Betty E. Box
Production · 1915 – 1999 · Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Betty E. Box (full name Betty Evelyn Box) was a prolific producer of British films, mainly comedies, between 1946 and the early 1970s, working mainly for Pinewood Studios and often together with director Ralph Thomas. Originally a commercial artist, she started producing documentaries during World War II for her filmmaker brother Sydney Box's company Verity Films. In 1946 she was followed her brother to Gainsborough Pictures, where she produced several features before the company closed in 1949. She then moved to Rank's Pinewood Studios, where she and Ralph Thomas made some 30 films together. All in all, she produced 47 features and was awarded an OBE in 1958.
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- Movie8.0Documentary
After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chronicles Pinewood's rise to success.
Movie6.2ThrillerMysteryTravelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
Venetian Bird
1952 · 18 votes
Movie3.3DocumentaryDocumentary about John Davis, a businessman who as chairman oversaw the decline of the Rank Organisation.
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996 · 3 votes
MovieA short documentary going behind the scenes at Pinewood Studios.
MovieDramaPhoebe Fairchild discovers secrets about her dead husband
Flying Machines
2006