In 1929, seven years after the success of Blood and Sand, Naldi was named as a party in the divorce proceedings between 54-year-old millionaire J. Searle Barclay from his wife of 16 years.
Barclay and Naldi had met during her stage career a decade earlier and had lived together with her sister in New York since 1920.
The pair married in France in August 1929.
Naldi, alone, returned to the United States two years later and then filed for bankruptcy in 1934.
Naldi did not speak publicly about Barclay until after his death in 1945.
He died penniless.

Despite Hollywood gossip and published rumors, Naldi denied ever being romantically involved with either Valentino or Barrymore.
In 1956 she was also rumored to be engaged to a Park Avenue man named Larry Hall, but no union took place.
Naldi had no children.
In 1929, seven years after the success of Blood and Sand, Naldi was named as a party in the divorce proceedings between 54-year-old millionaire J. Searle Barclay from his wife of 16 years. Barclay and Naldi had met during her stage career a decade earlier and had lived together with her sister in New York since 1920. The pair married in France in August 1929. Naldi, alone, returned to the United States two years later and then filed for bankruptcy in 1934. Naldi did not speak publicly about Barclay until after his death in 1945. He died penniless.
Despite Hollywood gossip and published rumors, Naldi denied ever being romantically involved with either Valentino or Barrymore. In 1956 she was also rumored to be engaged to a Park Avenue man named Larry Hall, but no union took place. Naldi had no children.
Nita Naldi