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New York Tribune, September 15, 1920

„The third reel in the Chaplin marital scenario“

Editorial content. „Chaplin‘s Wife Changes Mind

      on 50-50 Split

      Announces That She Will Seek Only Half Interest in His Latest   

      Picture as Marital Settlement

      She Suffers Breakdown

      Ordered to Bed for 10 Days: Actress Alleges Financial

      Straits, Which He Denies

      The third reel in the Chaplin marital scenario was run off

yesterday, with Mrs. Mildred Harris Chaplin once again occupying

the center of the screen.“ (...)

      „Mr. Chaplin refuses to be worried. Nathan Burkan, his

attorney, declared that his client ,wouldn‘t give her

50 per cent of anything.‘ Mr. Burkan ,pooh-poohed‘ Mrs.

Chaplin‘s fifty-fifty proposition generally, asserting

that the community laws of California, under which she makes

the claims, are not recognized in New York.“ (...)

      „Mr. Burkan refused to believe that Mrs. Chaplin was at any

time in straightened circumstances, pointing out

that during most of the time she complains of she was receiving

$1,500 a week for working in pictures.“ (...)

Redaktioneller Inhalt

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