Photograph was edited for publication purposes. 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. Photograph caption dated March 29, 1944 reads, "While riding down elevator after testifying at trial, Joan Barry, center is interesting to these spectators."
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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 United States Court House and Post Office (Los Angeles, Calif.) Trials--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Elevators--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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