It always amazes me that those who make the claim Valentino and Rambova's marriage was loveless and arranged and lavender, manage to ignore all the evidence to the contrary. Evidence of their love, their pain at having to separate and the anguish for both with their separation is everywhere. This is not a mystery and no ambiguity at all.
Perhaps those who mislead and misread the love between Rudolph and Natacha have never been in love so they have not the slightest knowledge of sweet talk, sweet nothings and pet names. What a pity for them to not recognize love when they see it.
And to those who like to parrot that Natacha was the "worst thing that ever happened to Rudolph Valentino", I say how is that? Look at his career during the time frame they were together; how very far he came from 1920 -1925. How was his career anything but stellar when he died? Look what this great woman did for him. I agree with Michael Morris in thinking she made the man!
Natacha crosses the country headed to Foxlair:
