CHAPLIN’S FOURTH MARRIAGE
YOUNG GIRL AS WIFE
(Recd. 12.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 16. Charlie Chaplin, who is 54,--and Mona O’Neill, the 18-year-old daughter of the dramatist, Eugene O’Neill, obtained a marriage license at Santa Barbara, California, to-day. Chaplin, who was three times previously married, said they had planned the wedding for June 1, but unfortunate circumstances made a delay necessary. Several weeks ago the actress, Joan Barry, aged 23, brought a paternity suit against Chaplin, alleging he was the father of her unborn child. Last week Chaplin agreed to give Barry 2.500 dollars immediately, another 4.500 dollars for medical fees, and 100 dollars a week until a further order from the Court. The settlement was approved by the Superior Court. Chaplin, although agreeing to the payment, denies paternity. The agreement provides that a blood test be made, when the child is four months old, to determine if Chaplin is the father. Barry collapsed to-day when told that Chaplin planned to marry O’Neill.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 June 1943, Page 5
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