Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-01-20
HOLLYWOOD BEGINS new
YEAR WITH PLENTY SUITS
FOR DIVORCES AMONG THE
STARS; HOLD SPOTLIGHT

Hollywood, California, the movie
mecca, has put it's best foot forward
to begin the new year with bigger
and better divorce suits or any other
kind of suits which promise to bring
it into the spotlight of publicity. And
its actors so far have indicated that
the stage will not lack characters.
There is promise that contest will
ensue for the more prominent places
in the spotlight.
The exact center of the stage just
now is being occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Spencer Chaplin and
their separation.
Mrs. Chaplin, making sensational
charges, has filed suit for divorce.
The complaint covers AZ pages and
hurls host of charges gainst the
comedian, including infidelity, threats
and lack of affection for children.
When they arrived home after their
wedding, Mrs. Chaplin said, her hus-
band told her he would make her so
sick of him she wouldn't want to live
with him.
This is not Chaplin's first expensive
matrimonial mistake. He divorced
his first wife and former leading lady
Mildred Harris, who cost him $780,
900 settlement. Filmland frequently
talks about Chaplin's life. 1t talks,
too, of Edna Purviance, who still
holds a screen contract with him.
And of his latest leading lady, Myrna
Kennedy, school friend of Lita
Grey.
The twinkling toes that carried
Mary Hay to fame and into the
hearts of all Broadway; into love and
'ideal romance" and into the Paris
divorce courts, now have carried her
into the light of publicity.
They are seeking a new road now,
and the question is-where? For
Mary Hay has been promised a de-
cree of divorce from Richard Bar
thickness by the tribunal of the Seine
A desperate but futile effort to
"crash the first page" was made at
the beginning of the new year by
another film star, Miss Marjorie
Rambeau, in suits and counter suits
growing out of the divorce action OF
Mrs. Mabel Manton against her hus-
band, William K. Manton.
The Rambeau-Manton tangle made
it's appearance in supreme court In
New York when attorneys for Mrs.
Manton sought to revive her $780,
900 alienation of affection suit
against Miss Rambeau. A year ago
Mrs. Manton sued for divorce, nam
ing the actress, who she also was
suing for alienation. The divorce
action ended in a love scene between
husband and wife, however, while
the jury was considering the case.
Later Mrs. Manton sued again fol
divorce, which was granted, and she
sought to make another try for the
100000. The court refused to con-
slider her pleas, however.
chaplins Still Hold Stage
Still the prominent position which
the Chaplin case holds is not seriously
threatened at the present time, fol
interest is too great in watching fol-
the outcome of the arrangement
The Chaplin honeymoon was one OF
the strangest on record. Immediate
ly after the ceremony, performed al
Guaymas, Mexico, in the chill dawn
of a November morning, Charlie went
fishing in the Gulf of Lower Callfor-
MIA, and the bridal party, including
the brides mother, her attorney, and
grandfather, returned to Hollywood
Gossip is rife-even in Hollywood.
Chaplin's friends predicted from the
first that the wide difference be-
tween his age and that of his wife
would prevent happiness. And now
the divorce court is near-and Holly
wood is in the limelight again.
Advertised as Containing real
life story" of Charles Chaplin, Sc
ries of stories written for maya
zine in New York City has formed
the basis of 100000 damage suit
brought by Chaplin against the pub
fishing company.
Chaplin complains that the articles
contain many statements that are
false and tend to bring him into dis
repute and subject him to score, and
that his name and likeness were pub
lished without his consent.