Anthony Asquith

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Anthony Asquith (center) on the set of Channel Incident  (1940) with Peggy Ashcroft and Gordon Harker

Anthony Asquith (born November 9, 1902 in London , † February 20, 1968 there ) was a British film director .

Life

He was the son of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and his wife Margot Asquith . He made his film debut in 1927 with the “ black comedyShooting Stars , set in the film milieu - an ambiguous film title: an actress exchanges blank cartridges for real ones for a film scene in order to get her husband out of the way; but the bullet hits its lover.

His first major success was the 1938 version of the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw , The novel of a flower girl , with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller , which he co-directed .

Asquith's other successes include Gaslicht und Schatten ( Fanny by Gaslight , 1945), Der Weg zu den Sternen ( The Way to the Stars , 1945), Der Fall Winslow ( The Winslow Boy , 1948), The Browning Version (1951) and the The film is based on Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest from 1952 with Michael Redgrave . In 1968, four years after shooting his last film, the tragic comedy The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), the film director died of cancer at the age of 65 . From 1969, Asquith bore his name in honor of the annual British Academy Film Award for the best film music.

Filmography

  • 1945: The Way to the Stars
  • 1947: While the Sun Shines
  • 1948: The Winslow Boy (The Winslow Boy)
  • 1950: The Woman in Question
  • 1951: Conflict of Heart (The Browning Version)
  • 1952: Being Earnest (The Importance of Being Ernest)
  • 1953: The Net
  • 1954: The Final Test
  • 1954: The Young Lovers
  • 1955: Major Carrington (Carrington VC)
  • 1958: The Silent War (Orders to Kill)
  • 1958: Doctor at a crossroads (The Doctor's Dilemma)
  • 1959: The night is my enemy (Libel)
  • 1960: The millionaire (The Millionairess)
  • 1961: Two Living, One Dead
  • 1962: Guns of Darkness
  • 1963: Hotel International (The VIPs)
  • 1964: The Yellow Rolls-Royce (The Yellow Rolls-Royce)

Web links

Individual evidence

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