Pola and Her Prince

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 678, 1 June 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)

Pola and Her Prince

Temperamental Differences Lead to Divorce Proceedings

■ ESSAGES from Paris and Hollywood indicate that the matrimonial affairs of two more film stars are running far from Miss Pola Negri, according to her | present husband, Prince Serge j Mdivani, proposes to seek a divorce. Miss Betty Compson has separated j from lier husband, Mr. James Cruze, i the film director, and says that ulti-1 mately a divorce action will be; brought. Below is a list of some of the film |

stars who have made more than one venture into matrimony: Mr. Charles Chaplin.—Twice divorced. Previous wives both screen actresses, Miss Mildred Harris and Miss Lita Grey. Now unmarried. Miss Mary Pickford. —One previous husband, a film actor, Mr. Owen Moore. Is now Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks. Miss Gloria Swanson. —Two previous husbands, Mr. Wallace Beery and Mr. Somborn. Now married to the Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye. Miss Constance Talmadge.—Two previous husbands, Mr. John Pialoglou and Captain Alastair Mackintosh. She is to marry for the third time next month. Mr. Adolphe Menjou.—One previous wife. Married again the film actress Miss Kathryn Carver. Miss Mae Murray.—One previous husband, a film director, Mr. Robert Z. Leonard. Remarried to Prince David Mdivani. Mr. Lew Cody.—Two previous wives.

the third and present being Miss Mabel , Xormand. “A Wonderful Girl" Miss Pola Negri is reported to be far from on the best of terms with her husband, Prince Serge Mdivani. They ,) were married two years ago in the tiny registry office of Serincourt, near i Paris, where the film star owns a | magnificent ancestral home, j According to the "Chicago Tribune,” ' | the prince is reported to have said: i I Pola is a sweet and wonderful girl, but j there are times when two people cannot : agree. I understand that she veil! file .a ■! suit for divorce in a few days.

Our characters are so different, and we do not agi’ee at all. It is a difference in temperament. We are now separated—• Pola is living in her chateau at Serincourt and I am back home with my father. Although the prince referred all callers to her, no statement was forthcoming from Miss Pola Negri. A gtay-At-Home Miss Betty Compson, in announcing that she had separated from her husband, said: Jim just w-ould stay at home at night. Even when there were professional parties or first performances Jim would not leave his fireside. Miss Compson declared that he had gravely offended her hv remaining at home on Sundays, and added: “Sunday is iny one day in the -week away from film work, and I cojild not stay at home to rest.’’ She said that ultimately a divorce action would b,e brought.