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Semi-Weekly Tribune, North Platte, Neb., April 23, 1920.
Louis B. Mayer, of Boston, Who Has Secured
Anita Stewart As Star
(...) Photo, Motion Picture News, Aug. 10, 1918
& Mildred Harris, The Inferior Sex,
Lobby Card, 1920
& Hotel Alexandria, lobby, Los Angeles,
circa 1920
& The Broadway contingent of the Alexandra Rug Boys are
now waiting patiently to hear of Louis B. Mayer being
run into by a Ford and bumped by a lengthy longshoreman.
Mayer and Charles Chaplin hooked up in the
Alexandria one night last week over the settlement that
is to be made on Mrs. Charles Chaplin, now that
it is certain the comedian and his wife are to part forevermore.
Chaplin invited Mayer to remove his glasses, and
Mayer did this and at the same time shot a right to Chaplin‘s
jaw, sending the comic down for the count. The
following day Chaplin referred all who inquired as to the row
to his wife‘s manager.
Speculation is rife in Los Angeles regarding the follow
up of the fistic encounter between Louis B. Mayer
and Charles Chaplin. According to report, Chaplin requested
Mayer to take off his glasses, which Mayer complied
with, and in the mix-up Mayer, who weighs in the neighborhood
of 200 pounds, necessarily had the better of it. The
reason for Chaplin‘s request is said to be the aftermath
of a press story which Bennie Zeidmann, who is
Mayer‘s publicity man, has been sending out following
the death of Chaplin‘s child. It declared Mrs.
Chaplin (Mildred Harris) would adopt another baby.
(...) INSIDE STUFF on Pictures, Variety,
April 16, 1920
„Ask Mayer and my wife; they can tell you“
Editorial content. „Movie Star in Fight.
Los Angeles. – Charlie Chaplin, moving picture comedian,
and Louis Mayer, film producer and manager
of Chaplin‘s wife, Mildred Harris Chaplin, from whom the
comedian is estranged, engaged in a fist fight
in the lobby of the Hotel Alexandria here. Mayer declared
the fight was caused by efforts on Chaplin‘s part
to make a settlement with his wife, which she is said to have
regarded as inadequate. According to witnesses,
Chaplin met Mayer in the lobby of the hotel and demanded
that he remove his glasses. Chaplin than swung
for Mayer‘s jaw, but missed. Several blows were exchanged
and Chaplin fell to the floor. Chaplin‘s nose showed
several deep scratches after the melee. When asked for
a statement, Chaplin replied: „Ask Mayer and
my wife; they can tell you.‘“
Redaktioneller Inhalt
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