Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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. . , A noted authority on European courts comes forward to deny the circulated stories that Elissa Landi is the granddaughter of an Empress circles as well as in court society that the Empress couldn't have another child: That is the first objection to the Countess Landi's story that she is the daughter of the Empress of Austria. The second objection refers to the circumstances attending her birth. She claims that it took place in the Castle of Sassetot in Normandy where the Empress was spending the summer months. That it was kept secret — it being said the Empress had had a riding accident which kept her confined to her bed. It is added in the book that the Emperor came to see her incognito, without anyone having known it, and that, furthermore, the Empress herself was not known in Sassetot as such, but as a simple Countess von Hohenembs. NOW this is what really happened: The Empress, who was very fond of traveling and loved solitude, rented the Castle of Sassetot in the Seine Inferieure, near the watering place called Petites Dalles. She arrived there in July, 1882, accompanied by a large retinue, and brought with her twelve hunters and riding horses. She was traveling as she always did under the name of Countess Hohenembs, one of the titles of the House of Hapsburg, but this was not with any intention of hiding her identity. On her arrival she was welcomed by the Prefect of the Seine Inferieure in the name of the President of the French Republic, and of the French Government. She received him as well as the local authorities, and the fact was announced in all the French newspapers. She received also the Cure of Sassetot, went regularly to church on Sundays, and made friends with many people, among others the sisters in charge of the schools in Sassetot and Petites Dalles. And, finally, she was seen riding every day when her horsemanship was immensely admired. The French magazines, the Illustration as well as the Monde Illustre, published photographs of her on horseback. One morning as she was mounting her horse, the animal got frightened at something or other, reared, and threw the Empress. Present at the accident were the members of the Empress's household, her grooms and several servants. She was picked up insensible and there was fear she had concussion of the brain, because for several hours she did not recover consciousness. The local doctor was called in by the Empress's physicians and several eminent Paris surgeons were telegraphed for, among others Dr. Pozzi. These facts were also recorded in every newspaper, not only in France but all over the world. The Emperor Francis Joseph, as soon as he was informed of the accident, hastened to his wife's bedside, traveling under the name of Count von Hohenembs. As he passed through Paris, he was greeted at the Gare de l'Est by representatives of {Continued on page 116) (Above, left) The Empress Elizabeth of Austria of whom this writer denies the rumors of a secret child. (Left) The Countess Zanardi Landi as a child. (Below) Elissa is a great actress but she is not the granddaughter of an Empress—so claims Princess Radziwill. The pictures on these pages (excepting that of Elissa Landi) were reproduced from "The Secret of an Empress," by Countess Zanardi Landi. 63