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Title: ANTHONY ASQUITH
By: Tom Ryall
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £114.00


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ISBN 10: 1847794343
ISBN 13: 9781847794345
Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 19 July, 2013
Series: British Film-Makers
Pages: 209
Description: A study of Anthony Asquith, which sets his 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. -- .
Synopsis: 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). -- .
Publication: UK
Imprint: Manchester University Press Melland Schill Studies
Returns: Non-returnable
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