CHINESE BARBERS FELT INSULTED
(Rec. noon) SHANGHAI, July 11. Two thousand barbers staged a demonstration today against a Chinese film in which a hairdresser was depicted as a seducer. The barbers’ complained that the film “insulted the noble profession of barbering” and demanded that the scene should be eliminated. A ' large mob gathered outside the theatre where the preview was being held and threatened to beat up comedian portraying the offending barber. The comedian and his leading lady, who were attending the preview, escaped through a back exit. Both the studio and film censorship board decided that the scene should remain in the
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 July 1947, Page 6
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