Anthony Asquith (Paperback)

This is the first sustained and 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, and examines the artistic and cultural influences within which his films can be understood. 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 one of Britain's leading film makers. Asquith's post-war career includes several pictures in collaboration with Rattigan, and the definitive adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 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).

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Film-Makers
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	2005
Authors:	Tom Ryall
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6453-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Individual film directors, film-makers
LSN:	0-7190-6453-8
Barcode:	9780719064531

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