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

Valentino negotiated a slightly better contract and was now earning more than Rambova.

By 1924 Rambova had negotiated a contracted with J. D.

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

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

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

As the bigamy scandal raged on, Rambova began work on costumes for Valentino's next picture, The Young Rajah.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The end of the marriage was bitter, with Valentino bequeathing Rambova one dollar in his will.

At least four books, including Hollywood Babylon, suggested that he may have been gay despite his marriage with 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.

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

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.

She allowed Rambova to keep performing with the company and promised to underwrite the costumes.

Rambova returned and began touring with the Kosloff company.

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.

Rambova stated she was not worried, and could keep them afloat with her designs.

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.

Rambova claimed that Famous Players made them choose the film.

Rambova left four weeks after Valentino began shooting The Eagle and announced the separation soon after, catching Valentino off guard.

Before their marriage a public controversy over pictures Rambova had taken of Valentino, dressed up as a faun or pan-like God.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?