Inge Gregusch, editor of Creme de la Creme: film, fashion & frivolity, has published a wonderful essay with photos on Alla Nazimova’s “Camille,” one of the last movies Nazimova made for Metro Pictures, and the first and only film she made with Rudolph Valentino.

The essay, “Camille ‘a la’ Nazimova,” is published in two parts — here are links to Part 1 and Part 2.

Gregusch also published a biographical sketch of Natacha Rambova, the scene and costume designer Nazimova discovered, whose imprint on “Camille,” “Salome” and other productions is indelible. Rambova was to become Valentino’s second wife, after Jean Acker, who was also a protegee of Nazimova, and whom he married in 1919.

You’ll also find stills from “Camille” here on the Society’s site.