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It was on this film that Valentino met his second wife, Natacha Rambova.
The film, mostly under the control of Rambova and Nazimova, was considered too avant garde by critics and the public.
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.
Toward the end of their marriage, Rambova was banned from his sets by contract.
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.
He was looking for a leading lady for Cobra, the first independent project he and his wife Natacha Rambova were producing.
Natacha Rambova ( January 19, 1897 – June 5, 1966 ) was an American silent film costume and set designer, artistic director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actress.
Rambova was born Winifred Shaughnessy in Salt Lake City.
Rambova was adopted by her stepfather, making her legal name Winifred Hudnut.
Rambova was rebellious, and mocked her stepfather for being passive.
Rambova joined him and was dismayed to find herself as part of Kosloff's " arty harem ".
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.
Rambova was determined to bring the art deco look to America, as it was transforming film making in Europe.
Valentino negotiated a slightly better contract and was now earning more than Rambova.
It was also the last film Nazimova and Rambova would work on together.
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.
He complained to Rambova that everything from the sets to the cast was cheap.
Rambova stated she was not worried, and could keep them afloat with her designs.
Rambova was credited under her legal name Winifred Hudnut.
Rambova was angry and erupted in tears.
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Rambova, now 17, changed her name to Natacha Rambova at this time.
The deal would require two films to fulfill his obligations to Famous Players, and then four films that he and Rambova could make as they pleased at Ritz Carlton.
After divorcing her second husband, Rambova remained in France, where she remained until the Nazi invasion, at which point she returned to New York.
Rambova had been sent to New York by the studio before Valentino's jailing, and was informed at a stop in Chicago.
Rambova fled to Nice, where she suffered a heart attack at age 40.
Rambova and ballet
Right before World War I broke out, Rambova returned to San Francisco where she clashed with her mother once again and insisted she would pursue ballet as a career.
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Valentino felt he had underperformed in the film, being upset over his separation with Rambova.
After speaking with Rambova and his lawyer Arthur Butler Graham, Valentino declared a ' One man Strike ' against Famous Players.
Rambova negotiated a two picture deal with Famous Players and four pictures for Ritz Carlton.
George Ullman, who had negotiated the contract with United Artists, offered Rambova $ 30, 000 to finance a film of her own.
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.
At least four books, including Hollywood Babylon, suggested that he may have been gay despite his marriage with Rambova.
Aunt Teresa intervened, offering to move with Rambova to New York where she could study under Kosloff.
She allowed Rambova to keep performing with the company and promised to underwrite the costumes.
Rambova returned and began touring with the Kosloff company.
At first Rambova worked well with him, but the two eventually clashed.
By 1924 Rambova had negotiated a contracted with J. D.
They were given a huge budget, with Rambova spending $ 215, 000 on costumes alone.
During production for The Hooded Falcon, Rambova clashed frequently with Valentino's friends.
With the knowledge United Artists would likely be signing Valentino, Rambova went to speak with Ullman about the contract terms.
Rambova was reportedly so upset that the distributor promoted the film with her name as " Mrs. Valentino " that she never acted in film again.
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.
Through these practices Valentino was eventually moved to write a book of poetry, Daydreams, with many poems about Rambova.
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