NEGRI-VALENTINO 'TRIAL BETROTHAL' ANNOUNCED
Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) Associated Press reports on March 7, 1926 "that Pola Negri today announced a 'trial betrothal' to Rudolph Valentino*."
The plans are for the two movie stars to marry "at the end of a four-month test." Pola describes Rudolph as "the supreme man." She says that he is "my great love."
Miss Negri does not care for the word "engagement." She feels it sounds too much like a "business arrangement."
If at the end of the four-month period their love "remains the same," they will become man and wife.
JFK+50 NOTE
Apparently, Valentino & Negri never married. There is information online that Valentino never acknowledged an engagement to Negri. He was married to Jean Acker, 1921-1923 & Natacha Rambova, 1923-1925.
*Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) was born in Castellaneta, Italy. RV was called "The Latin Lover" & known for his exotic screen persona, romantic intensity & expressive performances.
SOURCE
"Rudolph And Pola Betrothal On Trial," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., March 7, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
