Person
Sydney Box
Production · 1907–1983 · Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Biography
Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis.[2] He produced and co-wrote the screenplay, with his then wife director Muriel Box, for The Seventh Veil (1945), which received the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay.[3] Sydney and Muriel married in 1935, had a daughter Leonora the following year, and divorced in 1969.
Known for
Good-Time Girl
Writer
So Long at the Fair
Producer
Deadlier Than the Male
Executive Producer
The Seventh Veil
Writer
Too Young to Love
Writer
Sweet Success
Scenario Writer
Portrait from Life
Writer
Subway in the Sky
Producer
My Brother's Keeper
Production Manager
Floods of Fear
Producer
Filmography
- 1967Deadlier Than the MaleExecutive Producer
- 1960Piccadilly Third StopProducer
- 1960Too Young to LoveWriter
- 1959Subway in the SkyProducer
- 1959The Night We Dropped a ClangerExecutive Producer
- 1959The Treasure of San TeresaProducer
- 1958Floods of FearProducer
- 1957The Truth About WomenWriter
- 1957The Passionate StrangerWriter
- 1956EyewitnessProducer
- 1955The PrisonerExecutive Producer
- 1954To Dorothy, a SonProducer
- 1954The BeachcomberProducer
- 1954Forbidden CargoScreenplay
- 1953Street CornerScreenplay
- 1952The Happy FamilyWriter
- 1950So Long at the FairProducer
- 1949Christopher ColumbusWriter
- 1949Once Upon a DreamProducer
- 1948Here Come the HuggettsWriter
- 1948Portrait from LifeWriter
- 1948The Blind GoddessWriter
- 1948My Brother's KeeperProduction Manager
- 1948DaybreakWriter
- 1948Good-Time GirlWriter
- 1948Broken JourneyProducer
- 1948Easy MoneyExecutive Producer
- 1947JassyProducer
- 1947Holiday CampProducer
- 1947Dear MurdererScreenplay
- 1947The Upturned GlassProducer
- 1947The Man WithinScreenplay
- 1947The BrothersProducer
- 1946A Girl in a MillionWriter
- 1946The Years BetweenProducer
- 1945The Seventh VeilWriter
- 194529 Acacia AvenueScreenplay
- 1945Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene IProducer
- 1944Don't Take It to HeartProducer
- 1944On ApprovalExecutive Producer
- 1944Out of ChaosProducer
- 1943The Flemish FarmProducer
- 1943Jig-Saw: Careless Talk Costs LivesExecutive In Charge Of Production
- 1942We ServeProducer
- 1942Men of TomorrowProducer
- 1941Ten Tips for Tackling TanksDirector
- 1941W.V.S.Producer
- 1937O.H.M.S.Producer
- 1936Let's Ask the LadiesScreenplay
- 1936Sweet SuccessScenario Writer
- 1935Alibi InnWriter
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