"Who wrote ""Love on The Dole""?"
"The music by Richard Addinsell is worth noting, especially that which preludes the opening of the film."" Love on the Dole (film) Love on the Dole is a 1941 British drama film starring Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Greenwood. The film is set in Hanky Park, part of Salford, at the height of the Great Depression. The film was the first English made feature film to show English police wielding batons against the crowd. In a contemporary review, ""The Monthly Film Bulletin"" wrote ""Here is a film that"
"in Douglas, Isle of Man on 13 September 1974 aged 70. Walter Greenwood Walter Greenwood (17 December 1903 – 13 September 1974) was an English novelist, best known for the socially influential novel ""Love on the Dole"" (1933). Greenwood was born at 56, Ellor Street, his father's house and hairdresser's shop in ""Hanky Park"", Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. His parents belonged to the radical working classes. His father died when he was nine years old, and his mother provided for him by working as a waitress. Like many children he quit school at the age of 13 to work (as a"
"used in the musical version of ""Ann Veronica"" which premiered in 1969. His other adaptations include Vita Sackville-West's ""The Edwardians"" and ""A Boston Story"" (1966), based on Henry James' ""Watch and Ward"". Ronald Gow Ronald Gow (1 November 1897 – 27 April 1993) was an English dramatist, best known for ""Love on the Dole"" (1934). Born in Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire, the son of a bank manager, Gow attended Altrincham County High School. After training as a chemist, he returned to his old school as a teacher. In the late 1920s he made several educational silent films with his pupils:"
"Walter Greenwood Walter Greenwood (17 December 1903 – 13 September 1974) was an English novelist, best known for the socially influential novel ""Love on the Dole"" (1933). Greenwood was born at 56, Ellor Street, his father's house and hairdresser's shop in ""Hanky Park"", Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. His parents belonged to the radical working classes. His father died when he was nine years old, and his mother provided for him by working as a waitress. Like many children he quit school at the age of 13 to work (as a pawnbroker's clerk). He had a succession of low paid jobs, and"
"Ronald Gow Ronald Gow (1 November 1897 – 27 April 1993) was an English dramatist, best known for ""Love on the Dole"" (1934). Born in Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire, the son of a bank manager, Gow attended Altrincham County High School. After training as a chemist, he returned to his old school as a teacher. In the late 1920s he made several educational silent films with his pupils: ""The People of the Axe"" (1926) and ""The People of the Lake"" (1928) recreated life in ancient Britain, the latter produced 'with the approval of' Sir William Boyd Dawkins; ""The Man Who"
"continued to educate himself in Salford Public Library. During periods of unemployment he worked for the local Labour Party and began to write short stories. While unemployed, he wrote his first novel, ""Love on the Dole"", during 1932. It was about the destructive social effects of poverty in his home town. After several rejections, it was published during 1933. It was a critical and commercial success, and a great influence on the British public's opinion of unemployment. It even prompted parliament to investigate, resulting in reforms. The popularity of the novel, which was adapted as a play that had successful"
"an inflammatory speech, ""followed in the footsteps of Bunyan and other radicals and wrote imaginatively about the themes of oppression and emancipation"". Walter Greenwood's ""Love on the Dole"" (1933) has been described as an ""excellent example"" of an English proletarian novel. It was written during the early 1930s as a response to the crisis of unemployment, which was being felt locally, nationally, and internationally. It is set in Hanky Park, the industrial slum in Salford where Greenwood was born and brought up. The story begins around the time of the General Strike of 1926, but its main action takes place"
"produced by Big Talk Productions and written by Claire Downes, Stuart Lane and Ian Jarvis. ""Love on the Dole"" is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working class poverty in 1930s northern England. It has been made into both a play and film. British reggae band UB40 is named after the paper form with the same name (Unemployment Benefit, form 40) that was used to apply for unemployment benefit. Jobcentre Plus as an executive agency ceased to exist as of 4 October 2011. Services offered by Jobcentre Plus are now offered directly by the Department for Work and Pensions. Although"
"like Charles Dickens's ""Hard Times"" and Henry Green's ""Living"". Walter Greenwood's ""Love on the Dole"" (1933) has been described as an ""excellent example"" of an English proletarian novel It was written during the early 1930s as a response to the crisis of unemployment, which was being felt locally, nationally, and internationally. It is set in Hanky Park, an industrial slum in Salford, where Greenwood was born and brought up. The novel begins around the time of the General Strike of 1926, but its main action takes place in 1931. The young adult problem novel deals with an adolescent's first confrontation"
"of ""Love on the Dole"" took the production to New York in 1936, where her performance attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw. Shaw recognised a spirited radiance in the young actress, which was ideally suited for playing his heroines. Shaw cast her in several of his plays, including ""Saint Joan"", ""Pygmalion"" and ""Major Barbara"" and his influence on her early career is clearly apparent. She was reputed to be Shaw's favourite actress of the time. Unlike other stage actresses of her generation, she did relatively little Shakespeare, preferring the more modern dramatists such as Henrik Ibsen and new plays"
"Douglas Moore Douglas Stuart Moore (August 10, 1893 – July 25, 1969) was an American composer, educator, and author. He wrote music for the theater, film, ballet and orchestra, but his greatest fame is associated with his operas ""The Devil and Daniel Webster"" (1938) and ""The Ballad of Baby Doe"" (1956). Moore was born in Cutchogue, Long Island, New York. His ancestors were among the first settlers to Long Island, NY. Moore was an alumnus of the Fessenden School, the Hotchkiss School and Yale University. Moore earned two degrees from Yale University, a B.A. in 1915, then a B.Mus in"
"because of the amount of leisure time and education required to write novels, most novelists have come from the upper or the educated middle classes. However, working men and women began publishing novels in the twentieth century. This includes in Britain Walter Greenwood's ""Love on the Dole"" (1933), from America B. Traven's, ""The Death Ship"" (1926) and Agnes Smedley, ""Daughter of Earth"" (1929) and from the Soviet Union Nikolay Ostrovsky's ""How the Steel Was Tempered"" (1932). Later, in 1950s Britain, came a group of writers known as the ""Angry young men,"" which included the novelists Alan Sillitoe and Kingsley Amis,"
"Harold Dorman Harold Dorman (December 23, 1926 – October 8, 1988) was an American rock and roll singer and songwriter. Harold Kenneth Dorman was born in Drew, Mississippi. He wrote a song called ""Mountain of Love"", which he released as a single in 1960 on the Rita record label. The song became a hit in the U.S., reaching No. 7 on the R&B singles chart and No. 21 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Though it was Dorman's only hit record, it proved to be a popular song for covers; Charley Pride, Johnny Rivers, and Ronnie Dove all hit the U.S."
"ranks high on the film's list of problems"". He concludes by offering that Mignone's film ""definitively established itself as a misfire that nevertheless might just signal the emergence of a promising new talent"". The film currently holds an audience score of 44% on Rotten Tomatoes. On the Doll On The Doll is a 2010 American drama feature film directed and written by music video director Thomas Mignone. The film's title comes from the phrase """"Show me on the doll where you were touched"""", often asked of young children who have been the victims of sexual abuse. The film covers multiple"
"The Choice of Valentines The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo, which alternatively acquired the label ""Nashe's Dildo"", is an erotic poem by Thomas Nashe, thought to have been composed around 1592 or 1593. The poem survives in three extant manuscript versions and was first printed in 1899. It recounts in the first person a sexual encounter in a brothel between the narrator, Tomalin, and his lover, Mistress Frances. The poem contains the most detailed description of a dildo in Renaissance literature, and constitutes the first known use of the word ""dildo"", though the word"
"Ducks on the Wall ""Ducks on the Wall"" is a song by the British rock band the Kinks. The song, appearing on the band's 1975 album ""Soap Opera"", was written by the band's principal songwriter, Ray Davies. The lyrics of ""Ducks on the Wall"" relate the singer's (Starmaker) dismay at his wife's love for her decorative ducks which she hangs on the wall. ""Ducks on the Wall"" was first released as the follow-up single to ""Holiday Romance"" (both of which would appear on the ""Soap Opera"" album.) However, like ""Holiday Romance"" before it, the single did not chart. A third"
"on the ladder of mystical love, previously described by Saint Thomas Aquinas and in part by Aristotle. The time or place of composition are not certain. It is likely the poem was written between 1577 and 1579. It has been proposed that the poem was composed while John was imprisoned in Toledo, although the few explicit statements in this regard are unconvincing and second-hand. The treatises, written sometime between 1578 and 1585, are commentaries on the poem, explaining its meaning line by line. Padre Lucinio del SS. Sacramento, who edited the critical edition (edition 5), with extremely thorough notes, of"
"Mountain of Love ""Mountain of Love"" is a song written by Harold Dorman. Dorman released his version as a single in 1960. It was originally recorded in late 1959 at the Royal Recording Studios in Memphis before the backing vocals (and strings, much later) were overdubbed. It performed well, spending 19 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at #21 in May 1960, while reaching #7 on the ""Billboard"" Hot R&B Sides chart, and #25 on Canada's ""CHUM Hit Parade"". The song was his only top forty hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was the highest charting single"
"Changed His Mind"" (1928) was a Boy Scout adventure with a cameo from Robert Baden-Powell; ""The Glittering Sword"" (1929) was a medieval parable about disarmament. Writing occupied his spare time during his years as a schoolmaster, and he wrote several plays for the BBC. At the age of 35 he had his first professional production, in London and New York, with ""Gallow's Glorious"" (1933), a play about the American slavery abolitionist John Brown. In 1934 he wrote ""Love on the Dole"", based on Walter Greenwood's novel about unemployment in Salford during the Great Depression. The play was a huge success."
"Love at the Five and Dime ""Love at the Five and Dime"" is a song written and originally recorded by Nanci Griffith and later recorded and released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in April 1986 as the first single from Mattea's album ""Walk the Way the Wind Blows"". The song was Mattea's breakthrough hit, becoming her first top 10 hit and eventually peaking at No. 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was featured on Nanci Griffith's album ""The Last of the True Believers"", also released in 1986. The song"
"The Ballad of Baby Doe The Ballad of Baby Doe is an opera by the American composer Douglas Moore that uses an English-language libretto by John Latouche. It is Moore's most famous opera and one of the few American operas to be in the standard repertory. Especially famous are the title heroine's five arias: ""Letter Aria,"" ""Willow Song,"" ""I Knew it Was Wrong"", ""Gold is a Fine Thing"", and ""Always Through the Changing."" Horace Tabor's ""Warm as the Autumn Light"" is also frequently heard. Distinguished sopranos who have portrayed Baby Doe include Beverly Sills (Moore's favorite interpreter of the role),"
"Martin Shaw, Malcolm Tierney and Anne Stallybrass as Sally Hardcastle. A musical version of the play opened at the Nottingham Playhouse in 1970, written by Terry Hughes and Robert Gray with music by Alan Fluck directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne. Although the book and play were successful, the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) would not allow a film to be made during the 1930s: it was a ""very sordid story in very sordid surroundings"", and in Gow's words ""regarded as 'dangerous'"". In 1936 the BBFC rejected a proposed film version of ""Love on the Dole"". It was eventually"
"Love On Top ""Love on Top"" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her fourth studio album ""4"" (2011). Inspired from her state of mind while playing Etta James in the 2008 musical biopic ""Cadillac Records"", Beyoncé wrote the song alongside Terius Nash and Shea Taylor; its production was handled by Taylor and Beyoncé. A throw-back to 1980s music, the uptempo R&B song exhibits style similar to that of Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and The Jackson 5, among others. While incorporating four key changes, Beyoncé adopts a high range when repeating the song's chorus towards the end of"
"stored in the Musical Division of the Library of Congress. Vernon Duke Vernon Duke ( 16 January 1969) was an American composer/songwriter, who also wrote under his original name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for ""Taking a Chance on Love"" with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), ""I Can't Get Started"" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1936), ""April in Paris"" with lyrics by E. Y. (""Yip"") Harburg (1932), and ""What Is There To Say"" for the ""Ziegfeld Follies"" of 1934, also with Harburg. He wrote the words and music for ""Autumn in New York"" (1934) for the"
"On the Doll On The Doll is a 2010 American drama feature film directed and written by music video director Thomas Mignone. The film's title comes from the phrase """"Show me on the doll where you were touched"""", often asked of young children who have been the victims of sexual abuse. The film covers multiple lives of victims and victimizers, sharing the pain of how early childhood traumas can continue throughout adult lives. Jaron (Josh Janowicz) struggles to work for sleazy publisher ""Uncle"" Lou (Marcus Giamatti) in order to settle the obligations of his friend Tara (Angela Sarafyan), who works"
"On Down the Line (song) ""On Down the Line"" is a song written by Kostas, and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in May 1990 as the first single and title track from her album ""On Down the Line"". The song came from a collection of songs written by Kostas. He was the writer of ""Timber I'm Falling in Love"" and many other tunes that Loveless recorded. When Tony Brown (Loveless' producer at the time) heard the song, he wasn't sure it was meant for her because of some of the lyrics in the third"
"Love on a Mountain Top ""Love on a Mountain Top"" is a 1968 song by singer Robert Knight. The song was written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden, who also penned its predecessor, ""Everlasting Love"". However, it only charted regionally in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh area. Re-discovered by the UK's Northern soul scene, it got airplay by DJs in late 1973, causing a UK re-release of the record, which eventually entered the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 10 in January 1974. A cover version by Sinitta appeared in 1989, produced by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow. It was"
"Love on the Rocks (Neil Diamond song) ""Love on the Rocks"" is a song written by Neil Diamond and Gilbert Bécaud that appeared in the 1980 movie ""The Jazz Singer"" and was performed by Diamond on the soundtrack album to the film. It was also released as a single and reached #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for three weeks in January 1981, behind ""(Just Like) Starting Over"" by John Lennon. In addition to the main chart, ""Love on the Rocks"", also made it to #3 on Billboard's US Adult Contemporary chart. ""Billboard"" also rated it as the #26 pop"
"Rag Doll (The Four Seasons song) ""Rag Doll"" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded by The Four Seasons and released as a single in 1964. It reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on July 18, 1964, and remained on top for two weeks. The song was also a number one hit in Canada, and reached number two in the UK and number four in Ireland. According to songwriter Bob Gaudio, the recording was inspired by a dirty-faced little girl, about 5 years old, dressed in ragged clothes. At stop lights"
"on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart. The Power of Love (Charley Pride song) ""The Power of Love"" is a song written by Gary Nicholson and Don Cook, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in May 1984 as the first single and title track from his album ""The Power of Love"". The song peaked at number 9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart. ""The Power of Love"" was also recorded by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in October 1994 as the fourth single from his album ""On the"
"Love Street ""Love Street"" is a song by American rock band the Doors. It appears on their 1968 album ""Waiting for the Sun"". The song was originally a poem written by singer Jim Morrison about the street in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles, California where he lived with his girlfriend Pamela Courson. Their address was 8021 Rothdell Trail. Morrison and Courson referred to Rothdell Trail as ""Love Street"" because they would sit on the balcony and watch countless hippies walk by. The song is noted for Morrison's spoken narration, which occurs in the middle of the composition: ""I"
"Charing Cross for Boulogne. Later in life, she returned to Woodstock Road in Oxford where she died unmarried on 12 September 1953. Marian Allen Eleanor Marian Dundas Allen (18 January 1892 – 12 September 1953) was a British writer, the author of the poem now known as """"The Wind on the Downs"""" published in a small 63-page book of poems of the same name. Allen was born at Toxteth Park (now St Scholastica's School), Glebe, Sydney, Australia, the daughter of George Boyce Allen, a barrister, and Isabella Dundas Allen. By 1908, the parents of Marian Allen with their family of"
"Georges Dor Georges Dor (March 10, 1931 – July 24, 2001) was a ""Québécois"" author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director. Born Georges-Henri Dore in Drummondville, Dor undertook a career in radio as a disk jockey and news director. He worked for Radio-Canada where he became a director for the Evening News. He wrote poems for many years and in 1964 he was encouraged by friends to compete in an amateur singing competition. He began singing professionally in early 1965, and released his first album in 1966. One of the songs from this album, his composition"