FILM STAR NEARLY TORN TO PIECES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 353, 9 September 1933, Page 3

FILM STAR NEARLY TORN TO PIECES

o ■ Ramon Novarro's Visit to London Loudon, July 30. Scenes of a remarkable nature from the psychological viewpoint are attending the appearance of the film star Ramon Novarro at the Palladium, where he nightly sings in English and Spanish. Novarro is greeted with applausi as one writer puts it, "full of a sue dein esctasy such 1 lu.ve never hear in a theatre," while- when he attempi to leave the theatre the scenes b:ifl'l description. Novarro tells experiences of womc hungry for a glimpse of him, wh | wait for hours and plunge madly a I his oar, only to be dragged back b; prosaic policeman; of a 72 years oh woman who g J ave him an old 'silve goblet; of two girls who followed bin in a laxi all ever Paris; ,und of ; dancer at the Palladium mistake:! foi him who had his coat torn off. Hat Bashed In He says: "One girl dived halfwaj through die window of my car outsid: the Palladium, and dropped on th< pavenmnt hurt. Others, al. one time oi another, have bashed in niy hat, hit ine over the head, pulled niy fingers painfully in different directions, anil snatched my muffler and handkerchief and most of the buttons off my coat." It was slated that, on the first night a girl hurt her leg in the crush, since; when three mothers have claim ed her as daughter, not to mention other girls who have written on their o-Wn account, mentioning the alleged damage. Novarro, who was interviewed, while planning his nightly getaway, shook his head in wonder. Five policeman were garding the stage door, while others, all paid i..r by the management, were staticr.cd at every 'exit.