Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Photograph also used for articles dated June 30, 1953 and February 8, 1955. Not long after Barry filed the first paternity suit against Chaplin, federal prosecutors brought Mann Act charges against Charlie Chaplin in relation to Barry; he was acquitted. First photograph caption dated March 23, 1944 reads, "Joan Barry, the government's star witness against comedian Charlie Chaplin at his trial on charges of ..."; Second photograph caption dated April 3, 1944 reads, "Anxiously awaiting the outcome of the trial is the central figure of the case, red-haired Joan Barry, the comedian's former prote´ge´."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Barry, Joan Barry, Joan--Trials, litigation, etc Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Trials, litigation, etc United States.--Mann Act of 1910--Cases Trials--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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