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This witty autobiography by Sydney Box is the candid account of the life and career of one of the most important film producers in British cinema. Between 1940 and 1967, Box made more than 60 feature films, including The Seventh Veil (1945), which earned Box an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. This memoir provides a fascinating and illuminating insight into the working of the British film industry by someone who had an exceptionally varied career.

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An illuminating insight into the workings of the British film industry in the post war years, the book provides a genuine insider's-eye-view of the filmmaking process (or what Box terms 'the world's greatest gamble'). All told, a fascinating read, as wellas a real find for archivists. FOUR STARS > Film Review Between 1940 and 1967, Sydney Box made more than 60 feature films and 100 documentaries, served a term as the head of Gainsborough Pictures, and initiated an innovative scheme to challenge the monolithic structures of British film and television. His autobiography covers his film career as well as his earlier profession as a writer and his later role as an impresario. Spicer (art, media and design, U. of the West of England) supplies an introduction and notes that establish a context for Box's reminiscences. Reference and Research Book News An illuminating insight into the workings of the British film industry in the post war years, the book provides a genuine insider's-eye-view of the filmmaking process (or what Box terms 'the world's greatest gamble'). All told, a fascinating read, as well as a real find for archivists. FOUR STARS Film Review

An illuminating insight into the workings of the British film industry in the post war years, the book provides a genuine insider's-eye-view of the filmmaking process (or what Box terms 'the world's greatest gamble'). All told, a fascinating read, as wellas a real find for archivists. FOUR STARS> Film Review Between 1940 and 1967, Sydney Box made more than 60 feature films and 100 documentaries, served a term as the head of Gainsborough Pictures, and initiated an innovative scheme to challenge the monolithic structures of British film and television. His autobiography covers his film career as well as his earlier profession as a writer and his later role as an impresario. Spicer (art, media and design, U. of the West of England) supplies an introduction and notes that establish a context for Box's reminiscences. Reference and Research Book News An illuminating insight into the workings of the British film industry in the post war years, the book provides a genuine insider's-eye-view of the filmmaking process (or what Box terms 'the world's greatest gamble'). All told, a fascinating read, as well as a real find for archivists. FOUR STARS Film Review

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Sydney Box (1907-1983) had a varied career in the film industry, which included work on a number of significant productions including The Astonished Heart, The Beachcomber, and The Seventh Veil. Andrew Spicer is a Reader in Cultural History in the Bristol School of Art, Media and Design at the University of the West of England.

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