Ivor Novello

The Handsomest Man in Britain, a 2002 BBC documentary describes Ivor Novello as a heartthrob, playwright, film star, composer, and the king of the West End musical. The opening scenes show Novello’s funeral procession in 1951, the streets thronged with mourners all the way to the crematorium at Golder’s Green, the voiceover speculating that the crowds were possibly greater than at the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.