Alla Nazimova
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Alla Aleksandrovna Nazimova was a Russian-born American actress. Hailed by modern scholars as the "founding mother of Sapphic Hollywood", Nazimova was a celebrated nonconformist artist who appeared in
Nazimova in 1913
Nazimova and actor Charles Bryant in 1912
Nazimova with Herbert Brenon, 1916
Nazimova Marionettes
Rudolph Valentino
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Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaele Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla, known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or just as Valentino, was an Italian-born actor and dancer. Dubbed the Latin Lover, he
Alla Nazimova
…that damaged her career. From 1917 to 1922, Nazimova wielded considerable influence and power in Hollywood. She helped start the careers of both of Rudolph Valentino's wives, Jean Acker and Natacha Rambova. Although she was involved in an affair with Acker, it is debatable as to whether her connection with Rambova…
Valentino as a child, published in Photoplay, January 1923
Valentino in Taranto before he departed for America, 1913
Line 12 of the manifest shows that on December 9, 1913, 18-year-old Valentino departed Genoa aboard the S.S. Cleveland.
Valentino in a portrait inscribed to socialite Aimée Crocker Gouraud, 1916