Noel Coward virtually invented the concept of Englishness for the 20th century. An astounding polymath - dramatist, actor, writer, composer, lyricist, painter, and wit -- he was defined by his Englishness as much as he defined it. He was indeed the first Brit pop star, the first ambassador of "cool Britannia." Even before his 1924 drugs-and-sex scandal of The Vortex...See full bio »
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Together with Music
(1955)
(writer: "Together with Music" - uncredited, "Uncle Harry" - uncredited, "Nina" - uncredited, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" - uncredited, "Ninety Minutes Is a Long, Long Time" - uncredited, "I'll See You Again" - uncredited, "Dance Little Lady" - uncredited, "Poor Little Rich Girl" - uncredited, "Room With a View" - uncredited, "Someday I'll Find You" - uncredited, "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" - uncredited, "If Love Were All" - uncredited, "Play, Orchestra, Play" - uncredited, "World Weary" - uncredited, "What's Going to Happen to the Tots" - uncredited, "London Pride" - uncredited / performer: "Together with Music" - uncredited, "Uncle Harry" - uncredited, "Nina" - uncredited, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" - uncredited, "Ninety Minutes Is a Long, Long Time" - uncredited, "I'll See You Again" - uncredited, "Dance Little Lady" - uncredited, "Poor Little Rich Girl" - uncredited, "Room With a View" - uncredited, "Someday I'll Find You" - uncredited, "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" - uncredited, "If Love Were All" - uncredited, "Play, Orchestra, Play" - uncredited, "World Weary" - uncredited, "What's Going to Happen to the Tots" - uncredited, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" - uncredited, "Get Out Those Old Records" - uncredited, "They Didn't Believe Me" - uncredited, "'S Wonderful" - uncredited, "Time on My Hands" - uncredited, "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - uncredited, "Anything Goes" - uncredited, "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited, "Ballerina" - uncredited, "I Won't Dance" - uncredited, "Papa, Won't You Dance with Me?" - uncredited)
1954Let's Make Up
(writer: "Dance Little Lady" / as Noël Coward)
1952Tonight at 8:30
(writer: "Men About Town", "Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?")
1940Bitter Sweet
(writer: "I'll See You Again", "Polka", "If You Could Only Come With Me", "What Is Love", "Kiss Me", "Tokay", "Love In Any Language", "Ladies Of The Town", "Zigeuner The Gypsy" / music: "Dear Little Cafe" / lyrics: "Dear Little Cafe")
1940The Miracle of Sound
(documentary short)
(writer: "Dear Little Cafe" - uncredited)
1933Bitter Sweet
(music: "I'll See You Again", "If Love Were All" / lyrics: "I'll See You Again", "If Love Were All")
1933Cavalcade
(writer: "Girls of the C.I.V." 1931 - uncredited, "Mirabelle" 1931 - uncredited, "Twentieth Century Blues" 1931 - uncredited, "Lover of My Dreams" 1931 - uncredited)
1931Private Lives
(music: "Someday I'll Find You" 1931 - uncredited / lyrics: "Someday I'll Find You" 1931 - uncredited)
[speaking of Oscar Wilde] "It is extraordinary indeed that such a posing, artificial old queen should have written one of the greatest comedies in the English language!"
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Trivia:
Sir Winston Churchill personally blocked an awarding of the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire to Noel Coward even though the playwright had spied for Britain during the war, according to never before seen letters. In 1942, he urged King George VI to abandon his plans to bestow the honor on Coward, who was the King's personal friend.
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