Elissa Landi’s Divorce
IV/TTSS Elissn Landi, the British stage and. film actress, was granted on May 10 in Los Angles a decree oi divorce from her Inislmml, Mr dolm Cecil Lawrence, a London barrister. The actress, who sued under her ]enal name of Elizabeth Marie Laurence, charged her husband with ctmsino' her great mental suffering bv his views on married life, wltich she alleged differed from her own. ... m 1... timr.ini* lomesenl illO Mr 1,11 W-
The lawyer tejn’eseimn" mi re nee notified the enmity eleik tli.it A i Lawrence had filial his own sun tor divorce, and contended that the Las An cel es court had na jurisdict ion. The lawyer added that Mr Laurence was ignoring Miss Landi s Mill.
yr.SS Kay Francis, one of the most popular stars of the American screen, arrived in London from I’aris in Mav with some smart frocks and a had ■cold. She had been having a holiday in I’aris. She said that there was no truth in stories of her engagement to Alcxie. Mdivani. <* [ happen to be an old friend of his sister’s,” she said. ‘‘Humor has had me engaged to half a dozen men. When I W a.s here 10 years ago it was reported I was divorced- The fact is that l am not engaged, and do not eon template becoming engaged.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18761, 18 July 1935, Page 13
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