Ivor Novello
(1893-1951), Actor-manager, dramatist and composerSitter in 38 portraits
Composer, actor and dramatist, Novello made his name in 1914 with the wartime favourite Till The Boys Come Home (Keep The Home Fires Burning), to words by American poet, Lena Guilbert Ford. While working for the Air Ministry he enjoyed success with the score, co-written by Jerome Kern for the musical comedy Theodore & Co at the Gaiety Theatre, London (1916). Novello went on to achieve further fame as a performer and writer on stage and in films, writing and producing numerous comedies including Careless Rapture (1936), The Dancing Years (1939) and King's Rhapsody (1949).
Ivor Novello; Clara Novello Davies
by Lallie Charles
pink-toned bromide print, 1916
NPG x17128
by Foulsham & Banfield
bromide postcard print, 1920s
NPG x17034
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart), published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1920s
NPG x17035
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG x9085
by George Maillard Kesslere, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, circa 1920
NPG Ax160186
by Francis Bruguière, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1920s
NPG x198129
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
modern bromide print, 1925
NPG x34574
Clara Novello Davies; David Davies; Ivor Novello
by Unknown photographer
bromide postcard print, late 1920s
NPG x17029
Clara Novello Davies; David Davies; Ivor Novello
by Fox Photos Ltd
vintage bromide print, late 1920s
NPG x135724
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1928
NPG x180058
by Paul Tanqueray
modern bromide print from original negative, 1928
NPG x88810
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1932
NPG x180180
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1932
NPG x180181
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180275
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180276
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180277
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