CHARLES CHAPLIN
DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS WIFE. (Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) LOS ANGELES, December 8. Mr A. L. Reeves, general manager of the Charles Chaplin studio, said on Thursday that he was authorised to announce that the comedian would not be responsible for any further debts contracted by Lis wife, the former star, Lita Grey. Mrs Chaplin, who, with her two sons, is living with her grandparents, has announced that she has no intention of returning to her husband's mansion, which she left following a disagreement on Monday night.—A. and N.Z. Cable. Charles Spencer Chaplin, the film star, was born in Whitechapel, London, in April, 1889, of Jewish parents, His childhood was a hard one. After a board school education he joined his parents, who were music hall artists, on the stage. In 1913. he obtained his first engagement to appear in a film at Los Angeles. Now he is the most popular humorous film actor in the world. He lives in a wonderful house at Beverley Hills, and is said to have an income of over £IOO,OOO a year. His marriage to Lita Grey, a sixteen-year-old dancer, in 1924, was his third matrimonial venture.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19967, 8 December 1926, Page 9
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