Dorothy Dickson sings Ivor Novello's Music In May

By special request, I upload this wonderful recording by Dorothy Dickson, who was an American born, London-based theater actress. She is known mostly for her rendition of the classic Jerome Kern song "Look for the Silver Lining". She was also a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and made many appearances in New York and abroad. In 1936 she co-starred with Ivor Novello in Careless Rapture, of which the song presented here is an excerpt. Dickson also starred in a few silent films. She died in 1995 at the age of 102! British composer and actor Ivor Novello unfortunately is largely unknown outside his homeland. He first became known as a result of the song, Keep the Home Fires Burning, which he composed during World War I. His 1917 show, Theodore & Co was a wartime hit. After the war, he began a film career, and also appeared on stage in the West End, in musical shows of his own devising; the best known of these was The Dancing Years (1939). Novello starred in two early films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He later went to Hollywood and appeared in numerous successful films. Novello wrote his superb musical shows in the style of operetta, and was one of the last major composers in this form. He generally composed his music to the librettos of Christopher Hassall. The present recording was made in 1936. Miss Dickson was accompanied by Charles Prentice and the Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra.