Georgia Hale

Born on June 25, 1900, in Missouri, U.S, Georgia Theodora Hale was an American performing artist of the silent film period. She is the daughter of Lura and George Hale. Georgia won Miss Chicago in the year of 1922 and contended for Beauty Pageant of Miss America. She started acting in the mid-1920s and accomplished one of her most remarkable victories with her part in "The Gold Rush Gold Rush is an English reality television series >> Read More... ," a comedy movie, directed, written and produced by Charlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin popularly known as Charlie Chaplin >> Read More... in 1925. Georgia played the role as Myrtle Wilson in the debut filmed variant of the Herbert Brenon’s movie " The Great Gatsby Click to look into! >> Read More... " in 1926.

Chaplin featured Hale after seeing her acting in the movie “The Salvation Hunters”, directed by Josef von Sternberg, which also released in 1925. The “Gold Rush” briefly made her a star in the Industry. However, she did not outlive the change from silent motion picture to sound and stopped performing in films after 1928.

The documentary name Unknown Chaplin uncovered that Hale was employed to replace on-screen character Virginia Cherrill by Chaplin in the movie City Lights Click to look into! >> Read More... as the female lead in 1931 amid a short period after he had let go Cherrill and before he re-enlisted her. In test film of Hale, only seven minutes of the part survives and the motion picture turned into the DVD arrival and portions show up in Unknown Chaplin.

The first experience by an editor with the diary of Hale likewise uncovers that she was the first choice of Charlie Chaplin for the main female character in his movie The Circus, a part in the long run played by Merna Kennedy in 1928. George came back to feature with Rin-Tin-Tin, a star German shepherd in Lightning Warrior, a Mascot serial, replacing Edwina Booth in 1931. It ended up being the last motion picture for both.

Long out of public eye, Georgia stayed dedicated to Chaplin for whatever remains of her life, to such an extent that she never wedded. Georgia was a friend to Chaplin in the late 1920s and mid-1930s. She went ahead to became a dance instructor and later wound up being rich through real estate in Southern California. As indicated by her diary, she turned into an adherent of Christian Science. In 1972, Georgia met with Chaplin amid his short come back to the United States. 

She talked about her experience in Unknown Chaplin with Chaplin. She likewise composed a book about her encounters with him name Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-Ups in the 1960s. It was distributed in 1995 when Heather Kiernan altered the composition, and The Scarecrow Press published it, ten years after her passing. Georgia Hale left the world on 7 June 1985.