Wife of the Life of the Party A Memoir

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.

Foreword

ix

(4)

Sydney Chaplin

Acknowledgments

xiii

(2)

Introduction

xv

(8)

Note on the Text

xxiii

(2)

"I'm the Wife of the Life of the Party"

xxv

1. The Early Years and The Kid

1

(28)

2. The Gold Rush and Marriage to Chaplin

29

(40)

3. Pickfair and San Simeon

69

(20)

4. The Beginning of the End

89

(22)

5. Epilogue

111

(14)

Introduction to the Chaplin Divorce Documents

125

(6)

Complaint for Divorce

131

(32)

Answer of Defendant

163

(54)

Cross-Complaint

217

(18)

Answer to Cross-Complaint

235

(50)

Order

285

(2)

Order-Alimony, Attorneys' Fees, etc.

287

(2)

Order-Making Permanent Pendente Lite, Restraining Order of January 11, 1927

289

(2)

Order Fixing Amount of Bond

291

(2)

Notice of Motion for an Order

293

(2)

Interlocutory Judgment of Divorce

295

(4)

Index

299

(8)

About the Author

307

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