A FILM FAVOURITE
CHEVALIER IN LONDON. WELCOME FROM FLAPPERS. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, November 29. (Received Nov. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) A multitude of flappers, old' and youn<f, invaded Victoria station and mobbed Maurice Chevalier, who appears definitely to have dethroned the late Rudolph Valentino. He arrived by special train, and thus had the platform to himself. The crowd passed the time singing Chevalier’s songs, and when he appeared three was an immense uproar, girls throwing kisses, waving handkerchiefs, and crying welcomes, to which Chevalier, who was wearing his famous straw hat, pursed his lips, expressing whimsical wonder, and ‘waved in the direction of the seething crowd. Grama phones continued to play songs. Chevalier then stepped to a microphone which was 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 till the police guard pushed them off.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21197, 1 December 1930, Page 10
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