
Rambova by Karl Struss

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![Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum](https://unregardoblique.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/karl-struss-1886-1981-natacha-rambova-1920s-src-amon-carter-museum-portrait-3.jpg)
![Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52143091634_19fb55e7d6_o.jpg)
![Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52143091614_15d6659744_o.jpg)
![Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52143091554_947b9d5c91_o.jpg)
[*] production stills probably from the film Forbidden Fruit (Cecil B. DeMille, 1921). In the film Rambova (b. Winifred Shaughnessy), along with Mitchell Leisen, was the costume designer and Struss the cinematographer.
![Karl Struss (1886-1981); Natacha Rambova [production still]; Gelatin silver print; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX](https://unregardoblique.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/karl-struss-1886-1981-natacha-rambova-1920s-src-amon-carter-museum-portrait-6.jpg)
![Karl Struss (1886-1981); Natacha Rambova [production still]; Gelatin silver print; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX](https://unregardoblique.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/karl-struss-1886-1981-natacha-rambova-1920s-src-amon-carter-museum-portrait-full-length-2.jpg)
![Karl Struss (1886-1981); Natacha Rambova [production still]; Gelatin silver print; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX](https://unregardoblique.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/karl-struss-1886-1981-natacha-rambova-1920s-src-amon-carter-museum-portrait-full-length-1.jpg)
![Karl Struss (1886-1981); Natacha Rambova [production still]; Gelatin silver print; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX](https://unregardoblique.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/karl-struss-1886-1981-natacha-rambova-1920s-src-amon-carter-museum-portrait-5.jpg)
[*] production stills probably from the film Forbidden Fruit (Cecil B. DeMille, 1921). In the film Rambova (b. Winifred Shaughnessy), along with Mitchell Leisen, was the costume designer and Struss the cinematographer.





Arthur F. Rice* :: Alla Nazimova in Salomé, 1923 / source: NYPL: Billy Rose Theatre Div. (*) uncredited still photographer for the movie. (Director of photography, Paul Ivano).
The film’s sets and costumes were designed by Natacha Rambova.
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