Natacha Rambova
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Natacha Rambova was an American dancer, costume designer, art director, and Egyptologist. Rising to prominence in the early 1920s, she became one of Hollywood's first women to exert significant creati
Rambova in the Chicago Tribune on September 13, 1916
Rambova and Theodore Kosloff in costumes designed by Rambova for their Aztec dance number on the Keith-Orpheum circuit, 1917
Costume concept for Forbidden Fruit (1921), designed and drawn by Rambova
Rudolph Valentino in a costume designed by Rambova for The Young Rajah (1922)
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
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…with Russian ballet choreographer Theodore Kosloff before moving into stage and film design. She gained recognition for her work with Russian actress Alla Nazimova, contributing to a series of visually daring productions noted for their modernist and Art Deco aesthetics. As Valentino's wife and creative partner…
Nazimova in 1913
Nazimova and actor Charles Bryant in 1912
Nazimova with Herbert Brenon, 1916
Nazimova Marionettes