In Search of a Better 'Ole

by Holt, Tonie

• ISBN13: 9780850527643
• ISBN10: 0850527643
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Summary

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment created what is probably the most famous and most copied cartoon of all time -- 'The Better 'Ole' -- which is featured on the cover of this book.

Author Biography

Tonie and Valmai Holt, as Major and Mrs Holt, founded the successful Battlefield Tours company that still carries their name

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	6	(9)
Foreword	9	(2)
Growing Up (1873--1905)	11	(10)
Army, Art and Apprenticeship (1905--1914)	21	(14)
WW1 Breaks Out: Genesis of a Career (1914--1915)	35	(12)
The Birth of Old Bill and `The Better 'Ole' (1915--1916)	47	(12)
Officer Cartoonist in Great Demand (1916--1917)	59	(10)
Recognition on Stage and in Films (1917--1918)	69	(10)
The First Trip to America (1918)	79	(8)
Editor and Lord of the Manor (1918--1921)	87	(20)
Husband, Playwright and Entrepreneur (1921--1927)	107	(24)
The Moviemaker Causes a Scandal (1927--1928)	131	(14)
The Threat of Divorce (1928--1932)	145	(16)
Bankruptcy Looms (1932--1934)	161	(10)
New Variations on an Old Theme (1934--1938)	171	(14)
An Autobiography and The Last Film (1938--1941)	185	(10)
World War Two with the Americans (1941--1945)	195	(14)
Popularity on the Wane (1945--1950)	209	(6)
The Twilight Years (1950--1959)	215	(12)
Post Mortem	227	(10)
Year 2000 Post Script	237	(10)
The Collectables: a Listing	247	(37)
Index	284