This is the first comprehensive critical study of Anthony Asquith. Ryall sets the directors work in the context of British cinema from the silent period to the 1960s; examining the artistic and cultural influences which shaped his films. Asquiths 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. Asquiths post-war career includes several pictures in collaboration with Terence Rattigan; and the definitive adaptation of Oscar Wildes 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).
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Memorials; Social and ReligiousBy S. SouthallA fascinating study into the powerful; important and intricate topic of memorialisation of the dead; whose survival depends upon acts of memory. The book examines elite monuments and inscriptions on sixteenth and seventeenth century England. Shifts in religious thought; from the pre-Reformation fear of hell and purgatory; expressed in appeals to the onlookers to pray for the dead; to the idea of fame as triumph over death in the seventeenth century; demonstrated a growing confidence and faith in ultimate resurrection. At the same time; through the uses and significance of images; sculptures; and texts; memorials were expressions of the social order in word and image; an economy of law; order; and honour in the elite culture. Contrary to myth; damage and destruction of images on religious pretexts was often over family rivalry and precedence; while respect to mortal remains was not only a sign of hope in the resurrection; but a reinforcement of the social and political body that remained. The book sheds light on the social perception of gender; the history of art; the meaning of memory as it speaks to the future; and the position of individuals with relation to lineage; culture; and sacred philosophy.
