Mabel Gets Her Voice

Posted on Apr 9, 2019 in Books, Latest

Arts Council England have awarded me a National Lottery Project Grant to write a book centred on British silent movie actress Mabel Poulton. Mabel was the star of the most popular film of 1928, The Constant Nymph, starring opposite Ivor Novello. But after that huge success, her career dwindled. The introduction of film sound exposed […]