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Katherine Lipke, Los Angeles Times, L. A., Cal., May 16, 1926.

Charlie Chaplin

      der Mann, über den die ganze Welt lacht

      von Hans Siemsen

(...)  Revue des Monats, Berlin, Nov. 1926, Part I

„Lita Grey Chaplin‘s chum“

Editorial content. „MERNA APPROVES ChaRLIE

      Youthful Chaplin Leading Lady in ,Circus‘ Tells Gay

      Tales of His Picture-Making Methods

      BY KATHERINE LIPKE

      Merna Kennedy – 17 – with radiant red hair and green

eyes! Lita Grey Chaplin‘s chum is now Charlie Chaplin‘s leading

lady in The Circus.

      A girl, boyish and nonchalant – yet constantly flushing

with an undercurrent of feminine feeling. She would

probably just as soon call Charlie Chaplin ,You egg‘ during

a scene as not. Yet she is breathless in her admiration

for his direction and technique.“ (...)

      „GREAT EXPECTATIONS“ (...)

      „She explains how he grew brutal the other day on the

set and told her many unpleasant things about herself.

She hesitated between anger and tears, and when tears

won out he rushed her to the camera and she

discovered that this lachrymose display was what he had

been working for.

      CARELESS SUMMER DAYS

      She tells of Charlie Chaplin – the play boy, who takes

Lita, Merna and Harry Crocker (also in The Circus)

to the beach to plan out the picture and then they all go

swimming instead and come back tired and laughing,

with the picture still in the background.“ (...)

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