The change in pictures wag inter= preted in local Japanese entertain= ment circles ay" having been. dictated bythe need of. attracting patrons who already had seen "the New Earth" before Miss Watanabe was on the programme, Because of the exceptional public~ lly accorded "The New Barth" over the dispute of the management with the Shanghai Municipal censors, and. the rumours that Chinese would at= tack the theatre, large numbers of Japanese saw the picture soon after It opened. The attack on. the Isis Theatre by Mahan marines and civi-Vans during the second showing of "Abyssinia", a. Soviet made docu mentary film, was recalled by many when the rumours wore spread.
Special. details of Shanghai Munlcipal and Japanese consular police were at the theatre throughout "The New Barth" showings, while the Special Naval Landing Party was kept fon the alert, ready to rush at the first sign of' disturbance from its Jbranch station at the intersection of Chapoo and Haining Roads, one block from the theatre.
When. these disturbances failed to materialize, it was found that the {ension tended to keep away persons from the enlarged programme, feature Ing. Miss 'Watanabe, 'The now picture offering is "The Prosecutor and His Sister", starring Miss, Sotsuko Hara who also took the heroine's role in "The New Earth', end a Japanese "period" drama.
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