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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