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| 1921 | ||||
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– Is devastated to discover that his first love, Hetty Kelly, died of influenza during the great Flu Pandemic of 1918. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1922 | ||||
| 15/8 – |
The FBI begin investigations into Chaplin after it learns that he held a reception for labour leader William Z. Foster in Los Angeles. [MORE] [ADD] Has a brief public affair with actress Pola Negri. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1924 | ||||
| 26/11 – |
Marries 16-year-old actress Lita Grey after she becomes pregnant. Grey is forced to leave the cast of The Gold Rush because of the pregnancy. [MORE] [ADD] Is aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst when film producer Thomas Harper Ince dies under mysterious circumstances. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1925 | ||||
| 5/5 – |
Charles Spencer Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Summer – | Enjoys a brief affair with Louise Brooks. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1927 | ||||
| 10/1 - | Lita Grey files for a divorce. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 12/1 - | Mimeographed copies of leaked details of Lita Grey's accusations of neglect, penny-pinching and sexual degeneracy against Chaplin are sold on the streets. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 28/1 - | Federal authorities seek $1.3 million in back taxes from Chaplin. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Jan - |
Suffers a nervous breakdown and the extreme stress causes his hair to quickly turn white. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 22/8 – | Divorces Lita Grey. The settlement costs Chaplin $825,000 plus almost $1 million in legal fees. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – The financial pressures of his divorce from Lita Grey and tax claims prompt Chaplin to sell his stock investments just before the financial crash of Black Monday. | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
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– Chaplin’s mother, Hannah Hill, dies in Hollywood. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1931 | ||||
| 6/2 - | City Lights is released to universal acclaim despite being a silent. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 31/3 – |
Sydney Earle Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] – Has a brief affair with May Reeves, a woman originally hired to be his secretary. Chaplin ends the relationship when he discovers she is having an affair with his brother Syd. [MORE] [ADD] – A proposal to knight Chaplin is turned down due to his failure to serve in the Great War. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1932 | ||||
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– Begins a long-term relationship with actress and co-star Paulette Goddard, whom he meets aboard United Artists chairman Joe Schenk's yacht. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1933 | ||||
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– Chaplin’s twelve films for Mutual Film Corporation are re-released with sound effects and a new orchestral score added by producer Amadee J. Van Beuren. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1936 | ||||
| – Reportedly marries Paulette Goddard during a vacation in the Orient. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1937 | ||||
| – Noting the similarity in appearance between Chaplin and Adolf Hitler, Alexander Korda suggest he should make a film revolving around mistaken identity. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1940 | ||||
| Oct - | The Great Dictator is released, and becomes his most successful film grossing $5 million worldwide. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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– Chaplin’s relationship with Paulette Goddard comes to an end. The couple claim they were secretly married in 1936. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1941 | ||||
| Jul - |
Orson Welles begins writing a script based around
Désiré 'Bluebeard'
Landru
for
Chaplin but, knowing he will not be able to work under another's
direction,
Chaplin persuades
Welles to sell the story idea to him. The story will eventually
metamorphose into his 1947 film
Monsieur Verdoux.
[MORE]
[ADD] – Co-founds The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1942 | ||||
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– His refusal to support the war effort arouse public anger. [MORE] [ADD] – Has a brief, ill-fated affair with 22-year-old Joan Barry. He ends the relationship when she displays signs of mental illness. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1943 | ||||
| 16/6 – |
Marries 18-year-old Oona O’Neill, the daughter of writer Eugene O’Neill who strongly disapproves of the relationship (Chaplin was 54 at the time) and cuts all ties with his daughter. [MORE] [ADD] – After giving birth to a child, Joan Barry, with whom Chaplin had a brief affair, brings a paternity suit against him. A blood test prove that Chaplin can’t be the father but Barry’s attorney convinces the court that the tests are not admissible as evidence. Chaplin is subsequently ordered to support the child. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1944 | ||||
| 1/8 – |
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] – Mann Act charges relating to Joan Barry are brought against Chaplin. They are later dropped, but the publicity relating to the Barry case damages his career in the States. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1946 | ||||
| 7/3 – |
Michael John Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1949 | ||||
| 28/3 – |
Josephine Hannah Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1951 | ||||
| 19/5 – |
Victoria Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1952 | ||||
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– While Chaplin is in London for the premiere of Limelight, J. Edgar Hoover persuades the Immigration and Naturalization Service to revoke his re-entry permit. He subsequently makes his home in Vevey, Switzerland. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1953 | ||||
| 23/8 – |
Eugene Anthony Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1956 | ||||
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– A proposed knighthood for Chaplin is vetoed by the British government amidst fears of damaging relationships with the United States during the Cold War and a planned invasion of Suez. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1957 | ||||
| 23/5 – |
Jane Cecil Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1959 | ||||
| 3/12 – |
Annette Emily Chaplin is born. [MORE] [ADD] |
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