Lily Elsie - Recordings and Films

Recordings and Films

From Pamela, Duets with Owen Nares. Music by Frederick Norton. Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. Recorded on 22 January 1918:

• "I'm so very Glad I met You". HMV 04224 (Matrix No. HO-3046 af)
• "It's not the things you've got". HMV 04225 (Matrix No. HO-3051 af)
• "I Loved you so". HMV 03602 (Matrix No. HO 3048 af)
• "Waltz theme and Cupid" (Finales, Act 2). HMV 04223(Matrix No. HO 3053 af)
• "Cupid, Cupid". HMV 03601 (Matrix No. HO 3054 af)

From The Blue Train. Music by Robert Stolz, Ivy St. Helier and Gorney, lyrics by Dion Titheradge and Reginald Arkell. Recorded in 1927:

• "The Blue Train". (Titheradge and Gorney) Columbia 4438 (Matrix No. 5661)
• "When a Girl is in Love with a Man". (Titheradge, Arkell, and Stolz) Duet with Arthur Margetson. Columbia 9223 (Matrix No. AX 2866)
• "Eileen". (Arkell and Stolz) Duet with Arthur Margetson. Columbia 4439 (Matrix No. A 5660)
• "Swiss Fairyland". (Arkell and Stolz) Columbia 4438 (Matrix No. A 5662)
• "You Didn't Ask Me First". (Arkell and St.Helier) Duet with Arthur Margetson. Columbia 9223 (Matrix No. AX 2867)

Elsie appeared in two films: First, the D. W. Griffith film The Great Love (1918), which starred Lillian Gish. Her role was a cameo. Second, Comradeship (1919), a black & white, silent picture. The film was very popular in its day.