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The Loves Of
Charlie Chaplin
IT IS a long road from little Hettie Kelly of the London tramcars, to Pola Negri, idol of two continents.
Yet that is the lover’s lane Charlie Chaplin has trod in a few brief years and it is strewn thick with every kind of romance.
No man in modern history has loved and been loved by so many beautiful, brilliant and famous women.
Paradoxically enough, the great comedian of the screen must be recorded as the Great Lover of the 20th Century.
Don’t let anybody delude you with the idea that Charlie’s amours have been trifles, chimeras of the press agents, unfounded gossip, mere casual friendships.
Be that as it may, the romances of Charlie Chaplin weave a story that need not be embroidered. The facts themselves flame scarlet and gold, alive with ardor and poetry and infinite variety. And each one of them has been a serious matter in Charlie’s young life.
Chronologically, the heroines of these thrilling love-chapters read something like this: Edna Purviance. Mildred Harris. Mae Collins.
Claire W indsor. Clare Sheridan. Anna Q. Nilsson. Lila Lee. Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Pola Negri.
Among this amazing list, Charlie has perhaps always been hunting for the ideal wife he described to me.
“I have always wanted very much to be married, to have a home and children. I have wanted that more than anything else in the world. I gave up my ideals when I was twentyone, but I am searching now for a practical ideal. An ideal that will work.
“I have no particular type of woman. I don’t know anything about women. I am terribly interested in them. I like to know how they think and why they do things. The things I really require for a wife are fundamentals. Most of all, sympathy. Tolerance.
At the top is Edna Purviance, Charlie's first screen sweetheart. At the left is Claire Windsor. Circle. Lila Lee, and below Miss Lee, Peggy Hopkins. Oval , Mae Collins
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