Noel Coward (1899-1973) in his brown DJ-Tux on a dried lake bed in the Nevada desert, during his cabaret tour of the USA "I like America. America's OK". The photograph is by Loomis Dean (1917-2005), for Life magazine
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Style Icon XIII: Noel Coward
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Noel Coward (1899-1973) in his brown DJ-Tux on a dried lake bed in the Nevada desert, during his cabaret tour of the USA "I like America. America's OK". The photograph is by Loomis Dean (1917-2005), for Life magazine
Noel Coward (1899-1973) in his brown DJ-Tux on a dried lake bed in the Nevada desert, during his cabaret tour of the USA "I like America. America's OK". The photograph is by Loomis Dean (1917-2005), for Life magazine
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Noel Coward is the TOPS!! Love all of his work. Watch the Italian Job with Michael Caine - a favourite! Cheers, st.tully
ReplyDeleteI especially like his comic songs: 'I've Been To a Marvellous Party'; 'Mrs Wentworth Brewster'; 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'; 'Mrs Worthington' etc. etc.; Peter Collinson, the director of 'The Italian Job' (1969) had been helped by Coward and, partly to express his thanks, offered Coward a part in the film. He turned in a great performance but his memory was going and he didn't do much work after that. But a nice swan song.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the acidic "Let's not be beastly to the Germans!" One of the wittiest movies that I watch quite often is 'Relative Values', based on the Coward play. Wonderful dialogue and cast.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Ralative Values and did not even know that a film had been made of it. I don't understand how I missed it. However, it is good to see that the fun of Coward is finding new audiences.
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