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Anthony Asquith

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 5

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1948–1958 Flag waver: Continues to pick projects highlighting the best of British The theatre, radio and film star expands into still-new medium of TV However, despite best heroic efforts his …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 4

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1942–1947 His international stardom continued throughout the 1940s Featured in a broad range of romantic, action and political parts They were aimed at boosting wartime morale and national pride All …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Secret Agent (1936)

    by Brent Reid 14th February 2020

    Not quite top drawer Hitchcock, but still twisted thrills, drama, romance and comedy aplenty It has spies galore and even a unique and tragic spin on his favourite Wrong Man theme Originally …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The British Years in Print

    by Brent Reid 13th August 2019

    A legend begins: the Master of Suspense was born 120 years ago today Probably the most recognised and highly regarded director in history One of the most dissected, discussed and documented …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Murder! and Mary (1930/1931)

    by Brent Reid 17th June 2019

    In 1956, the Master famously remade his own 1934 thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much But 26 years before that, he directed two very different versions of this murder mystery …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Ring (1927)

    by Brent Reid 27th October 2018

    The Master of Suspense turns in a technical tour de force in this prize winning tale Danish actor Carl Brisson, star of two Hitchcocks, suffers a hit in love in both …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Downhill (1927)

    by Brent Reid 7th October 2018

    Not a murder in sight, but it’s still one of the darkest films in the Master’s canon The Wrong Boy: star of The Lodger returns to suffer again as the …

  • Anthony Asquith’s Shooting Stars Makes Dazzling Début on BFI Blu-ray and DVD

    by Rebecca Harrison 19th May 2016

    Giveaway: Win BFI Blu-ray/DVD Sets of Anthony Asquith’s Shooting Stars! Following the British Film Institute’s acclaimed restorations of wunderkind British director Anthony Asquith’s Underground (1928) and A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929), it’s …

  • Win BFI Blu-ray/DVD Sets of Anthony Asquith’s Shooting Stars!

    by Brent Reid 19th May 2016

    The British Film Institute have released their recent restoration of acclaimed British director Anthony Asquith’s brilliant début feature, Shooting Stars, in a Blu-ray/DVD combo set You can win one of two …

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