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Pola Negri's Broken Romance With Prince Reaches Paris Divorce Court

PARIS, Nov. 29. (UP)—The broken romance of Pola Negri and the Georgian prince, Serge Mdivani, finally reached Paris divorce courts today when attorneys for the movie picture actress filed papers charging incompatibility.

Miss Negri's suit, filed under the actress's true name, Apolonia Chalupiec, divorced wife of Count Mombaka, cites a long list of instances in which she and her prince disagreed, climaxed by their separation several months ago when Serge left to live with his father.

They were married in May, 1927, at Miss Negri's residence, Chateau Serincourt, just outside Paris. They agreed in April of this year to a divorce. All efforts of the prince's brother, Prince David, who married Mae Murray, another film star, to bring about a reconciliation were unsuccessful and the separation lengthened. Serge taking up work as a French distributor for American talking picture producers.

Miss Negri arrived here two weeks ago, announcing that she planned to begin the divorce action but protesting that she still loved her husband.

"I loved Serge greatly and I still love him," she said. "Divorce will be a great wrench, but divorces are the only solution when two people cannot live peacefully together."

Prince Serge, when informed by the United Press today that his wife had filed the papers of the suit, said:

"I certainly won't oppose the suit. She really is kind to sue on grounds of incompatibility. She could have used many other reasons. She is a charming woman, but we are not mates."

Miss Negri plans to remain at her chateau with her mother, hopeful that she may get action on the suit before she returns to Hollywood in January to fulfill a contract to make three talkies.

There was some question as to whether she was a legal resident, but in view of the fact that the prince has been a legal resident of Paris since the war, the court is expected to expedite the case as a French action rather than American.