Natacha Rambova and Rudolph Valentino, circa 1924

Beyond the Rocks (1922)

Rudolph Valentino, 1922

Beyond the Rocks

Rudolph Valentino, circa 1922

Alice Terry, 1920s

Mrs. Ingram actually had chestnut hair and bucked teeth; husband Rex transformed her looks on screen with a blonde wig.

Camille (1921)

Rudolph Valentino, 1922

In Blood and Sand.

Rudolph Valentino, 1922

As The Young Rajah.

June 27, 1926

In Beverly Hills, tempestuous (code for batshit crazy) actress Mae Murray marries "Prince" David Mdvani of the golddigging Mdvanis. Mae was 37; David, 26.

Pola Negri, then dating Rudolph Valentino, was Mae's maid of honor; a year later, her sister-in-law when Pola married David's brother. Valentino served as David's best man; barely two months after this photo was taken, Valentino lay dead in a New York hospital.