Anthony Asquith

Anthony Asquith

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anthony Asquith (9 November 1902 –20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Asquith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

  • Title: Anthony Asquith
  • Popularity: 0.716
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1902-11-09
  • Place of Birth: London, England
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  • Also Known As: Антони Асквит, Энтони Асквит, Энтони Эсквит
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Anthony Asquith Movies

  • 1960
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    Insight: Anthony Asquith

    Insight: Anthony Asquith

    6.2 1960 HD

    A documentary about noted British director Anthony Asquith, including clips from his films and interviews with his colleagues and contemporaries.

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  • 1957
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    Bernard Shaw

    Bernard Shaw

    1 1957 HD

    George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.

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  • 1929
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    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    7.1 1929 HD

    A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.

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  • 1928
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    Underground

    Underground

    6.9 1928 HD

    A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are...

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  • 1928
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    Underground

    Underground

    6.9 1928 HD

    A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are...

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  • 1960
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    The Millionairess

    The Millionairess

    5.4 1960 HD

    When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in...

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  • 1952
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    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    7.2 1952 HD

    Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated...

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  • 1939
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    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    6.993 1939 HD

    When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months'...

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  • 1950
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    The Woman in Question

    The Woman in Question

    5.8 1950 HD

    Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their...

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  • 1958
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    Orders to Kill

    Orders to Kill

    7 1958 HD

    A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of...

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  • 1954
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    Carrington V.C.

    Carrington V.C.

    5.9 1954 HD

    Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his...

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  • 1963
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    The V.I.P.s

    The V.I.P.s

    6.2 1963 HD

    Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

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  • 1943
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    We Dive at Dawn

    We Dive at Dawn

    6.4 1943 HD

    A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea...

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  • 1945
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    The Way to the Stars

    The Way to the Stars

    5.7 1945 HD

    Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join...

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  • 1951
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    The Browning Version

    The Browning Version

    7.617 1951 HD

    Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his...

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  • 1964
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    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    6.1 1964 HD

    One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The...

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  • 1941
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    Cottage to Let

    Cottage to Let

    6.5 1941 HD

    Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly...

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  • 1929
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    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    7.1 1929 HD

    A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.

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  • 1959
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    Libel

    Libel

    7.1 1959 HD

    A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet...

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  • 1948
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    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    6.9 1948 HD

    In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

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  • 1954
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    The Young Lovers

    The Young Lovers

    5.8 1954 HD

    A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective...

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  • 1944
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    Fanny by Gaslight

    Fanny by Gaslight

    5.7 1944 HD

    Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds...

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  • 1953
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    The Final Test

    The Final Test

    6.6 1953 HD

    Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray...

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  • 1959
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    The Doctor's Dilemma

    The Doctor's Dilemma

    6.1 1959 HD

    Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband.

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  • 1935
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    Moscow Nights

    Moscow Nights

    5.2 1935 HD

    During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of...

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  • 1940
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    French Without Tears

    French Without Tears

    6 1940 HD

    It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in...

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  • 1928
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    Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

    6.8 1928 HD

    The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian...

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  • 1941
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    Quiet Wedding

    Quiet Wedding

    4.2 1941 HD

    A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

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  • 1961
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    Two Living, One Dead

    Two Living, One Dead

    7 1961 HD

    Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one...

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  • 1961
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    Two Living, One Dead

    Two Living, One Dead

    7 1961 HD

    Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one...

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  • 1941
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    Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

    6.3 1941 HD

    Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps....

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  • 1953
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    The Net

    The Net

    6 1953 HD

    A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight,...

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  • 1933
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    The Lucky Number

    The Lucky Number

    4 1933 HD

    A professional footballer attempts to recover a winning pools ticket.

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  • 1941
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    Rush Hour

    Rush Hour

    1 1941 HD

    The British government tries to persuade people not to clog up the wartime (World War II) public transportation system by keeping its use to a...

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  • 1943
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    The Demi-Paradise

    The Demi-Paradise

    6.5 1943 HD

    Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking...

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  • 1962
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    Guns of Darkness

    Guns of Darkness

    6 1962 HD

    Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife...

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  • 1935
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    Brown on Resolution

    Brown on Resolution

    5.8 1935 HD

    Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the...

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  • 1931
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    Tell England

    Tell England

    7.5 1931 HD

    In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.

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  • 1931
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    Tell England

    Tell England

    7.5 1931 HD

    In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.

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  • 1934
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    Unfinished Symphony

    Unfinished Symphony

    1 1934 HD

    Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in...

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  • 1963
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    An Evening With The Royal Ballet

    An Evening With The Royal Ballet

    1 1963 HD

    Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty" with Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn

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  • 1944
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    Two Fathers

    Two Fathers

    7 1944 HD

    An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.

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  • 1944
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    Two Fathers

    Two Fathers

    7 1944 HD

    An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.

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  • 1928
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    Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

    6.8 1928 HD

    The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian...

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  • 1943
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    A Welcome to Britain

    A Welcome to Britain

    7 1943 HD

    An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and...

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  • 1927
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    Boadicea

    Boadicea

    1 1927 HD

    The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.

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  • 1940
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    Channel Incident

    Channel Incident

    1 1940 HD

    During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to...

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  • 1931
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    Dance Pretty Lady

    Dance Pretty Lady

    1 1931 HD

    During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.

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  • 1931
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    Dance Pretty Lady

    Dance Pretty Lady

    1 1931 HD

    During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.

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  • 1933
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    The Lucky Number

    The Lucky Number

    4 1933 HD

    A professional footballer attempts to recover a winning pools ticket.

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  • 1932
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    Marry Me

    Marry Me

    1 1932 HD

    A British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele

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  • 1933
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    Letting in the Sunshine

    Letting in the Sunshine

    6 1933 HD

    A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.

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  • 1942
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    Uncensored

    Uncensored

    1 1942 HD

    During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter...

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  • 1933
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    Youth Shall Be Served

    Youth Shall Be Served

    1 1933 HD

    Anthony Asquith’s advert for Stork Margarine.

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  • 1929
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    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    7.1 1929 HD

    A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.

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  • 1929
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    The Runaway Princess

    The Runaway Princess

    1 1929 HD

    A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.

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  • 1936
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    The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope

    The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope

    1 1936 HD

    A educational drama about Tuberculosis.

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  • 1956
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    On Such a Night

    On Such a Night

    1 1956 HD

    An American tourist on a day trip to Sussex from London inadvertently finds himself at Glyndebourne Opera House in Sussex where he learns to...

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  • 1952
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    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    7.2 1952 HD

    Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated...

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  • 1947
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    While the Sun Shines

    While the Sun Shines

    1 1947 HD

    Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself...

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