Ivor Novello

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. He was born at Llwyn-yr-Eos (Grove of Nightingales), Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, Wales, to the well-known singer and teacher Dame Clara Novello Davies and David Davies, a tax collector. 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 also went to Hollywood and appeared in numerous successful films, but the stage remained his first love and the medium for his major successes.

Filmography

• The Call of the Blood (L'Appel du Sang) - 1919
• Miarka: The Daughter of the Bear (Miarka, Fille de L'Ourse) - 1920
• Carnival - 1922
• The Bohemian Girl - 1922
• The Man Without Desire - 1923
• The White Rose - 1923
• Bonnie Prince Charlie - 1923
• The Rat - 1925
• The Triumph of the Rat - 1926
• The Lodger - 1926
• Downhill - 1927
• The Vortex - 1928
• The Constant Nymph - 1928
• The Gallant Hussar - 1928
• The South Sea Bubble - 1928
• The Return of the Rat - 1928
• Symphony in Two Flats - 1930
• Once a Lady - 1931
• The Phantom Fiend - 1932
• I Lived With You - 1933
• Sleeping Car - 1933
• Autumn Crocus - 1934