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 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.

It was also the last film Nazimova and Rambova would work on together.

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.

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 ).

Rambova blamed the story, which she claimed had a war element when they originally agreed to make the picture ; but the studio removed it fearing it would offend European audiences.

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

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.

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

Valentino was finally offered a decent contract, but one of the stipulations was that Rambova would not be allowed on set or any part in his films.

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

However Kosloff was controlling and abusive, and Rambova had to proceed in secret as Kosloff would do anything to keep her in his ' harem '.

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

Valentino was said to be shocked when he first viewed her parents ' lavish home, as Rambova had never spoken of their wealth.

When Valentino died Rambova wrote a book about the time she had spent with him, and also her claims to be in contact with him in the afterlife via psychics.

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?

After filing for divorce, Valentino did not wait the requisite period for it to be finalized before marrying his second wife, Natacha Rambova, in Mexico, and he was charged with bigamy when the couple returned to the United States.

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.

During her marriage to Valentino, Rambova was seen as a fashion icon.

Natacha Rambova ( January 19, 1897 – June 5, 1966 ) was an American silent film costume and set designer, artistic director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actress.

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

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.

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.

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 ".

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 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.

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.

At first Rambova worked well with him, but the two eventually clashed.

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