Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-20


Valentino. motion picture actor. and
Miss Winiircd Hudnut. District
Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine
and Deputy District Attorney Tom
McClelland abandoned announced
plans OF going in person to conduct
the investigation.
The detectives. il was stated at the
district attorneys Office, were to
stop at Palm Springs, Riverside
county. and ascertain whether VAL
entino and Miss Hudnut stopped at
hotel there last Tuesday night
upon their return from Maxicali.
"Intent" of Valentino.
At the district attorneys office en-
phasis was laid upon the intent" OF
Valentino.
IF he left this country few days
after getting a divorce" said Mr..
McClelland, was married in Mexico
and then returned to the benefit OF
the laws here, he clearly intended
TO evade the law here. II makes no
difference il the woman he married
mas left for the east
The district attorney concurred in
the informal opinion recently given
by judges OF the Los Angeles su-
perior court that Miss Ackcr, from
whom Valentino obtained an inter-
locutory decree of divorce January
10, 1922, would be his legal wife un-
til the decree was made final a year
after that date.
Valentino, who, at the trial of the
divorce action, gave his true name
as Rodolpho Guglielmi, has been
seen in public only once since his
marriage to Miss Hudnut. That was
Wednesday night at Pomona, so
miles east Of Los Angeles, when he
escorted his bride to the eastbound
train she boarded there. Movie
fans" recognized him at the depot.
1t is understood the actor has en-
gagged legal counsel, although there
is no formal charge against him.
Federal Authorities Investigate.
Federal authorities, however, have
followed suit in the matter Of in
vcstigations OF the actors marriage.
Frank M. Sturgis of the department
of justice said the department desired
to know whether, in bringing Miss
Hudnut back into California, where
he already had a legal wife, after the
ceremony at Mexicali, the actor had
violated the Mann white slave act.
Mr. Sturgis stated also the depart-
mcnt was interested in the marriage
at Tiiunia. Lower California, October
3, 1921, Of Frank Mayo, motion pic
ture actor, to Dagmar Godowsky,
daughter of Leopold Godowsky, the
pianist. four days after obtaining an
interlocutory decree Of divorce here.
A marriage contracted by Henry
B. Walthall also is said to be under
investigation by federal agents.
Miss Hudnut is motion picture
art director, known professionally as
Natacha Ramova.
10 Days After Divorce.
San Francisco, May l9.-Henry B.
Walthall, screen star who is playing
in vaudeville here, expresses no
worry as to the proposed investiga-
zion into his marriage.
"There are absolutely no grounds
for an investigation into my second
marriage" he said last night. Il
married my first wife, Isabelle Fen
ton, an actress Is years old. We
couldn't get along and separated.
obtained 4 divorce at Chicago FIVE
years ago. l was given a final de-
cree with the promise that | would
not masry again in the state for
year.
Ten days after my divorce I mar
ried my leading lady, Miss Mary
Charleson in Indiana. At that time
the, legality of my act was thrashed
out by the Indiana judiciary and it
was decided I had done nothing out
side of my legitimate rights"