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- catalog abstract "Wife of the Life of the Party is the memoir of the late Lita Grey Chaplin (1908-1995), the last surviving wife of Charles Chaplin and the only one of Chaplin's wives to have written an account of life with him. Born Lillita Louise MacMurray in Hollywood, she began her career at age twelve with the Charlie Chaplin Film Company, when Chaplin selected her to appear with him as the flirting angel in The Kid. When she was fifteen, Chaplin signed her as the leading lady in The Gold Rush and changed her name to Lita Grey. She was forced to leave the production when, at the age of sixteen, she became pregnant with Chaplin's child. She married Chaplin in Empalme, Mexico, in November 1924. The Chaplins were to stay together for two years. Lita bore Chaplin two sons: Charles Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin. In November 1926, after she discovered that Chaplin was having an affair with Merna Kennedy (Lita's best friend, whom she had persuaded Chaplin to hire as the leading lady in The Circus), Lita left Chaplin and filed for divorce in January 1927. It was one of the first divorce cases to receive a public airing. The divorce complaint itself ran a staggering 42 pages and fed scandal with its revelations about the private life of Charles Chaplin. Lita's divorce settlement of $825,000 was the largest in American history at the time. Lita authorized the publication of My Life with Chaplin in 1966. The book was mainly the creation of her co-author, Morton Cooper, who rewrote her manuscript. Lita was never happy with the many inaccuracies and distortions of that book. Wife of the Life of the Party is not to be seen as a supplement to her early book, but rather Lita's own version of her life, told for the first time.".
- catalog contributor b10593982.
- catalog contributor b10593983.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Lita authorized the publication of My Life with Chaplin in 1966. The book was mainly the creation of her co-author, Morton Cooper, who rewrote her manuscript. Lita was never happy with the many inaccuracies and distortions of that book. Wife of the Life of the Party is not to be seen as a supplement to her early book, but rather Lita's own version of her life, told for the first time.".
- catalog description "The Chaplins were to stay together for two years. Lita bore Chaplin two sons: Charles Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin. In November 1926, after she discovered that Chaplin was having an affair with Merna Kennedy (Lita's best friend, whom she had persuaded Chaplin to hire as the leading lady in The Circus), Lita left Chaplin and filed for divorce in January 1927. It was one of the first divorce cases to receive a public airing.".
- catalog description "The divorce complaint itself ran a staggering 42 pages and fed scandal with its revelations about the private life of Charles Chaplin. Lita's divorce settlement of $825,000 was the largest in American history at the time.".
- catalog description "When she was fifteen, Chaplin signed her as the leading lady in The Gold Rush and changed her name to Lita Grey. She was forced to leave the production when, at the age of sixteen, she became pregnant with Chaplin's child. She married Chaplin in Empalme, Mexico, in November 1924.".
- catalog description "Wife of the Life of the Party is the memoir of the late Lita Grey Chaplin (1908-1995), the last surviving wife of Charles Chaplin and the only one of Chaplin's wives to have written an account of life with him. Born Lillita Louise MacMurray in Hollywood, she began her career at age twelve with the Charlie Chaplin Film Company, when Chaplin selected her to appear with him as the flirting angel in The Kid.".
- catalog extent "xxvi, 306 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Wife of the life of the party.".
- catalog identifier "0810834324 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wife of the life of the party.".
- catalog isPartOf "Filmmakers series ; 61".
- catalog isPartOf "Filmmakers series ; no. 61.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press,".
- catalog relation "Wife of the life of the party.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791.43/028/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.".
- catalog subject "Chaplin, Lita Grey, 1908-".
- catalog subject "Chaplin, Lita Grey, 1908-1995.".
- catalog subject "Comedians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Entertainers' spouses Biography.".
- catalog subject "Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN2287.C513 A3 1998".
- catalog title "Wife of the life of the party / Lita Grey Chaplin and Jeffrey Vance.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".