Ivor Novello - Wikipedia
WEBIvor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.. He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning" …
Ivor Novello - Wikipedia
WEBIvor Novello, al secolo David Ivor Davies (Cardiff, 15 gennaio 1893 – Londra, 6 marzo 1951), è stato un attore, compositore e sceneggiatore gallese, molto conosciuto nel periodo del muto Biografia. A teatro compose commedie musicali (sovente insieme al …
Ivor Novello, 1893-1951 - The London Magazine
WEBSeats for a Novello musical are not just empty, they are not there. In his stories he showed interest in heroes adrift from their status, and that is the Novello problem now. There is in the Ivor Novello story a want of continuity. In the long term, his death did not do him any good. A reputation for being mesmerising can become redundant.
Ivor Novello - Biography - IMDb
WEBIvor Novello. Writer: Downhill. While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera. Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1893, he was the son of a tax-collector father and a well-known singing …
Ivor Novello - IMDb
WEBIvor Novello. Writer: Downhill. While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera. Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1893, he was the son of a tax-collector father and a well-known singing …
Ivor Novello | Musical Theatre, Songwriting & Composing
WEBMar 29, 2024 · Ivor Novello (born Jan. 15, 1893, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales—died March 6, 1951, London, Eng.) was a Welsh actor-manager, composer, and playwright, best known for his lush, sentimental, romantic musicals.. Novello, the son of the celebrated Welsh singing teacher, Dame Clara Novello Davies, was educated at Magdalen …
BBC - Wales - Arts - Ivor Novello - Ivor Novello biography
WEBMay 18, 2010 · Novello was born David Ivor Davies on 15 January 1893 in Canton, Cardiff. His mother was the singer Dame Clara Novello Davies, and his father David Davies was a tax collector.
Ivor Novello | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 14, 2018 · Novello, Ivor [Davies, David Ivor] (b Cardiff, 1893; d London, 1951). Welsh composer, actor, playwright, and impresario, son of choral conductor Clara Novello-Davies (1861–1943). Composer of Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914), one of the most popular songs during 1914–18 war.
Ivor Novello: a forgotten genius with a complicated private life
WEBIvor Novello was a fêted composer who fell into obscurity — until now . . . A leg up: Ivor Novello at the piano in the 1928 film The Vortex. KOBAL/SHUTTERSTOCK. Alexandra Coghlan.
Ivor Novello, master of the musical | Musicals | The Guardian
WEBAug 3, 2012 · Simon Callow, Mark Elder and Gerard McBurney share a love for the music of Ivor Novello, which will be celebrated in a Prom, Glamorous Night. Simon Callow. Fri 3 Aug 2012 17.55 EDT.
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