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Alla Nazimova: ""...well darling, keep busy, and take the advice of an old woman; find happiness inside of you, don't rely on others for happiness; its hard, but I found it to be rather true."

"She entered films in 1915 in the critically acclaimed, but now lost anti-war film War Brides. She appeared in a series of films for Metro playing a variety of types, though critics usually referred to her screen persona as "bizarre" and didn't always find her choice of roles appropriate. Most of these films are lost. She demanded and received more artistic control of her films and produced some extraordinarily stylized films which were hated by contemporary audiences. [...] She went back to the theatre where her talents were more appreciated, returning to Hollywood in the late 30s in distinguished character roles." (source)

Nazimova in Salome