The Pittsburgh Press (October 12, 1940)
Vichy, France, Oct. 12 (UP) –
German occupation authorities have threatened to close every movie theater in Paris idf patrons do not stop applauding scenes such as those showing British air raid destruction in Germany, the Paris radio announced today.
The radio broadcast a communiqué of the Nazi authorities saying that they consider such applause an act of hostility and that if it is repeated even in a single burst of applause, every movie will be closed.
Scenes which the Parisians applauded were shown in German newsreels.