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Anthony Asquith

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Anthony Asquith
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tom Ryall
SeriesBritish Film-Makers
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:204
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreIndividual film directors and film-makers
ISBN/Barcode 9780719064531
ClassificationsDewey:791.430233092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 April 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is the first comprehensive critical study of Anthony Asquith. Ryall sets the director's work in the context of British cinema from the silent period to the 1960s, examining the artistic and cultural influences which shaped his films. Asquith's silent films were compared favourably to those of his eminent contemporary Alfred Hitchcock, 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, together with his significant contributions to wartime British cinema, re-established him as a leading British film maker. Asquith's post-war career includes several pictures in collaboration with Terence Rattigan, and the definitive adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (1951), but his versatility is demonstrated in a number of modest genre films including The Woman in Question (1950), The Young Lovers (1954) and Orders to Kill (1958). -- .

Author Biography

Tom Ryall is Emeritus Professor of Film History at Sheffield Hallam University

Reviews

Tom Ryall's illuminating book has helped to raise the curtain a little, allowing other writers in other books to peer more closely inside. David Lancaster, The University of Leeds. Film and History, Documentaries Part II. Volume 38.2