Iconic stars have both negative and positive sides like a coin but interesting both theses sides become public for Charlie Chaplin. From staring days of his stardom Charlie also known as a ladies man along with being one of the world's most beloved stars. His attraction to teen-age girls was open secret but he had managed to skirt disaster many times.
Today we will reveal the dark side of iconic comic actor Charlie Chaplin folks. In 1921, a 12-year old Lillita MacMurray accompanied her friend, Myrna Kennedy, to the Chaplin lot looking for work. The dark-eyed almost-teen caught Charlie's eye and he cast her as his flirting angel in "The Kid" by renaming her Lita Grey.
When Chaplin began work on "The Gold Rush" his mind turned again to his flirting angel, who was now 15 years old and signed her yet again. Chaplin was serious about his film by day, but was equally in serious pursuit of Lita by night. Shortly after filming began, the now 16-year old Lita was pregnant and her 35-year old seducer and director was the father.
Chaplin reportedly wanted Lita to terminate the pregnancy, but she refused. Her family smelled a payday and Lita was counselled by them to hang tough. Facing a charge of statutory rape and unthinkably bad publicity, Chaplin agreed to marry Lita. In an almost surreal series of events, the couple slipped into Mexico and were married in November 1924.
