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1919 News Photo of Nazimova with Charlie Chaplin
This photo was associated with Metro Pictures’ promotion of Alla Nazimova’s 1919 production of “The Brat.”
Commemorating the Anniversary of Alla Nazimova’s Death
Alla Nazimova died on July 13, 1945, in Los Angeles, as a result of a coronary thrombosis that she suffered in her villa at the Garden of Allah Hotel. She was buried in Forest Lawn Glendale. The inscription on her marker reads: In Memoriam Madame Alla Nazimova 1945 “Voice of World’s Conscience – Immaculate beyond […]
Alla Nazimova reveals her “devilish ambition” to Motion Picture magazine
Alla Nazimova graced the cover of the July 1918 issue of Motion Picture magazine, and in the interview she revealed her “devilish ambition.” This was part of publicity for Madame Nazimova’s latest picture in which she starred with her “husband” Charles Bryant (in reality the two were never legally married.) This article names the picture […]
  • Martin Turnbull | Jul 6, 2013
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LAVA Salon to Focus on Garden of Allah, Crescent Heights Shopping Center
LOCATION Les Noces du Figaro 618 S Broadway Los Angeles, CA, 90014 United States Phone: (213) 915-8687 34° 2′ 45.9636″ N, 118° 15′ 8.6544″ W Map: Click HERE The Los Angeles Visionaries Association (LAVA) is hosting a salon on Sunday, June 30, 2013, that will focus on a pair of historic structures at the east […]
  • Rambova | Jun 29, 2013
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Five Degrees of Separation Between Alla Nazimova and Larry David
Five degrees of separation between film and Broadway star Alla Nazimova and Larry David: 1. Nazimova was in a faux marriage with British actor Charles Bryant (shown here) for 13 years starting in 1912. The couple never actually married because Nazimova had married a man in Russia whom she’d immediately abandoned — the fact that […]
Was Nazimova’s Swimming Pool Designed to Look Like the Black Sea?
Writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel for Collier’s in 1948, Amy Porter, a longtime resident of the Sunset Strip hotel, mentioned that the shape of the pool was an ongoing topic of debate among her famous neighbors as they sunned themselves by it on languid gin-soaked afternoons. The design of the pool is still […]