OCR Text |
Show Chaplin Divorce A r ranged Calmly Comedian Relieved At Result; Says Wife and Himself Were Not Suited, But Finds No Fault With Her. By D.AX THOMAS LOS ANGELES The moving picture. pic-ture. world is breathing mure easily. Chaplin himself seems the most relieved of the lot lit the settlement settle-ment of the divorce suit without sensation. Oddly enough, the signing of the divorce papers apparently will find Chaplin and Lita more friendly than they hare been for a year. "I came west with the full intention inten-tion of fighting this case to n finish,"' fin-ish,"' the comedian said. "Mrs. Chaplin's legal staff submittal settlements set-tlements to me on two .occasions anil then refused to sign them when I agreed to their terms. I was not going to give, them a third chance but since .1 have decided to do so. Lita Is Fine Girl "I have remained practically silent since the beginning of our trouble because I did not think it was right to attack Lita. She is n fine girl and a good mother to he' babies. I have no fault to find with her. We just weren't suited, that's all.' . Mrs. Chaplin will keep the babies but Chaplin- will be seen at her home frequently. Chaplin loves his two sobs and wants to see as much of them as he can. And, now that a settlement settle-ment has been reached, it becomes apparent that lie and Lita have for-gblteri for-gblteri the bitterness that marked the early stages of their trouble. Indeed, In-deed, barring unforeseen happenings; happen-ings; it is probable that they will be very S001 friends once they are no longer man and wife. Chaplin's chief interest, how that his martial troubles are settled, is in his new picture. "The Circus." Work on this picture had been begun be-gun when Mrs. Chaplin sued him for divorce, bbt all activities were suspended when she. began filing attachments on all her husband's property. Now, however, he is ready to resume filming. Wife Gets Permanent Custody Cus-tody of Children and Huge Sum of Money; Trust Fund For Children Is $200,000 I . HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Ansr. 23. (TT) i'.hiivlip Chaplin's In test bill for divorce will cost the f unions comedian more than $2,000,1)00, it was estimated here today. The Inst I torn in n list of costs which resulted from the interlocutory interlocu-tory decree of divorce obtained by Lila Grey Chaplin yesterday will he fixed at a hearing today ou re-reivers' re-reivers' fees; Is Stagl-ring Sunt In comparison lo the settlement made upon Mildred Harris; which not total more than -$150,000. his latest divorce appears as a staggering stagger-ing sum. Items to the1 "hill for divorce" is as follows: Proiwrty settlement $02.1,000; children's 'trust' fund $200,000: receivers fee.? $10,000; temporary alimony approximately $15,000; interest on deferred property prop-erty settlement $17,000 and $1,000 a. month for maintenance of the children until the trust fund is established. No estimate can be made of the loss "which resulted from halting production -on ''The Circus" Chaplin's latest picture. Mrs. Chaplin, it is- understood, will receive $375,000 at once with the rest, of the settlement to be paid rivet a three year period. Two payments pay-ments of $100,000 each will be made with R final payment of $50,000 interest of four per cent will be j paid on the deferred payments, it was learned-. ' ' $75,000 Attorney Fees Mrs. Chaplin, it. is estimated, will pay approximately $75,000 in attorneys at-torneys fees. Thi-s sum covers the fees to Attorney Edwin T. MeMur-nil. MeMur-nil. hte firm of Lee and Lee, the firm of Young and Young and George Beebe. ' Aside from .the huge ium of ; money involved, the case whicli had taken oh the aspects of the most sensational in the history of the film colony, held little interest. In little more than an hour the decree had been granted, after the brief testimony of only four witnesses, wit-nesses, Mrs. Chaplin, was the only person clearly identified with the film colony in court. them along Yellowstone lake and that evening a nice mess of trout was caiiglit from the head of the Yellowstone river. Fish were frying for supper iii the camp on Che edge of the Grand canyon. All were happy and soon the camp fires had died ' down and the Scouts were asleep. During the night a quartet of brown bears came calling and helped help-ed themselves to a buffet lunch. This woke the Scouts and they were soon out in the crisp early morning air, driving the brown folks from the gruli boxes,' -When 'daylight came there was flour, canned goods, eggs, bread and paper scattered all over the camp and plenty of boar tracks were mixed in. Slories Exchanged , Afler cleaning up camp and exchanging ex-changing tales of bears with the other campers who had also been visited, a hike was taken to the two huge falls of the Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. The Scouts were overcome with the grjinduer of the scenes before them and it was w'ilh some hesitation they left this beauty beau-ty spot to travel on to Mammoth Hot Springs to view the terraces, take a swim in the hot -pool and look over the park museum. The circle was completed from here by returning to Norris Geyser Basin, across to Canyon and out the South Entrane. Jackson Hole country was taken in, the Teton Pass was climlied and soon they were traveling back over the payed highways of Idaho and into Utah. Lagoon furnished a few hours sport just before returning home and capped the trip with a fitting climax. The scouts who went hn this trip are: Onnir Bunnel, John Alice, James Anderson, Gerald Anderson, Mollis Grange, Robert Olson, Franklin Frank-lin S. Harris Jr., Herbert F. Smart, La Vern Green, Carl Wat-nick, Chauncey Harris, Don Holden, John Twiss, De Alton Partridge and Scout Executive A. A. Anderson. Joseph Ilafen and Frank Harris were the drivers of the cars that were used, and added much fun to the trip. ... |