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Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE (10 June 1901 – 27 October 1969), [1] sometimes credited as Holt Marvell, was an English entertainer, writer, editor, broadcaster and broadcasting executive.
Aug 4, 2023 · Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE (10 June 1901 – 27 October 1969) was an English lyricist, writer, editor, broadcaster and broadcasting executive.
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Eric Maschwitz, the son of a Lithuanian Jew, was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 10th June 1901. He recalled in his autobiography, No Chip on My Shoulder (1957): "Papa was twenty years older than my pretty Australian mother and was already forty-one when I was born.
Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Eric Maschwitz had found it difficult to persuade the War Office to take him on. At 38 years old, Maschwitz had enjoyed a career as a song writer and editor of the magazine Radio Times.
Jul 1, 2021 · Eric Maschwitz (1901-1969) was one of the most versatile and influential people in 20th-century British entertainment. I doubt we’ll ever see his like again. In 1934, under his pseudonym, Holt Marvell, he wrote These Foolish Things with those lovely lines ‘A cigarette that bears a lipstick’s traces, An airline ticket to romantic ...
Sep 12, 2022 · Eric Maschwitz (1901-1969) was one of the most versatile and influential people in 20th-century British entertainment. So why isn't he a household name? By Eleanor Allen.
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Jun 9, 2024 · The early life Eric Maschwitz reads like that of a Soviet spy from central casting. A graduate of Repton School and Caius College, Cambridge, he glided into the BBC, quickly rising into its...
