Pro-Nazi Germans clashed with Mexican workers outside the Theatre Parisienne here after
the scheduled showing of a Nazi film had been blocked by refusal of motion picture operators to exhibit it.
At the last moment, the operators’ union forbade its members to work in the theatre where the film was to be shown. The Nazis, arriving at the theatre and finding it closed, congregated outside and voiced resentment. A number of workers in the vicinity were attracted to the scene and after an exchange of epithets the disturbance broke out.
No arrests or serious injuries were reported.
Public exhibition of the film, named “Loyal to the Death,” had been prohibited by the Government. The Nazi sponsors obtained permission for a private showing and changed the title to “Hitlerjugen.”
Advertisements were inserted in newspapers announcing the theatre would be closed the day the picture was scheduled to be shown, but posters were placed in cafes and other places frequented by Germans inviting them to attend the showing.
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