FRENCH THEATRE RIOT
USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AUDIENCE ATTACK BOX OFFICE. ißx Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] Received Dec. 9, 11 p.m. PARIS, Dec. 8. There was a serious riot in the Moulin Rouge cinema theatre to-night when the audience objected to the use of English in a talkie. They made a mass attack on the box office and demanded the return of their money. The police .arrived and sent the people back to their seats in the hope that the film would be changed. When this was not done the disturbance was renewed, the police eventually clearing the hall. It is stated that the outbreak was fermented by musicians, who have been th rown id 1 e by foreign infringements.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 293, 10 December 1929, Page 9
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118FRENCH THEATRE RIOT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 293, 10 December 1929, Page 9
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