The ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS captured his rapturous reception where welcomers
carrying a Tricolour climbed onto the roof of his carriage. The photos might have been
stills from A Hard Day’s Night.
Dev may not have been more popular than Jesus but in 1920 had packed
sports stadia across the United States, been acclaimed in State and Municipal
capitals. He starred in Geneva at the League of Nations, its most impressive figure.
He was no Lenin, but eighteen years later after his American triumphs had a mega-star reception in London ( two years before before John Lennon was born)
And the world had seen nothin’ yet of his capabilities.
I’m sure there should be film newsreels of the Euston Reception.
Can they be accessed and made available to the general public?
Comments are closed.