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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Natacha Rambova, Charles B. Pierce, James Faerron, Russell Patterson, Ralph Petty, Harriet Burns, Boris Aronson, Tony Straiges, Brian Sidney Bembridge, David Gallo, Robin Wagner, Joseph Urban, Santo Loquasto, Wilford Leach, Oliver Smith, Christian Gullager, Marta Becket, Richard L. Hay, David Rockwell, Ted LeFevre, Thaddeus Strassberger, Ralph Alswang, Manny Vega, Adrianne Lobel, Marie Anne Chiment, Donald Oenslager, Edwin B. Willis, Robert Kinoshita, Christopher Horner, Todd Rosenthal, George Tsypin, Howard Bay, Eugene Lee, Derek McLane, John Wulp, Zachary Borovay, Ming Cho Lee, John Lee Beatty, Christine Jones, Allen Moyer, Kevin Rigdon, Neil Patel, Michael Yeargan, William and Jean Eckart, John Conklin, Joel Stoffer, Eric Harriz, Dan Curry, Charles S. Thompson, Kathleen Ankers, Craig Davies, FX Group, Arthur Krams, Nat Mongioi. Excerpt: Natacha Rambova (January 19, 1897 - June 5, 1966) was an American silent film costume and set designer, artistic director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actress. Later in life she worked as a mildly successful fashion designer and Egyptologist. Rambova was born Winifred Shaughnessy in Salt Lake City. Her father Michael Shaughnessy, was an Irish Catholic who fought for the Union during the American Civil War. Her mother Winifred Kimball, was nicknamed "Muzzie" and was a granddaughter of Mormon Patriarch Heber C. Kimball. Her father was a businessman who partook in mining interests, but eventually his alcohol and gambling problems became too much for her mother. Her mother became an interior designer and moved to San Francisco. She was married four times (Michael was her second husband), eventually settling on millionaire perfume mogul Richard Hudnut. Rambova was adopted by her stepfather, making her legal name Winifred Hudnut. Before her marriage to Hudnut, Rambova's...