Ivor Novello

Novello was portrayed in the fictional film Gosford Park (2001) by Jeremy Northam and several of his songs were used for the film's soundtrack.
. The Ivor Novello Award is a prize awarded for songwriting, named for Ivor Novello, and awarded each year by the record industry to song writers and arrangers rather than the performing artistes. Quayle was knighted in 1985. It was alleged by W. Somerset Maugham that Winston Churchill confided in him that he had once been to bed with Novello. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1969 for his role in Anne of the Thousand Days. Novello was a homosexual, well known for some of his more glamorous affairs. For 35 years, he was the lover of the British actor Bobby Andrews, and he had an affair with the British poet and writer Siegfried Sassoon. His film roles included parts in Ice Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

However, he continued to appear on stage until the day before his sudden death. His own Shakespearian roles included Falstaff and Othello; he also appeared in contemporary plays. This downfall from his luxurious lifestyle completely broke his spirit, and he was never the same man after his release. From 1948 to 1956 he directed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and laid the foundations for the creation of the Royal Shakespeare Company. During World War II, Novello was convicted of illegal use of rationed petrol (gasoline) and was briefly imprisoned. After appearing in vaudeville, he joined the Old Vic in 1932. He generally composed his music to the librettos of Christopher Hassall. He was born in Ainsdale in Lancashire and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Novello wrote his musical shows in the style of operetta, and was one of the last major composers in this form. John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 — 20 October 1989) was an English actor and director. He also went to Hollywood and appeared in films, but the stage remained his first love and the medium for his major successes. He first became well known as a result of the song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning", which he composed during World War I. After the war, he appeared on stage in the West End, in musical shows of his own devising, the best known being The Dancing Years (1939). He was born at Llwyn-yr-Eos (Grove of Nightingales), Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, Wales, to Dame Clara Novello Davies (1861-1943), a well-known singer and teacher, and David Davies, a tax collector.

David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 - March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello , was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. "Yesterday". "Someday my Heart will Awake". "We'll Gather Lilacs".

"When I Curtsied to the King". "My Dearest Dear". "I can Give you the Starlight". "Rose of England".

"Shine Through my Dreams". "Fold Your Wings". "Keep the Home Fires Burning". Gay's the Word (1951).

King's Rhapsody (1949). Perchance to Dream (1945). Arc de Triomphe (1943). The Dancing Years (1939).

Crest of the Wave (1937). Careless Rapture (1936). Glamorous Night (1935).