INSULT TO MEXICO
FILM STAR CHARGED UNPLEASANT INCIDENT (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Nov. 22, 2 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21. Lee Tracy, a i-metim star who is making :i film here, “Viva Villa,” to which much objection is voiced by Mexicans, was ordered to-day by the 'police authorities to remain hero pending further investigation of complaints that he “insulted 1 lie Alexienn Government and offended public morals. ’ ’ It is alleged that Tracv, clad only iii a blanket, appeared on an hotel balcony on Sunday during a parade celebrating the Mexican revolutionary anniversary, and shouted insults while a crack corps of cadets from < 'hiipultepcc Military Academy passed.
To make matters worse, it was alleg ed, the blanket slipped off.
He was arrested twice, the American consul securing his release on his own recognisance.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18252, 22 November 1933, Page 8
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