Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Based on a Play by Noel Coward
The Silent Period
"Sound Running..."
Part Two: A Noel Coward Production
Part Three: Noel Coward: Film Actor
Selected Bibliography
Part 10 Index
About the Author
Barry Day is the author or editor of numerous books and plays with an emphasis on theatre—particularly musical theatre. In his twenty-plus years working with the Noël Coward estate, he has produced Noël Coward: The Complete Lyrics, Noël Coward: A Life in Quotes, and The Unknown Noël: New Writing from the Coward Archive, as well as concert versions of the Coward musicals After the Ball and Pacific 1860. Day is also the editor of The Complete Lyrics of P.G Wodehouse, published in 2004 by Scarecrow Press. In June 2004 he was awarded the O.B.E. in the Queen's birthday Honours List.
The first section of this reference documents every film based on
Noël Coward's work. Each entry features a play synopsis and a
discussion of its film adaptation along with basic credits. The
second section is devoted to films produced by Coward, while the
third covers his lengthy career as an actor. The text is
accompanied throughout by b&w movie stills and promotional
photos....
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The first section of this reference documents every film based on
Noël Coward's work. Each entry features a play synopsis and a
discussion of its film adaptation along with basic credits. The
second section is devoted to films produced by Coward, while the
third covers his lengthy career as an actor. The text is
accompanied throughout by b&w movie stills and promotional
photos.
*Reference and Research Book News*
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