The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-04
FOUR TIMES TRAGEDY HAS INTERVIEWED
TO BLAST POLA NECRRS HOPES FOR
HAPPINESS WHAT Of NEXT, STEP?
BY ALLENE SUMNER
NEA Service Writer

Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Incl
New York. April 4.-7Pola Negri,
dressed in expensive mourning even
more becoming than the jewclcd
robes Of a Du Barry which she had
SO often worn on the silver sheet,
swooned over the coffin. of Rudolph
Valentino less than eight months
ago, prOclaiming unto all the world
that she was his one and only fiancec,
that he loved her to the death, and
that all JOY had now fled from her
life forever.
"Po!a is cursed with an unlucky
Love start" she moancd.
That was eight months ago. In
a day or 50 now Pola herself will
be married somewhere meath the
waxy white chestnut flowers Of
Paris"
The groom is Prince Serge Mdivani.
brother Of Mac. Murray's newly ac-
CURED husband, the Prince David
Mdivani.
Which DO Gentlcmcn Prefer
Thus will Hollywood's prize bru-
nettc beauty and one of Hollywood's
prize blends become sistcrs-in- law,
and engage. perhaps. in a friendly
competition as to whether gentle
men princes really do prefer blonds
or bruncttes, the answer being which
one stays with her husband longer.
mus, too. once more does Pola
Ncgri. born Appolonia Chalupcc.
tempt the jealous Love Gods who
have bounded her from the time,
whcr, young girl IN her, teens, she
had what she calls her zone great
nsNls A., 4.
her by death.
That was the beginning. In the
years that followed, Pola Ncgri's
beauty. charm. fascination, call it
what you will. brought her the offer
lngs OF love from men. Of every
cline, every nation. every walk in
Her First Love
return. But troubles intcrvcned--
threats. blackmail, lost love, and
finally death itself.
II enter this marriage with NV
breath stilled," Pola says. "Somc-
thing will happen. Something AL
ways does"
1t was while playing in the I'm.
perial Theatre Of Warsaw, Poland,
that Pola's first real love came"
He was young Polish painter who
begged to paint her portrait. They
were engaged. The wedding day
was set. Then he fell i'll and died
Of consumption, nurscd to the end
by his dark-eyed actress bctrothcd.
P0la vowed never to love again
never to be $50 hurt by loss"
But love came again soon and with
It marriage.
Her First Husband
P0la was returning from her home
in Warsaw to the theatre in Berlin
where she was playing. At the bor-
der town of SassnOwiecc she was
stripped Of her jewels by the Polish
customs authorities.
Pola stormed and ravcd. She
would not return to Warsaw for a
permit. The customs men sent her
to the commandant.
The commandant kept her waiting
five hours. That was because She
haughtily sent in word that she was
Pola Ncgri herself.
After five hours she saw the COM
mandant. He was Count Eugene
Dombski.
"Thc instant l looked into his eyes
knew my fate" POla told the tale,
The jewels. were returned. She
delayed her trip and visited his
mother in her castle there. Four
months later she was the Countess
Dombski. The honeymoon was spent
in a remote hunting lodge. Then
they returned to the ancestral castle.
Remembers Movie Job
About this time Pola rene mbercd
that she had IL movie job in Berlin.
She had been Gin between pictures"
when she met the count. Now came
summons to return to Berlin at
once. The count was obdurate. He
had married no picture actress. She
would stay in his castle. The climax
came when, at the height Of the quar-
rel, he drew revolver and told her
she would not leave the castle.
''ln the dead of night" Pola sneak.
ed from the castle, went to Berlin,
wrote her count that she would n.vcr
return: and a divorce was granted
him.
He came in the picture once more
when, Mt the time Of his cxwifc's re-
ported engagement to Charlie Chap
lin. he invited via cable that worthy
to a duel, declaring that the final