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> [Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/television-they-say-will-permit-a-person-to-be-entertained-at-home/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

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## More by Ivor Novello

> [There's something Vichy about the French.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/there-s-something-vichy-about-the-french/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/we-were-asked-to-believe-that-the-variety-and-the-novelty-of-even-the/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/a-couple-of-seats-at-a-good-picture-house-cost-comparatively-little/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [Every blessed one of you feels better for that burst of laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/every-blessed-one-of-you-feels-better-for-that-burst-of-laughter/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/the-crowd-may-be-influenced-easily-largely-because-it-is-a-crowd/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/when-the-cinematograph-first-made-its-appearance-we-were-told-that/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/actors-who-are-lovers-in-real-life-are-often-incapable-if-playing-the/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/it-has-been-argued-that-british-girls-are-incapable-of-deep-feeling/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/the-average-person-is-gregarious-there-is-something-in-the-spirit-of/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [Love-making is an art which must be studied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/love-making-is-an-art-which-must-be-studied/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [British girls are as temperamental as Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/british-girls-are-as-temperamental-as-americans/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/things-which-do-not-require-effort-of-some-sort-are-seldom-worth/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/you-cannot-isolate-yourself-from-the-crowd-even-if-you-want-to/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/behind-the-footlights-there-is-always-the-applause-which-stimulates/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

> [After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivor-novello/after-the-war-in-which-i-served-as-a-pilot-in-the-air-force-i-took-up/)

[Ivor Novello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivor-novello/)

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