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Forgotten Hollywood: Alla Nazimova and the Garden of Allah
Flamboyant silent film star Alla Nazimova, acclaimed Russian actress, accomplished violinist, major Broadway luminary, the diva of multiple films as actor, producer, director, editor and costume designer is all but forgotten today, though there was a time when she ruled Hollywood and earned more money than Mary Pickford - $13,000 a week on a five-year contract with Metro Pictures in 1917. Nazimova was born Miriam Edez Adelaida Leventon in 1879 in Czarist Russia to Jewish parents.