Ivor Novello Stage and Film Collection 1910s-1951

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Ivor Novello Stage and Film Collection, 1910s-1951

Title

Ivor Novello Stage and Film Collection 1910s-1951

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http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/36

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19 boxes and 1 volume

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eng,

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V & A Department of Theatre and Performance

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SNAC Resource ID: 6300744

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Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Denys [Blakelock], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871310 Actress Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India, and returned to England with her parents after World War I. While attending a convent school, her mother took her to see a play, where she determined to become an actress. She had little experience before creating a sensation in the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the movie Gone With t...

Braithwaite, Lilian, 1873-1948

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Bayley, Hilda, 1889-1971

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Razza, Desdemona

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Dane, Clemence

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Clemence Dane was born 21 February 1888 in Blackheath, Kent and educated in England, Germany and Switzerland. She began her life under the name of Winifred Ashton. After a period as an art student at Dresden and the Slade School she decided to try acting. Miss Clemence Dane appeared at the Criterion Theatre on 12 February, 1913, as Vera Lawrence in Eliza Comes to Stay . In those days she was known as Diana Cortis. Towards the end of World War she began her career as a writer. She to...

Poulton, Mabel

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Harris, Claude

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Levy, Jose G.

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Hassall, Christopher, 1912-1963

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Rejane

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Dare, Phyllis, 1890-1975

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Henson, Leslie

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McBean, Angus, 1904-1990

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Epithet: photographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000254 Angus McBean was born in South Wales in June of 1904 and the family later moved to Scotland. He was a photographer active in London who photographed most of the important stage productions in London, Stratford-on-Avon, Glyndebourne, and Aldeburgh, from the 1930s through the early 1970s. His work has been associated with surrealism. ...

Ellis, Mary, 1900-2003

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Singer and actress Mary Ellis was born May Belle Elsas, June 15, 1897 (some sources say 1900) in New York, NY. She changed her name to Mary Ellis in 1918, when the Metropolitan Opera signed the soprano to a four-year contract. She made her Metropolitan debut December 14, 1918, in the world premiere of Giacomo Puccini's SUOR ANGELICA, and in 1919, she appeared in the premiere of Albert Wolff's operatic rendering of Maeterlinck's THE BLUE BIRD (L'OISEAU BLEU). In 1922, she left the Me...

Plotz, Jane

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Courtneidge, Cicely, 1893-1980

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Hurgon, Austen

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Maillard Kesslere, G

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Lee, Vanessa, 1920-1992

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Dempster, Carol

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TITHERADGE, DION

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Barren, Muriel

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Collier, Constance, 1878-1955

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Jeans, Ursula 1903-1973

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Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980

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Cecil Beaton, theatrical designer, won the 1960 Tony Award for costume design for his work on SARATOGA. He was also nominated for best scenic designer for the same production. From the guide to the Costume designs for Saratoga, 1959, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) B. in London, 1904;d. January 18, 1980. From the description of Cecil Beaton : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 539084703 Eng...

Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939

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Worswick, Joseph

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Irvine, Robin, 1901-1933

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Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

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British actress. From the description of Dame Ellen Terry correspondence and calling card, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980587 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000002 Dame Ellen Terry was a 19th century British actress, who for many years performed opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925. Fro...

Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924

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Russian artist. From the description of Léon Bakst autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1922 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 528674978 Ballet, theater and opera designer, and artist Leon Bakst (1866-1924) was born in Grodno, Russia and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. Some of Bakst's best-known works were for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He died at his home in Paris. From the guide to the Leon Bakst designs, ca. 1911-1923, (The New...

Tanquery, Paul

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Ault, Marie, 1870-1951

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Chesney, Arthur

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Hume, Benita., 1893-1951

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Vieu, Jane

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Novello, Ivor, 1893-1951

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Ivor Novello (1893-1951) was born in Cardiff, Wales, to David Davies and Clare Novello Davies, a vocal teacher. Musically active as a child, he learned songs from his mother's many famous clients and showed an early talent for writing songs, having his first work published at age 15. He moved to London in 1913, and quickly became a favorite of Sir Edward Marsh, a well-known patron of the arts. He spent the first several years of his career working as a composer, but eventually added acting, both...

Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987

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American actress; b. in England Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll; d. in Spain 1987. From the description of Madeleine Carroll collection, [193-]-[195-]. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70974152 ...

Dietrich, Marlene, 1901-1992

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Marlene Dietrich (b. December 27, 1901, Berlin, Germany–d. May 6, 1992, Paris, France) was a German actress and singer. Throughout her long career, spanning from the 1910s to the 1980s, she maintained popularity by continually reinventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich acted on the stage and in silent films. Dietrich starred in Hollywood films such as Morocco (1930), Shanghai Express (1932), and Desire (1936). Throughout World War II, she was a high-profile entertainer in the United St...

Benson, Annette

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Rutherford, Margaret

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Park, Bertram, 1883-

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Aked, Muriel, 1887-1955

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Hitchcock, Fred A. (Fred Andrews), 1889-

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Emeritus Professor of Physiology, The Ohio State University. From the description of Papers, 1930-1968. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13512481 ...

Novello-Davies, Clara

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Harrington, Edmund

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Mahrenholz, Rolf

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Arthurs, George

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Dare, Zena

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Lovell, Raymond, 1900-1953

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Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968

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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Mae Marsh : oral history, [1950-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481182 ...

Compton, Fay, 1894-1978

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British actress. From the description of Letter : London, to Laurence Housman, [19--] Sept. 24. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25352512 ...

Gardiner, Reggie

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Adams, Ida

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Addinsell, Richard

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000262 English composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 19 May 1961, to Mr. Woods, 1961 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873114 ...

Ivor Novello Stage and Film Collection 1910s-1951

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