Production

Sydney Box

Born — Died

1907-04-29 — 1983-05-25

Place of birth

Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

Known for

Production

Credits

40 titles

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

So Long at the Fair poster
6.9

Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.

So Long at the Fair

1950

The Truth About Women poster
6.2

A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.

The Truth About Women

1957

Christopher Columbus poster
5.8

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

Christopher Columbus

1949

Subway in the Sky poster
5.9

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

Subway in the Sky

1959

The Blind Goddess poster
5.8

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.

The Blind Goddess

1948

The Treasure of San Teresa poster
6.4

After World War II, an ex-spy returns to Germany to search for a cache of jewels he hid in a Czechoslovakian convent.

The Treasure of San Teresa

1959

Behind the camera

So Long at the Fair poster
6.9

Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.

So Long at the Fair

1950

The Truth About Women poster
6.2

A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.

The Truth About Women

1957

The Truth About Women poster
6.2

A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.

The Truth About Women

1957

Christopher Columbus poster
5.8

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

Christopher Columbus

1949

Subway in the Sky poster
5.9

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

Subway in the Sky

1959

The Blind Goddess poster
5.8

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.

The Blind Goddess

1948

The Treasure of San Teresa poster
6.4

After World War II, an ex-spy returns to Germany to search for a cache of jewels he hid in a Czechoslovakian convent.

The Treasure of San Teresa

1959

Here Come the Huggetts poster
6.7

The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.

Here Come the Huggetts

1948

Floods of Fear poster
6.9

A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.

Floods of Fear

1958

O.H.M.S. poster
4.7

American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.

O.H.M.S.

1937

The Man Within poster
6.8

A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

The Man Within

1947

The Man Within poster
6.8

A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

The Man Within

1947

The Passionate Stranger poster
5.5

Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!

The Passionate Stranger

1957

The Passionate Stranger poster
5.5

Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!

The Passionate Stranger

1957

Too Young to Love poster
7.1

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.

Too Young to Love

1960

Too Young to Love poster
7.1

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.

Too Young to Love

1960

Portrait from Life poster
6.3

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.

Portrait from Life

1948

Broken Journey poster
6.1

A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged batteries and with limited food supplies, the survivors must come to a decision -- whether to stay and wait for help they believe is coming or to leave the shelter of the wrecked plane and set out in bad weather to try to reach civilization.

Broken Journey

1948

The Seventh Veil poster
6.6

A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.

The Seventh Veil

1945

The Seventh Veil poster
6.6

A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.

The Seventh Veil

1945

Easy Money poster
6.1

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins

Easy Money

1948

The Happy Family poster
7.8

When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.

The Happy Family

1952

The Happy Family poster
7.8

When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.

The Happy Family

1952

29 Acacia Avenue poster
6.0

The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor, they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage children free run of their house. As the youngsters enjoy their newfound freedom and discover the angst of teenage life, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson begin to have second thoughts about their cruise and decide to return home early.

29 Acacia Avenue

1945

29 Acacia Avenue poster
6.0

The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor, they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage children free run of their house. As the youngsters enjoy their newfound freedom and discover the angst of teenage life, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson begin to have second thoughts about their cruise and decide to return home early.

29 Acacia Avenue

1945

Don't Take It to Heart poster
6.3

A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.

Don't Take It to Heart

1944

The Flemish Farm poster
5.9

Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.

The Flemish Farm

1943

To Dorothy, a Son poster
5.8

Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesn't have any male heirs on the way, else he gets the cash. She journies from New York to England, and finally tracks him down with his heavily pregnant new wife. Should she try and woo him back or challenge the legality of the new marriage?

To Dorothy, a Son

1954

Once Upon a Dream poster
6.8

An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.

Once Upon a Dream

1949

The Brothers poster
5.4

An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.

The Brothers

1947

The Brothers poster
5.4

An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.

The Brothers

1947

Good-Time Girl poster
6.4

Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.

Good-Time Girl

1948

Good-Time Girl poster
6.4

Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.

Good-Time Girl

1948

Street Corner poster
5.5

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.

Street Corner

1953

Street Corner poster
5.5

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.

Street Corner

1953

Eyewitness poster
6.8

Lucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.

Eyewitness

1956

Dear Murderer poster
5.9

When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.

Dear Murderer

1947

The Beachcomber poster
6.2

Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.

The Beachcomber

1954

Holiday Camp poster
6.8

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.

Holiday Camp

1947

Holiday Camp poster
6.8

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.

Holiday Camp

1947