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Fans mob visiting stars
Ivor Novello appeared frequently at Streatham Hill Theatre. On the last night of I Lived with You (which ran in week beginning 11th July 1932), Novello was visited by Douglas Fairbanks Jnr and his wife Joan Crawford, together with Laurence Olivier, Jill Esmond and Heather Thatcher. Crowds besieged the theatre, anxious to see the American stars. A 30-strong police force tried to protect them as they emerged from the stage door after the show. The girls screamed and shouted and waved autograph books. It took the party 5 minutes to reach their car.
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