“Fame is like a giant X-Ray. Once you are exposed beneath it, the very beatings of your heart are shown to a gaping world.”

— Natacha Rambova

On celebrity, p. 117
Photoplay: "Wedded and Parted" (December 1922)

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American film personality and fashion designer 1897–1966

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