Charlie Chaplin (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Charlie Chaplin
Date:
1951
Publisher:
New York : Henry Schuman, Inc.
Volume:
Charlie Chaplin
Leaf #:
000200
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski","Jeff Joseph"}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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XVII new friends After his divorce Chaplin's name was linked with several girls, among them May Collins and Claire Windsor. The newspapers repeatedly reported engagements. The idyl with May, a young stage actress, did not last long because, after her film appearance with Frank Mayo in "The Shark Master," she was obliged to leave for New York to fill a stage engagement. There had been no marriage proposal as some of Chaplin's intimates feared. His association with Claire Windsor was more complicated and dramatic. Her real name was the less euphonious Olga Cronk and she hailed from Kansas. Now she was gambling on a movie career. Her stakes were a tall, slender figure and a blonde, delicate beauty. She was ten years older than the proverbial sixteen and the mother of a son whose existence she did not attempt to conceal, in the manner of the day, from the fan magazines. Photogenic and talented enough to get by, all she needed was a little publicity to put her over. What would serve better than to be reported "engaged" to Charlie Chaplin? She smiled at him in a restaurant and they were introduced. Soon after the papers carried sensational news! The reported fiancee of Charlie Chaplin had been kidnapped! Her horse had returned to a riding academy riderless; her handbag had been found in the hills! The police sent