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Title
Charlie Chaplin in court
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1944
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Charlie Chaplin left the witness stand "for the present" on December 20, 1944, at his paternity suit trial. Later, on December 26, he took a look at a little baby, white-faced but impassive. He later said Joan asked $150,000 for the baby and mother.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00045033
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1535
CARL0000049159
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15639
Subject
Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977
Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Trials, litigation, etc
Barry, Joan--Trials, litigation, etc
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Comedians--United States
Paternity--California--Los Angeles
Trials--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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