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Barry, 21 years old, began an affair with established director Charlie Chaplin, aged 52 years, in the summer of 1941; [3] Chaplin had his studio sign Barry at $75 a week ($1,550 today) with possibility of extension, [3] and came to consider her for the starring role in Shadow and Substance, a film proposed for 1942. [4]
Chaplin v. Amador, a lawsuit brought by actor Charlie Chaplin against an imitator named "Charlie Aplin," set an important legal precedent that a performer's persona and style, in this case Chaplin's "particular kind or type of mustache, old and threadbare hat, clothes and shoes, a decrepit derby, ill-fitting vest, tight-fitting coat, and trousers and shoes much too large for him, and with this ...
Lita Grey, whose bitter divorce from Chaplin caused a scandal. While making The Gold Rush, Chaplin married for the second time. Mirroring the circumstances of his first union, Lita Grey was a teenage actress, originally set to star in the film, whose surprise announcement of pregnancy forced Chaplin into marriage
Charlie Chaplin told reporters that he could not believe that Arbuckle was guilty, having known him since they both worked at Keystone in 1914. Chaplin "knew Roscoe to be a genial, easy-going type who would not harm a fly." [27] Buster Keaton issued a public statement in support of Arbuckle that resulted in a mild reprimand from Keaton's studio.
Charlie Chaplin, actor, director and producer [153] Maurice Clark, screenwriter [154] Richard Collins, screenwriter [155] Charles Collingwood, radio commentator [156] Dorothy Comingore, actress [157] George Corey, screenwriter [158] Irwin Corey, actor and comedian [159] Jeff Corey, actor [160] Oliver Crawford, screenwriter [161] John Cromwell ...
Durfee entered show business in local companies as a chorus girl at the age of 17. She was the first leading lady of Charlie Chaplin. Durfee and Arbuckle separated in 1921, just prior to a scandal involving the death of starlet Virginia Rappe. There were three trials and finally, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career was destroyed and he ...
Charlie Chaplin, Jr., or Cass Chaplin, was the oldest son of iconic Hollywood actor Charlie Chaplin. He was born to Lita Grey and Charlie Chaplin on May 5, 1925, in Beverly Hills, California ...
A variant of this rumor alleged that Davies had a sexual liaison with fellow-guest Charlie Chaplin, and that Hearst mistook Ince for Chaplin and shot him out of jealousy. [77] [6] Chaplin's valet allegedly witnessed Ince being carried from Hearst's yacht and claimed that Ince's head was "bleeding from a bullet wound".