Sydney Box

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Sydney Box

Production April 29, 1907

Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

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 fi…

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Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male

5.9 1967 Movie
So Long at the Fair

So Long at the Fair

6.9 1950 Movie
The Seventh Veil

The Seventh Veil

6.6 1945 Movie
The Upturned Glass

The Upturned Glass

6.8 1947 Movie
The Prisoner

The Prisoner

7.2 1955 Movie
Dear Murderer

Dear Murderer

5.9 1947 Movie
Good-Time Girl

Good-Time Girl

6.4 1948 Movie
On Approval

On Approval

7.1 1944 Movie
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

5.8 1949 Movie
Subway in the Sky

Subway in the Sky

5.9 1959 Movie
Street Corner

Street Corner

5.5 1953 Movie
Holiday Camp

Holiday Camp

6.8 1947 Movie

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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.[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.

Filmography

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  1. 1967
    Deadlier Than the Male

    Movie Executive Producer

  2. 1960
    Piccadilly Third Stop

    Movie Producer

  3. 1960
    Too Young to Love

    Movie Writer

  4. 1959
    Subway in the Sky

    Movie Producer

  5. 1959
    The Night We Dropped a Clanger

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 1959
    The Treasure of San Teresa

    Movie Producer

  7. 1958
    Floods of Fear

    Movie Producer

  8. 1957
    The Truth About Women

    Movie Writer

  9. 1957
    The Passionate Stranger

    Movie Writer

  10. 1956
    Eyewitness

    Movie Producer

  11. 1955
    The Prisoner

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 1954
    To Dorothy, a Son

    Movie Producer

  13. 1954
    The Beachcomber

    Movie Producer

  14. 1954
    Forbidden Cargo

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1953
    Street Corner

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1952
    The Happy Family

    Movie Writer

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  1. 1950
    So Long at the Fair

    Movie Producer

  2. 1949
    Christopher Columbus

    Movie Writer

  3. 1949
    Once Upon a Dream

    Movie Producer

  4. 1948
    Here Come the Huggetts

    Movie Writer

  5. 1948
    Portrait from Life

    Movie Writer

  6. 1948
    The Blind Goddess

    Movie Writer

  7. 1948
    My Brother's Keeper

    Movie Production Manager

  8. 1948
    Daybreak

    Movie Writer

  9. 1948
    Good-Time Girl

    Movie Writer

  10. 1948
    Broken Journey

    Movie Producer

  11. 1948
    Easy Money

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 1947
    Jassy

    Movie Producer

  13. 1947
    Holiday Camp

    Movie Producer

  14. 1947
    Dear Murderer

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1947
    The Upturned Glass

    Movie Producer

  16. 1947
    The Man Within

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1947
    The Brothers

    Movie Producer

  18. 1946
    A Girl in a Million

    Movie Writer

  19. 1946
    The Years Between

    Movie Producer

  20. 1945
    The Seventh Veil

    Movie Writer

  21. 1945
    29 Acacia Avenue

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1945
    Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I

    Movie Producer

  23. 1944
    Don't Take It to Heart

    Movie Producer

  24. 1944
    On Approval

    Movie Executive Producer