Sydney Box /
"This is an authoritative account of the career of Sydney Box (1940-65), one of British cinema's most successful and significant producers. It highlights the crucial but often misunderstood role that the producer plays in the film-making process and, using largely unpublished material, aff...
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| Language: | English |
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Manchester ; New York :
Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
2006
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, 2006 Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006 Manchester ; New York : 2006 |
| Series: | British film makers
British film makers |
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Table of Contents:
- In praise of producers.
- The self-made man.
- The documentarist: Verity Films.
- 'I had something they wanted to buy': the feature film producer.
- 'The apple of Mr Rank's mercatorial eye': managing director of Gainsborough Pictures (1946-1949).
- 'One a month': the Gainsborough films.
- Precarious independence: the 1950s.
- Lion hunt and after.
- Conclusion.
- Appendix: Costs and box-office revenues of Box's films distributed by Rank, where available