Anthony Asquith
Born	November 9, 1902 London  England
Died	February 20, 1968 London  England
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1927 - 1964

The Honourable Anthony Asquith (November 9, 1902 – February 20, 1968) was a respected English film director. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film.

Born in London, he was the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War I, and Margot Asquith. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Margot Asquith Countess of Oxford & Asquith, born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant ( February 2, 1864 &ndash July 28, 1945) was an Within his family he was known as 'Puffin'.

His first successful film was Pygmalion (1938) based on the George Bernard Shaw play. Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on George Bernard Shaw 's play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. It featured Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. Leslie Howard ( April 3, 1893 - June 1, 1943) was an English stage and Academy Award nominated Film Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE ( 15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was a distinguished English Film and stage His later films included The Winslow Boy (1948), The Browning Version (1951), and The Importance of Being Earnest (1952). The Winslow Boy is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an actual incident in the Edwardian The Browning Version is a 1951 British film based on the play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. The Importance of Being Earnest ( 1952) is a British film adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. The last two starred Michael Redgrave. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE ( 20 March, 1908 — 21 March, 1985) was an English actor author director and All three were remade in subsequent years.

Asquith, a charming, gentle man and a closeted homosexual^[1] who never married, died from lymphoma at the age of 65. Coming outThe expressions " closeted " or "in the closet " generally refer to undisclosed sexual behavior, Sexual orientation or Gender Lymphoma a type of Neoplasm that originates in Lymphocytes (a type of White blood cell in the vertebrate Immune system)

At the height of the Profumo scandal, Asquith is widely believed to have been the 'man in the mask' at an orgy attended by Stephen Ward, Christine Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies and a host of top establishment figures. The Profumo Affair was a political scandal from 1963 in the United Kingdom that is named after the then Secretary of State for War, John Profumo Stephen Thomas Ward ( 19 October 1912 &ndash 3 August 1963) was one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, a British Christine Keeler (born February 22, 1942) is an English former model and Showgirl. Mandy Rice-Davies (born 21 October, 1944) is famous mainly for her minor role in the Profumo affair which discredited the Conservative government This person's theatrical display of masochism was regarded as symptomatic of the British establishment in decline and decay.

Filmography

• Shooting Stars (1927)
• Underground (1928)
• A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
• The Runaway Princess (1929)
• Tell England (1931)
• The Lucky Number (1932)
• Dance Pretty Lady (1932)
• Unfinished Symphony (1934)
• Moscow Nights (1935)
• Pygmalion (1938)
• Channel Incident (1940)
• French Without Tears (1940)
• Freedom Radio (1941)
• Quiet Wedding (1941)
• Cottage to Let (1941)
• Rush Hour (1941)
• Uncensored (1942)
• We Dive at Dawn (1943)
• The Demi-Paradise (1943)
• Two Fathers (1944)
• Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
• The Way to the Stars (1945)
• While the Sun Shines (1947)
• The Winslow Boy (1948)
• The Woman in Question (1950)
• The Browning Version (1951)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• The Final Test (1953)
• The Net (1953)
• The Young Lovers (1954)
• Carrington V.C. (1955)
• On Such a Night (1956)
• Orders to Kill (1958)
• The Doctor's Dilemma (1958)
• Libel (1959)
• The Millionairess (1960)
• Two Living, One Dead (1961)
• Guns of Darkness (1962)
• The V.I.P.s (1963)
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)

References

External links

• Anthony Asquith at the Internet Movie Database
• Anthony Asquith biography at BFI Screenonline

Persondata
NAME	Asquith, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Film director
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	London  England
DATE OF DEATH	February 20, 1968
PLACE OF DEATH	London  England

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

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