Happy birthday, Sydney (March 30, 1926)
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| Logansport Pharos Tribune, March 31, 1926 |
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Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1926.
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Arthur "Sonny" Kelly was the brother of Hetty Kelly.
Mary & Doug refer to Charlie, Jr. as "Spencer" (his middle name). In another article below, Lita calls him Spencer. This seems to have been a name that just didn't stick. See also
this interview with Chaplin from 1925.
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| Lita with her boys, Charlie, Jr. (left) and Sydney |
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| Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1926 |
According to the above, if the baby were a girl, Charlie said her name would have been Cecilia,
but that's not what Lita says. Keep reading...
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| Rhinelander Daily News, April 2, 1926 |
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| Father and sons. Sydney is the one with the curls. |
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| Oakland Tribune, April 23, 1926 |
Following her divorce from Chaplin, Lita began calling Sydney "Tommy," after her paternal grandfather, Thomas McMurray. She admitted in her second book,
Wife Of The Life Of The Party, that this was due to her dislike of the elder Sydney whom she claimed had made a pass at her while she was married to Charlie.
