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Betty Evelyn Box is a Actor, Producer and Sound British born on 25 september 1915 at Beckenham (United-kingdom)

Betty Evelyn Box

Betty Evelyn Box
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Birth name Betty Evelyn Box
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 september 1915 at Beckenham (United-kingdom)
Death 15 january 1999 (at 83 years) at Chiltern District (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Betty Evelyn Box (25 September 1915 - 15 January 1999) was a prolific British film producer. Usually credited as Betty E. Box, she is considered one of the best of her generation, with a flair for making genuinely popular British films.

Born in Beckenham, Kent, she entered the motion picture industry in 1942, joining her brother Sydney Box and his wife Muriel at Verity Films, where she helped produce more than 200 wartime propaganda shorts. Following World War II, she made an easy transition to feature films, beginning with The Years Between in 1946. When her brother assumed control of Gainsborough Pictures that year, he named her Head of Production at the Poole Street, Hoxton studio, where she produced ten films during the next two years. While tight budgets and shooting schedules compromised the quality of some of them, others - such as When the Bough Breaks (1947) - proved to be among the most politically interesting films of the period. She was also known for the trio of popular Huggetts films, starting with Here Come the Huggetts in 1948 and followed by Vote for Huggett and The Huggetts Abroad in 1949.

When Gainsborough closed in 1949, Box moved to J. Arthur Rank's Pinewood Studios, where she collaborated with director Ralph Thomas on some 30-odd films, including the highly successful Doctor series, beginning with Doctor in the House in 1954 and ending with Doctor in Trouble in 1970. The comedies contained a wacky irreverence which clearly struck a chord with contemporary audiences and helped to make stars of the young Dirk Bogarde and Donald Sinden.

Box was awarded the OBE in 1958. She was married to Peter Rogers, producer of the Carry On film series, from 24 December 1948 until her death. They did not have any children, but their godson was actor and theatre producer Marc Sinden, the son of Sir Donald Sinden, who starred for Betty Box in, amongst other films, Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large and Mad About Men. She died in Chiltern, Buckinghamshire aged 83 from cancer in 1999.

A posthumous autobiography Lifting the Lid: The Autobiography of Film Producer Betty Box was published in 2000.

Biography

Elle entre dans le monde du cinéma en 1942, lorsque son frère Sydney Box lui propose de le rejoindre au sein de Verity Films , une société de production de documentaires et de films de propagande. Après la guerre, elle passe aux films de fiction aux Studios Riverside . Lorsque Sydney prend la direction de Gainsborough Pictures en 1946, il l'engage comme directrice de la production aux studios d'Islington.

À la fermeture de Gainsborough en 1949, Betty Box passe aux Pinewood Studios, une des périodes les plus difficiles de sa carrière : elle dut hypothéquer sa maison pour produire La Fille aux papillons (The Clouded Yellow) en 1950, premier résultat de sa longue collaboration avec le réalisateur Ralph Thomas.

Elle est faite officier de l'Ordre de l'Empire britannique en 1958.

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Filmography of Betty Evelyn Box (50 films)

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Actress

Venetian Bird, 1h35
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Richard Todd, John Bailey, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris, Margot Grahame
Roles Woman Next to the Factory Tour Guide (Uncredited)
Rating62% 3.144223.144223.144223.144223.14422
British private detective Edward Mercer (Richard Todd) is employed to travel to Venice and locate an Italian who is to be rewarded for his assistance to Allied airmen during the Second World War. Once he arrives in Italy, however, he becomes mixed up in an assassination and a great deal of mystery. The mystery revolves around whether Renzo Uccello (John Gregson) actually died a few years earlier in World War II or not. The city of Venice provides a familiar and magnificent backdrop for the story.
Venetian Bird, 1h35
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Noir
Actors Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris, Margot Grahame, Walter Rilla
Roles Woman Next to the Factory Tour Guide (Uncredited)
Rating62% 3.144223.144223.144223.144223.14422
Edward Mercer, un détective privé, est engagé pour aller à Venise à la recherche d'un résistant italien dans le but de le récompenser pour avoir aidé un Américain oendant la guerre. Mais la première personne qu'il devait contactér est retrouvée assassinée d'un coup de couteau...

Production

Percy's Progress
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Leigh Lawson, Elke Sommer, Judy Geeson, Denholm Elliott, Adrienne Posta, Anthony Andrews
Roles Producer
Rating38% 1.9043451.9043451.9043451.9043451.904345
Percy is well known in England as the man with the world's first penis transplant, and is exceptionally well endowed. His rampant conquests of married women cause him to escape incarceration by local authorities.
Doctor in Trouble, 1h30
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Harry Secombe, Leslie Phillips, Robert Morley, Irene Handl, Angela Scoular, Joan Sims
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.6603452.6603452.6603452.6603452.660345
Renowned surgeon Sir Lancelot Sprat (James Robertson Justice) arranges a cruise for his patient, the famous television star Basil Beauchamp (Simon Dee). The captain of the ship is Lancelot Spratt's brother (Robert Morley).
Some Girls Do, 1h28
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Johnson, Daliah Lavi, Beba Loncar, James Villiers, Florence Desmond, Maurice Denham
Roles Producer
Rating55% 2.7583352.7583352.7583352.7583352.758335
Drummond is hired after a series of inexplicable accidents befall the people and companies who are responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner, the SST1. Drummond, with the help of another agent, uncovers a plot by a mastermind named Carl Petersen, who stands to gain eight million pounds if the aircraft is not ready by a certain date. Petersen has developed a number of robots: beautiful girls with electronic brains to help him sabotage the SST1 project by means of infrasound (sound waves with too low frequency to be detected by the human ear) which can be directed at people or objects with devastating results.
Nobody Runs Forever, 1h41
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Daliah Lavi, Burt Kwouk, Camilla Sparv
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.0475653.0475653.0475653.0475653.047565
New South Wales Police Sergeant Scobie Malone (Taylor) is summoned to Sydney by the Premier of New South Wales (Leo McKern) who at the time was the controversial Sir Robert Askin. The Australian High Commissioner in London, Sir James Quentin (Plummer) is wanted for a 25-year-old murder charge, that the Premier, Quentin's gruff political rival, has discovered.
Deadlier Than the Male, 1h41
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Nigel Green, Virginia North, Suzanna Leigh
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.0980253.0980253.0980253.0980253.098025
When a top oil executive dies mysteriously aboard his private jet, the company's board suspects foul play and hires Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to investigate. Attempts on his own life lead him to believe two lovely females are "hit men" for an international crime syndicate.
Doctor in Clover, 1h41
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Fenella Fielding, Arthur Haynes, James Robertson Justice, Terry Scott
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.857672.857672.857672.857672.85767
The film is based at the (fictitious) St Swithin's Hospital, with Leslie Phillips as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke, an accident-prone doctor and cad, more interested in the nurses than the patients.
The High Bright Sun, 1h54
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Susan Strasberg, George Chakiris, Denholm Elliott, Katherine Kath, Grégoire Aslan
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.9502352.9502352.9502352.9502352.950235
In 1957, Juno (Susan Strasberg), an American archaeology student, is visiting Cyprus and staying with the family of her father's best friend, Dr Andros (Joseph Furst). She witnesses an attack by two EOKA gunmen which results in the death of two British soldiers, but is unable to identify the killers to the local British intelligence officer, Major McGuire (Dirk Bogarde).
Hot Enough for June, 1h38
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, Robert Morley, Leo McKern, Roger Delgado, Derek Fowlds
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.0518153.0518153.0518153.0518153.051815
Roger Allsop (John Le Mesurier) turns over some belongings to a clerk, who stows them in a drawer marked 007 before turning the identifying card over to read "deceased". Allsop and his superior, Colonel Cunliffe (Robert Morley), then discuss the necessity to send someone to pick up something behind the Iron Curtain.
Hot Enough for June, 1h38
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Spy films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Robert Morley, Sylva Koscina, Leo McKern, Roger Delgado, Derek Fowlds
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.0518153.0518153.0518153.0518153.051815
Nicholas Whistler, écrivain de langue tchèque au chômage, pense avoir obtenu un emploi en allant à Prague pour un peu d'espionnage industriel. En fait, il se retrouve au service de renseignement britannique. La camarade Simoneva, sa jolie chauffeuse arrivée derrière le Rideau de fer, est elle-même agent tchèque. De ce fait, elle est immédiatement attitrée au remplacement involontaire de 007...
Doctor in Distress, 1h42
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, James Robertson Justice, Samantha Eggar, Barbara Murray, Mylène Demongeot, Leo McKern
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.807822.807822.807822.807822.80782
Simon Sparrow, now a senior doctor at Hampden Cross Hospital, falls in love with Delia, a model and aspiring actress. They eventually move in together, but then she goes to Italy to try out for a film.
A Pair of Briefs, 1h30
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda De Banzie, James Robertson Justice, Roland Culver, Liz Fraser
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.9542952.9542952.9542952.9542952.954295
The "Brief" of the title refers to the document which a solicitor in the UK court system writes to instruct a barrister who will plead the solicitor's case in court. Unfortunately barristers Tony Stevens and Frances Pilbright, as juniors, receive nothing but routine briefs concerning sewers. When a juicy brief concerning a writ for "restitution of conjugal rights" appears, they take opposite sides in the case. Pilbright works fiercely for her client, a woman whose marriage was disrupted by World War II. Stevens advocates for the other side, a man who denies that he was ever married to the plaintiff, although all records have been destroyed during bombing raids. For her part, the woman claims that her husband left her after she temporarily lost her memory. The two barristers squabble in court, inevitably becoming attracted to each other in the process.