Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated December 21, 1944 reads, "Joan Barry, shown in these courtroom studies at the trial of the paternity suit in which she charged that Charlie Chaplin is the father of her child, today collapsed momentarily on the witness stand when she was questioned by the defense about a note she wrote to Hans Reusch."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Barry, Joan Barry, Joan--Trials, litigation, etc Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Trials, litigation, etc Trials--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Paternity--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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