Anthony Asquith [[electronic resource] /] / Tom Ryall

• Autore: Ryall Tom
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.430233092
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Filmography: p. [169]-188.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-193) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The formative years; 3. The 1930's; 4. Wartime British cinema; 5. Post-war films 1 - genre and British cinema; 6. Post-war films 2 - adaptation and the theatre; 7. The 'international' film; 8. Asquith and the British cinema; Filmography; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 1960's, 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 1930's. 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-establish
• Titolo autorizzato: Anthony Asquith
• ISBN: 1-84779-569-2; 1-78170-300-0; 1-84779-434-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465689203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: British Film Makers