Ivor Novello

Musician

1893-01-15

Quotes by Ivor Novello

• Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

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• Love-making is an art which must be studied.

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• The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.

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• The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.

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• It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.

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• British girls are as temperamental as Americans.

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• The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.

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• There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.

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• A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.

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• The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is.

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