CELEBRITY HOMES
Pola Negri
Then & Now
621 North Beverly Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California
“When Rudy returned from Europe, he came directly to my house. He bounded out of the car and raced to the door, shouting, “Polita, I am free! I am free! — Pola Negri, from her autobiography, Memoirs of a Star
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Pola Negri lived here during her relationship with Rudolph Valentino in 1925-1926. She sold the house several months after Valentino’s death.
An artists rendition of Negri’s residence, circa 1925
Negri’s former residence today, which has changed very little since the 1920s
(Courtesy Joe Yranski)
Photo of residence with Pola standing at door
The residence as it looked from the backyard in the 1920s
Pola standing at door of residence
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