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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.
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Frank Sydney Box (Beckenham, 29 aprile 1907 – Perth, 25 maggio 1983) è stato un produttore cinematografico e sceneggiatore britannico. Fu sposato con Muriel Box dal 1935 al 1969.
Pages in category "Films produced by Sydney Box" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . 0–9. 29 Acacia Avenue. B. The Beachcomber (1954 film) The Brothers (1947 film) Christopher Columbus (1949 film) Daybreak (1948 film) Don't Take It to Heart. Eyewitness (1956 film) G.
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Percy Winthram is a 39-year-old socially inept, anxious virgin who pretends to be younger and travels by coach to London from Manchester with a group of friends to watch the FA Cup Final. The group have a night out in Soho and a £50 bet leads Percy to spend the evening with prostitute Cyrenne.
Sydney Box emerged from a temporary retirement from filmmaking to buy the rights to the play for £50,000. Box originally wanted Peter Sellersfor the lead role but he was too expensive.
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The film was not a success at the box office.
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Varietycommented that "most of the charm and tenderness that occasionally illuminated Charles Dyer’s successful play has been lost in this coarsened, fatuous film. Only a lively, vivid performance by Diane Cilento in a contrived role holds much interest, though a sound cast does spartan work in juggling the sparse material." The Monthly Film Bulletinwrote: "Such merit as Charles Dyer's stage original possessed sprang from the fact that it was almost entirely a two-hander, a carefully modulate...
Rattle of a Simple Man at IMDbRattle of a Simple Man at AllMovieRattle of a Simple Man at Rotten TomatoesRattle of a Simple Man at ReelStreetsSydney Box was born on 29 April 1907 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for The Seventh Veil (1945), Holiday Camp (1947) and Forbidden Cargo (1954). He was married to Muriel Box. He died on 25 May 1983 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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- April 29, 1907
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- May 25, 1983
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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.
Sydney Box Productions is a company know for Daybreak, Miranda, Ivanhoe (TV Series), The Bad Lord Byron, The Astonished Heart, When the Bough Breaks and Once Upon a Dream
