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Chaplin, Lita Grey; Vance, Jeffrey - Wife of the Life of the Party - 9780810834323 - V9780810834323
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Wife of the Life of the Party

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Description for Wife of the Life of the Party The memoir of the late Lita Grey Chaplin (1908-1995), the only one of Chaplin's wives to have written an account of life with Chaplin. Her memoir is an extraordinary Hollywood story of someone who was there from the very beginning. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Wife of the Life of the Party is the memoir of the late Lita Grey Chaplin (1908-1995), the only one of Chaplin's wives to have written an account of life with Chaplin. Her memoir is an extraordinary Hollywood story of someone who was there from the very beginning. Born Lillita Louise MacMurray in Hollywood, she began her career at 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
360
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810834323
SKU
V9780810834323
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About Chaplin, Lita Grey; Vance, Jeffrey
Lita Grey Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's second wife, was a film actress, singer, and author of two memoirs concerning her life with Charlie Chaplin. Jeffrey Vance (M.A., Boston University) assisted Lita Grey Chaplin in compiling her memoir.

Reviews for Wife of the Life of the Party
Lita writes frankly, and from the perspective of many years, about their unlikely relationship...she also writes interestingly, and not scurrilously, about the social life of Hollywood in the 1920s...this memoir provides a vivid account of a relationship that was doomed from the start.
Classic Images
The 40 photographs include wonderful candids from The Kid and The Gold Rush. ... Read more

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