Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Letter from James M. Ideman

While researching his book Madam Valentino - The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova, Michael Morris contacted James M. Ideman, the prosecutor of Ramon Novarro's killers. Michael Morris inquired as the the validity of the persistent account that Novarro was murdered by an "Art Deco dildo" given to him by Valentino. This letter, included in the Michael Morris archive, proves no such instrument existed at the murder scene. 



 

Irving Schulman's "Author's Note"

While researching Affairs Valentino , I made a point of accessing and studying the archive of Valentino biographer Irving Schulman. There I ...