
Who was Natacha Rambova, the woman often referred to as "Hollywood's most hated woman"? As the despised wife of silent film heart-throb Rudolph Valentino, she never censored her hatred of Hollywood although she achieved renown there as an art director. Despite the success...

"Natacha Rambova; the name carries with it visions of onion-domed citadels and faraway places," wrote her biographer, Michael Morris.Yet Rambova's life was far more complex than the years she spent married to Rudolph Valentino. Independent, intellectually curious, and deeply...