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Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.
He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was “Keep the Home Fires Burning” (1914), which was enormously popular during the First World War. His 1917 show, Theodore & Co, was a wartime hit. After the war, Novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows. He wrote his musicals in the style of operetta and often composed his music to the libretti of Christopher Hassall.
In the 1920s, he turned to acting, first in British films and then on stage, with considerable success in both. He starred in two silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, The Lodger and Downhill (both 1927). On stage, he played the title character in the first London production of Liliom (1926). Novello briefly went to Hollywood, but he soon returned to Britain, where he had more successes, especially on stage, appearing in his own lavish West End productions of musicals. The best known of these were Glamorous Night (1935) and The Dancing Years (1939).
From the 1930s, he often performed with Zena Dare, writing parts for her in his works. He continued to write for film, but he had his biggest late successes with stage musicals: Perchance to Dream (1945), King’s Rhapsody (1949) and Gay’s the Word (1951). The Ivor Novello Awards were named after him in 1955.
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This actually happened back when I did have a boyfriend, and wasn’t married to homework and the library.
Him: You love Robert E. Lee more than you’ll ever love me!
Me: *hesitates* Um no… well… that’s different…
Him: See?! You shouldn’t have to think so hard about it!
He didn’t understand. Maybe because he was a science major. Obviously, he was not the one.
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Photograph of a Japanese man, 19th century, identified as Oda Nobuyoshi and said to be a dentist.
Parisian waiter, c. 1900’s.
2ND LT. George Dunham 58th Massachusetts Infantry.
He enlisted in November 1863 at the age of 18. His regiment did not leave the State of Massachusetts until April 1864. The unit was heavily engaged in the Virginia campaign and the Cold Harbor debacle. Dunham was wounded on pickett duty at Spotsylvania and commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant on March 15, 1865.
Mugshot of Aimé Léonard, forge heater/miner and anarchist.
30 years old, 1m58.2 (5'2), light-brown hair.
Born in 1864, in Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire, France). Died in 1918, in Nanterre.
Married in 1898 then in 1901.
Taken on February 27th, 1894 by Alphonse Bertillon.
Unidentified young man, c. 1910’s.
Cabinet cards of George Karlavagn, often advertised as the only stage performer tattooed by electricity, c. 1885, New York City.
Three first ones from the Charles Eisenmann.
Last one from Obermüller and Kern studio.
Daguerreotype of an unidentified man, c. 1850’s.
Unknown man, c. 1840’s-1850’s.
Unidentified couple, cabinet card, c. 1900.
F. Daval studio, Besançon (France).
From my personal collection
Unknown man, c. 1890’s, Miller Studio, Rochester NY.
(Source : Bowlers and High Collars)
Unidentified sailor, c. 1880’s-1890’s.
Daguerreotype of an African-American, c. 1850’s.
Group of three sixth-plate portrait daguerreotypes.
(Source : Doyle.com)
Unknown man, c. 1893, Edward Goodwin studio, London.
Cowboy, 1912 postcard, USA.
(Source : Flickr)
Cabinet card of a Salvation Army worker, c. 1890’s.
From the F. I. Stofflet studio, Bangor, Pennsylvania.
Cabinet card of an unknown man, c. 1890’s, London.
