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Rambova was reportedly so upset that the distributor promoted the film with her name as " Mrs. Valentino " that she never acted in film again.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
When Rambova began work in film costume design she took to researching historical accuracy for her designs.
Rambova was portrayed by Yvette Mimieux in Melville Shavelson's television movie The Legend of Valentino ( 1975 ) and by Michelle Phillips in Ken Russell's feature film Valentino ( 1977 ), and by Ksenia Jarova in upcoming American silent film Silent Life ( 2012 ).
In 1977, she played Rudolph Valentino's second wife Natacha Rambova in Ken Russell's film Valentino.
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After speaking with Rambova and his lawyer Arthur Butler Graham, Valentino declared a ' One man Strike ' against Famous Players.
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.
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.
Aunt Teresa intervened, offering to move with Rambova to New York where she could study under Kosloff.
With the knowledge United Artists would likely be signing Valentino, Rambova went to speak with Ullman about the contract terms.
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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