The Circus 1927 1928 1929 next previous
The Circus Clippings 92/376
Los Angeles Evening Express, Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 2, 1926.
Merna No Mourner
Red-haired MERNA KENNEDY, now playing leads for
Charlie Chaplin, is reported as saying she was not
surprised at the Chaplin domestic difficulty. Apparently she
has not mourned over the Chaplins‘ parting, although
she is reported to be an intimate of Mrs. Chaplin.
(...) Photo, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., Dec. 2, 1926
& A Nifty Beach Outfit is that in which Mrs. Charles
Spencer Chaplin (the former Lita Grey) is pictured above
on the beach at Waikiki.
(...) P. & A. photo, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 1, 1926
& CHAPLIN DENIES „NECKING“ WITH
LEADING WOMAN. Merna Kennedy, former Chicago girl,
of whom movie star declares his wife was jealous.
(...) Photo, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 15, 1927
„I am not at all surprised“
Editorial content. „Wife Scores Chaplin as an ,Unit Father‘
(Photo) MR. AND MRS. CHAPLIN
AND THEIR BABY BOY
Upper – Charlie Chaplin and his wife, formerly Lita Grey;
below is Charlie with his son, Charles, jr.
,Another Woman‘ Reported In Charlie‘s Life; Mate
To Ask $1,000,000 Award
There will be no reconciliation between Charlie Chaplin,
the world‘s leading film comedian, and his young wife,
the former Lita Grey. Miss Grey, with the couple‘s two children,
Charles Spencer Chaplin, jr., aged 2, and Sydney Earle
Chaplin, aged 1, in the seclusion of her grandfather‘s home
at 521 North Beverly drive, Beverly Hills, where she
fled early Tuesday morning, made this emphatic statement:
,I‘m never going back – never, never, never!‘
Miss Grey flayed Chaplin as a husband and father. She
charged that he had been cruel to her and insisted
that she could not further tolerate the treatment she has
received.
She accused him of being ,unfit to have the custody
of their children,‘ and told of his habits of remaining away from
home at night.
Chaplin, in his palatial home in the hills, denying
admittance to all, was equally emphatic that he, too, was
,through‘ – this in the form of an announcement
by Al Reeves, general manager of the Chaplin studios,
that the comedian was no longer responsible for
his wife‘s bills.
WIDELY DISCUSSED
The separation of the Chaplins, while not unlooked
for in Hollywood, was the one subject of conversation in studio,
cafe and on the boulevard.
Everyone that film folk gathered the stories of a new romance
in the life of the film comedian were whispered.
Miss Grey, leaving her home for the office of her attorney,
George Beebe, close personal friend of her grandfather,
William Curry, and a witness at her wedding to Chaplin at Guaymas,
Mexico, in November, 1924, admitted she had heard
,rumors‘ of another woman in her husband‘s life, but refused
comment.“ (...)
„Merna Kennedy, Chaplin‘s new leading lady, had been
excused from duty. Last night when informed of the
wreck of the Chaplins‘ matrimonial bark Miss Kennedy said:
,I am not at all surprised.“
BREAK NOT UNEXPECTED
Miss Kennedy was Miss Grey‘s closest friend during
high school days of the two girls. It was at the latter‘s
suggestion that Chaplin gave Miss Kennedy her place in the
films as his leading lady.
The actress, due to her close friendship for Miss Grey, was
believed to have long known of the impending
break, as did the majority of others in the film colony.
The final separation, it was learned, followed
a bitter quarrel between Chaplin and his wife Monday night.
In the morning Mrs. Chaplin packed a few personal
belongings and, with her mother, Mrs. Lillian Spicer, left
the Chaplin home.
,And I‘ll never return,‘ Miss Grey said today. ,Mr. Chaplin
has made life unbearable. My grandfather‘s home
is my home – I can find peace and quiet, with my children,
here.‘
LEGAL ACTION SOON
Beebe, who will handle either the divorce or legal
separation suit for Miss Grey, said:
,I have not gone into the matter fully yet. Miss Grey will confer
with me and we will decide upon our action.‘“ (...)
„At first Miss Grey said she would not seek absolute
divorce.
Later she said that she might take such action.“ (...)
Redaktioneller Inhalt
The Circus 1927 1928 1929 next previous
