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James Doherty, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., Jan. 14, 1927.
„One evening in Henry‘s an actor came to his table
to suggest that Charlie engage him as an assistant. Although
I, his assistant, was seated with him, Charlie enthused,
,A good idea! Come to the studio tomorrow!‘ While Charlie‘s
ready acquiescence shut off the actor‘s sales talk,
Charlie turned over to me the job of explaining to the actor
that he really didn‘t wish him as an aide. You may
imagine that this took a little doing.“
(...) Harry Crocker, „Man and Mime,“ an unpublished Chaplin
biography, extract handwritten by Fritz Hirzel,
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles 1981
„I am temporarily under a cloud“
Editorial content. „CHAPLIN FIGHTS FOR NAME
Chaplin Says He Will File Cross Bill in Wife‘s Divorce Suit
Photo. „Movie Comedian Says He‘ll File Cross Bill.
Charlie Chaplin and his Jap valet about to board Twentieth
Century in Chicago on his way to see New York lawyer.“
„Plans to File Cross Bill, Ask for Children
By James Doherty.“ (...)
Aboard Twentieth Century Limited. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 13. –
(Special.) – Charlie Chaplin is heartsick as he journeys
to New York, the master comedian of the movies revealing
himself as an ordinary husband where marriage has
hit the rocks.
,My wife has defiled my reputation,‘ he said, ,but I am
fortified in the knowledge that I am right in my heart.
I have confidence the American public will not condemn
me unheard. The time and place for me to make
answer is in the courts when I return to Los Angeles.
Thinks Public Will Hear Him.
,Of course I deny each and every charge she has made,
and I will be able to prove them all untrue. I am sure
that the public will abide by the truth as it is told in the court.‘
This last was in reply to a question as to whether
he had heard of the resolution of several women‘s clubs
banning his pictures. He had heard of the proposed
action, similar to that which ended Roscoe Arbuckle‘s career
in the movies, but he does not believe the same fate
will befall him.
,Certainly I shall contest the divorce,‘ he said. ,I expect
to file a cross bill and I believe that I will get the divorce.‘
Chaplin was accompanied on his trip to New York by several
newspaper men and women. He was willing to discuss
almost any subject except his marital difficulties, and those
he touched upon gingerly.
A question was put to him regarding his children. His face
brightened. ,I have two wonderful children,‘ he said.
,They are of different temperaments, one being very musical
and the other more serious.‘
,Which is your favorite?‘ he was asked.
,Well, the baby is the baby,‘ he replied, ,and all babies
are marvelous.‘
Will Ask Children‘s Custody.
,Shall you ask for the custody of your children?‘ he was
asked.
,Most certainly,‘ he replied. ,That‘s the reason for my fight,
and I will get them, too. I realize that I am temporarily
under a cloud, but those who know me and love me will not
pay any attention to the charges, as they will know
they are untrue.‘
,Have you any one woman friend of whom your wife might
have cause for complaint?‘ he was asked.
,No; she accuses a large number,‘ he answered. ,Some
one asked me today if I were bitter against all women.
I am not. Another asked me if I was heart broken. The correct
way to answer that would be to say that I am heartsick.‘
Chaplin, despite his trouble, was still the comedian today.
He entertained press representatives by stories and
a sketch of the new picture he is making, The Circus. For
an hour he told of his various adventures in that
picture, illustrating his actions by gestures, facial expressions,
and body movements. He seemed to relish talking
of the picture, as it diverted attention from his trouble with
his wife, Lita Grey Chaplin.“ (...)
„WILL EXAMINE BOOKS
Hollywood, Cal., Jan. 13. – (Special.) – Books, vaults,
cash funds, and secret business archives of Charlie
Chaplin are to be opened to the joint inspection of the court
receivers and the attorney of Chaplin‘s wife at 10:30
o‘clock tomorrow morning in the closed down Chaplin studio.
Chaplin‘s local attorney, Lloyd Wright, will be
a party to the conference. Tomorrow‘s legal operations will
be the receiver‘s first step toward account for the
$16,000,000 of property which Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin has
asked the Los Angeles County court to apportion
between herself and the actor she seeks to divorce.
The forty-two page divorce complaint of Mrs.
Chaplin was withdrawn from the public files in the county
clerk‘s office by Chief Deputy County Clerk R. F.
Gregg this afternoon.
,The complaint has been sequestered,‘ Mr. Gregg said.
,There have been so many people in here demanding
the right to read Mrs. Chaplin‘s divorce papers that it has
disorganized my office. There have been old men,
young men, flappers, and married women.‘“ (...)
„CHAPLIN DIVORCE PLEA HEADS
LIST OF BEST SELLERS
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 13. – (AP) – Printed copies of Lita
Grey Chaplin‘s sensational divorce complaint headed
the list of best sellers here today when on sale at 25 cents
net. The first edition was exhausted tonight.
For the last two days the county clerk‘s office has been
besieged by persons seeking an unabridged version
of the spicy charges contained in the forty-two page document.
The waiting line included movie extras, law students,
school girls, and fashionably gowned women.“
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