People, Sep. 29, 1952

Names make news. Last, week these names made this news:

Charlie Chaplin and his family had hardly sailed for England aboard the Queen Elizabeth when the 63-year-old silent-movie comedian got some bombshell news. U.S. Attorney General James McGranery announced that Chaplin, who has remained a British subject while living and working in the U.S. for 40 years, would be picked up by Immigration officials on his return and held for a hearing to determine if he is readmissible. The Justice Department refused to say on what grounds it would question Chaplin's right to re-enter...

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