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lost her job with British Instructional Films
when they were flung into financial difficulty by the sudden rise of talking pictures. A reference from Anthony Asquith
(son of Margot Asquith
), for whose Tell...
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1938: Anthony Asquith directed the film Pygmalion...
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1938
Anthony Asquith
directed the film Pygmalion (from George Bernard Shaw
's original play), which is remembered as his most successful film. Pygmalion went on to win two Oscars, including Shaw's for best screenplay.
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