BEYOND VALENTINO. A MADAM VALENTINO ADDENDUM - Tecno-Libro

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 of her Art Deco set designs, her beguiling beauty and alleged control over Valentino was the subject of his fans' boisterous outrage. When Rambova left Valentino in 1925 to file for divorce, she was savaged by accusations that his death a few months later was her fault. Natacha Rambova, the name carries with it visions of onion-domed citadels and faraway places, wrote her sole biographer, Michael Morris. Yet, Rambova's roots were far less exotic. she was born in Salt Lake City to a Mormon mother and an irish Catholic father. As a bold young artist, bookish, rebellious and stunning, she was not destined for mediocrity. Her life story includes far more than her few years spent married to Valentino. He