Anthony Asquith

Resource Information

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Label

Anthony Asquith

Statement of responsibility

Tom Ryall

Creator

• Ryall, Tom

Subject

• Asquith, Anthony, 1902-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• "This is the first sustained and comprehensive critical study of Anthony Asquith. Tom Ryall sets the director's work in the context of the history of British cinema from the silent period to the 1960s, and examines the artistic and cultural influences within which his films can be understood: Hollywood, European cinema, British theatre and literature, documentary cinema, popular culture, film and literary genres, and middlebrow culture."
• "Asquith's silent films were compared favourably to those of his eminent contemporary Alfred Hithchock, but his career faltered during the 1930s. However, the success of Pygmalion (1938) and French Without Tears (1939), based on plays by George Bernard Shaw and Terence Rattigan respectively, together with his significant contributions to wartime British cinema, re-established him as one of Britain's leading film-makers
• Asquith's post-war career includes several pictures in collaboration with Terence Rattigan, and the definitive adaptation of Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest (1951) - but his versatility is demonstrated effectively in a number of modest genre films including The Woman in Question (1950), The Young Lovers (1954), and Orders to Kill (1958)."--Jacket

Member of

• British film makers

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

791.430233092

Index

index present

LC call number

PN1998.3.A7655

LC item number

R93 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• filmographies

Series statement

British film makers

Target audience

adult