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Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello, a Cardiff-born songwriter, playwrite and actor first achieved fame in the First World War with his composition Keep the Home Fires Burning whcih made him a millionaire before his 20th birthday.
He appeared in 21 films from 1921 to 1935 including a very early silent Alfred Hitchcock film The Lodger, even now a gripping psycholgical tale. Novello also acted for famed Hollywood director D.W. Griffith.
He also composed We'll Gather Lillacs and the witty And Her Mother Came Too.
He was enticed to Hollywood as an actor and scriptwriter but did not enjoy the experience. Novello penned the famous line for a Tarzan film "Me Tarazan, you Jane."
Returning to the UK he was successful in the West End theatre penning many hugely popular Ruritanian-style operatas.
The shame of his life was being prosecuted and jailed for one month during WWII for misusing his petrol ration.
He died at his flat in 1951 at the age of 58 years.
The Novello music awards are named in his honour.
Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello, a Cardiff-born songwriter, playwrite and actor first achieved fame in the First World War with his composition Keep the Home Fires Burning whcih made him a millionaire before his 20th birthday.
He appeared in 21 films from 1921 to 1935 including a very early silent Alfred Hitchcock film The Lodger, even now a gripping psycholgical tale. Novello also acted for famed Hollywood director D.W. Griffith.
He also composed We'll Gather Lillacs and the witty And Her Mother Came Too.
He was enticed to Hollywood as an actor and scriptwriter but did not enjoy the experience. Novello penned the famous line for a Tarzan film "Me Tarazan, you Jane."
Returning to the UK he was successful in the West End theatre penning many hugely popular Ruritanian-style operatas.
The shame of his life was being prosecuted and jailed for one month during WWII for misusing his petrol ration.
He died at his flat in 1951 at the age of 58 years.
The Novello music awards are named in his honour.