Word: asquiths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Underground (British Instructional Films, Ltd.) was written and directed by Anthony Asquith, 26, member of an English family which has already done much to entertain the U. S.* Few Asquiths, however, have used their wits as seriously as young Anthony in his account of a London subway guard who falls in love with what Britishers call a shopgirl. A plot, somewhat too complicated for strong drama, includes a rival lover who burns another girl to death against a high-tension switch, and a young wife who (married at last to her subway guard) rides around on the Underground just...
Died. Viscountess Pamela Grey, 57, since 1922 wife of Viscount Grey of Fallodon, previously sister-in-law of Margot Asquith; at Salisbury, England. John Singer Sargent's portrait of Viscountess Grey & her two sisters has long been famed as The Three Graces...
...these extravagant phrases, mostly for three reasons. First, a Parliamentary election draws nigh, and the Liberals, with only 41 seats in Parliament, must campaign with desperate zeal against Conservatives ("Tories") who hold 412 seats, and the Labor contingent of 157. Second, the death of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith has left David Lloyd George supreme within the Liberal Party, so that even those who dislike his theatric methods hail him as the "Man of Victory." Lastly, the kinetic personality of Orator Lloyd George nearly always sweeps his auditors off their feet. Indeed he swept all Britain...
...EARL OF OXFORD AND ASQUITH...
Best known as H. H. Asquith, this great parliamenarian and leader of the Liberal Party has revealed himself to an unusual degree. Brought into intimate contact with monarchs and statesmen through three generations, his comment on these celebrities is distinctly illuminating. Letters of prime importance and remarkable passages from his contemporary notes of the World War period are given to the public for the first time. 2 vols...