Odd smell at Bowie film
The Westend Cinema tn Cathedral Square was cleared last evening, after what proved to be a justifiable false alarm. There was a nearcapacity audience for "The Man Who Fell to Earth,” starring David Bowie They waited outside for about 10 minutes while firemen traced the source of a smell of burning rubber — which had spread through the theatre. The smell had come from a slipping belt on the projection equipment, a spokesman for the management said.
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Press, 22 September 1977, Page 19
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