Jon Ponder
Alla Nazimova smoking on the set of 'Madame Peacock' in 1920
Alla Nazimova smoking on the set of ‘Madame Peacock’ in 1920

‘It is my devilish ambition that has urged me on and on.’

– Alla Nazimova, the Garden of Allah’s founder, on what drove her to the pinnacle of success on stage and in film