Word: chaplinitis
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...practical," Judge Adlow asserted. "Why go to a book-seller or the library when the evening paper brings you the complete details of Errol Flynn's latest romance or Chaplin's misadventures...
...Chaplin: "Germany will be officially defeated by June 7. Russia will declare war on Japan...
Charles Spencer Chaplin, defendant in the paternity suit (TIME, Jan. 1) brought by his onetime protegee Joan Berry, was conspicuously absent from the Los Angeles courtroom when Miss Berry's bush-browed Lawyer Joseph Scott, 77, roared his final plea to the jury. Samples: "This pestiferous, lecherous hound. . . . I'm sorry he isn't here so I could . . . hand it to him right on the chin. . . . Did you ever hear the story of Svengali and Trilby? This fellow is just a little runt of a Svengali. He's not even a monster . . . just a little runt...
Next morning, Miss Berry was asleep in the "Paulette Goddard Room," named for Chaplin's third wife. When Chaplin came in, she said, he promised to pay her a regular $25 a week and she gave up the gun. On the stand, it suddenly occurred to Miss Berry that "telling a story like this" was "very embarrassing." The Court urged her to go right on. Well, she and Chaplin had both undressed...
...Chaplin's version of the same night: "She invaded my bedroom. She had a gun. She circled around me. I asked her what was up and she said she was going to kill herself in my home to create a scandal. She insisted on staying and I told her she could sleep in the guest room. I gave her some night clothes and didn't see her again until the next morning." How long had it been since Chaplin and Miss Berry had ceased being lovers? Chaplin: "Oh, some time in February...