OFFER TO MRS. CHAPLIN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19512, 16 December 1926, Page 14

OFFER TO MRS. CHAPLIN

£SOO A WEEK IN LONDON. SEPARATION PROCEEDINGS. LOS DON. Doc. G. Mr. Harry Day, the variety agent and Labour M.P. »for Central Southwark, has cabled to Mrs. Charlie Chaplin (Lita Grey) offering her a 26 weeks' contract in a London revue at £SOO a week. Newspapers at Los Angeles declare that Mr. Will Hay, " the movie Tsar," has intervened in the Chaplin case. There appears to be no possibility of avoiding a separation between the comedian and Lita Grey, but women's clubs; whose influence caused "Fatty" Arbuckle to be banned from the screen, are declared to be exerting pressure on Mr. Hay to take drastic action regarding the Chaplins. Mrs. Chaplin's lawyer, it is said, demands £200,000 as a private settlement, otherwise he will institute a divorce suit, naming a co-respondent. Charlie Chaplin has told his friends that it will be impossible for him to work any more at Hollywood, where his big establishment has been closed during the last week. 5 " I shall throw up everything here and go to London to start two new films all over again with new companies, said Charlie. Lita Grey, his wife, told reporters that the report that there was another man in the case was absolutely ridiculous. She also denied spending £2OOO in a single shopping tour for party dresses, but admitted that she bought a gold dinner set recently for £BOO. An inventory of the clothing she removed from their residence to-day included 25 evening gowns, 40 hats of exclusive design, 20 sport outfits, a dozen • j tailored riding habits, 40 gorgeous furi trimmed cloaks, a quantity of baby things and perfume, worth £lO a bottle.