CHASED BY FLAPPERS
CHEVALIER, FILM STAR
IDOLISED AS IF A HERO
LONDON, 29th November. A multitude of flappers, old and young, invaded Victoria Station and mobbed Maurice Chevalier, the French film star, who appears definitely to have dethroned the late Rudolph Valentino. Ho arrived by special train, and thus had the platform to himself. The crowd passed the time singing Chevalier's songs, and when ho appeared there was an immense uproar, girls throwing kisses, waving handkerchiefs, and crying welcomes,1 to which Chevalier, who was wearing a grey' Trilby and famous straw hat, pursed his lips, expressing whimsical wonder, and waved in the direction of the seething crowd. Gramophones continued to play the songs, and Chevalier then stepped to a microphone installed on the platform, and, in hesitating English, said: "I am happy to return to London." Only one girl secured an autograph, but a number managed to perch on the running board of Chevalier's motor-car for a few seconds until the police guard pushed them off.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 9
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166CHASED BY FLAPPERS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 9
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