FILM IDOL IN LONDON
MAURICE CHEVALIER ARRIVES. FLAPPERS’ GREAT WELCOME. LONDON, Nov. 29. A multitude of flappers, old and young, invaded Victoria Station and mobbed Maurice Chevalier, who appears definitely to have dethroned Rudolph Valentino. He arrived by special train and thus had the platform to himself. The crowd passed the time singing Chevalier songs, and wncn he appeared there was an immense uproar, girls throwing kisses, waving handkerchiefs and crying welcomes to which Chevalier, who was wearing a grey trilby and the famous straw hat, pursed his lips, expressing whimsical wonder, and waved in the direction of the seething crowd. The gramophones continued to play songs. Chevalier then stepped to a microphone 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 secords, till the police guard pushed them off.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 438, 2 December 1930, Page 11
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