City Lights 1930 1931 1932 next previous
City Lights Clippings 387/387
Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, February 9, 1933.
Publicity Agent Paid by Chaplin
May Shepherd
Here is the British publicity agent who recently won $500
from Charlie Chaplin, film comedian, in a suit brought
against the famous American actor in London. She is Miss
May Sheperd who alleged Chaplin owed her
the money for publicity services she rendered him while
in England.
(...) Photo, Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
Dec. 14, 1931
& SETTLEMENT IN CHAPLIN CASE
Claim Paid in Full
JUDGE OBJECTS TO COUNSEL‘S REMARK
Names „Bandied“ About
A settlement of the action brought by Miss May Shepherd,
secretary and publicity agent, against Mr. Charles
Chaplin, the film comedian, was announced at Westminster
County Court yesterday. (...)
„Not Accused of Anything“
Mr. Chaplin then went into the box. After his answer
to the first question the Judge told him to speak up.
Mr. Conway: Did you know personally anything about
the work that the plaintiff had done on your behalf?
Mr. Chaplin: In a general way I did.
Mr. Conway: What was it? – She was segregating the
letters – the general correspondence from what
we call the family.
Judge Tobin: She has sworn that the assistants did that.
I will not allow this.
The judge asked Mr. Chaplin if he exonerated Miss
Shepherd from any blame of any kind.
Mr. Chaplin: Of any blame? She has mot been accused
of anything.
Judge Tobin: Oh, hasn‘t she? Were you not sitting
in court yesterday?
Mr. Chaplin: I was not.
Judge Tobin: It is a pity you were not.
Mr. Chaplin: Yes, it is.
The Judge: You did not know what was said, but I do.
Mr. Chaplin: Yes, I know.
Judge Tobin: Do you express any regret for that or not?
Mr. Chaplin: I certainly do, but I do not assume
that I did it myself.
Judge Tobin: Of course you did not do it yourself, but your
counsel did it on instructions.
Mr. Chaplin: On instructions? Not from me.
(...) Guardian, Manchester, England, Dec. 2, 1931
„The comedian‘s press agent“
Editorial content. „Last year, when Charlie Chaplin
was in Europe, a magazine of large national circulation
got hot for a 50,000 word chapter story by Charlie
on observations while on his trip around the world. The
periodical sent a representative from New York
to Paris to close a deal with Chaplin. This was done,
with Carlyle Robinson, the comedian‘s press
agent, handling the details and obtaining a high per word
rate for Charlie. But soon after Chaplin returned
to Hollywood, Robinson was dropped from the payroll.
His claim that Charlie had promised him a cut
on the magazine article (still unwritten), was turned down.
So the press agent who had been with the comedian
for the greater part of 15 years is said to have blocked out
a lengthy feature article, Charlie Chaplin As I Knew
Him. The idea, it is understood, has already been accepted
for syndication in both England and the United States,
and a British publisher will bring it out later in book form.“
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