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 gifted at ballet, and trained with Rosita Mauri at the Paris Opéra during the summers.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Rambova, now 17, changed her name to Natacha Rambova at this time.

Rambova fled New York and hid in Canada, and later England, to hide from her mother.

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 offered Rambova a position on her production staff as an art director and costume designer.

Rambova took on teaching design and selling some of her jewelry.

By 1922 Rambova had left Metro to join Nazimova on her artistic productions.

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

Rambova wrote the initial scenario and it was again to be her production.

Rambova only took part in two scenes before leaving the film claiming modern stories bored her.

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

After her divorce from Valentino began, Rambova produced and starred in another picture, Do Clothes Make the Woman ?.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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?