Person
Betty E. Box
Production
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- Sep 25, 1915
- Died
- Jan 15, 1999
- From
- 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.
Credits

Venetian Bird

The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

Flying Machines

The Rank Charm School

Full Screen Ahead
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Hot Enough for June

Some Girls Do

Dear Murderer

The Clouded Yellow

The Wind Cannot Read

Doctor in the House

Doctor in Love

Doctor in Trouble

Doctor at Sea

Doctor in Distress

Doctor at Large