More Shopping OptionsIn this 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, and examines the artistic and cultural influences within which his films can be understood. The success of Pygmalion and French Without Tears, based on plays by George Bernard Shaw and Terence Rattigan, together with his significant contributions to wartime British cinema, made Asquith one of Britain's leading film makers.
Tom Ryall is Professor of Film History at Sheffield Hallam University.
Introduction * The formative years * The 1930s * Wartime British cinema * Post-war films 1 – genre and British cinema * Post-war films 2 - adaptation and the theatre * The ‘International’ film * Asquith and the British cinema * FILMOGRAPHY * SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY * INDEX
