| The Lion That Lost Its Way: And Other Cautionary Tales of the Show Business Jungle Contributor(s): Box, Sydney (Author), Spicer, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0810856778 ISBN-13: 9780810856776 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $67.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005007606 |
| Series: Filmmakers |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.44" W x 8.92" (0.80 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sydney Box was one of the most important film producers in British cinema. Between 1940 and 1967 he made over 60 feature films and over 100 documentaries. After the huge success of The Seventh Veil (1945) - which earned him an Oscar(R) for Best Original Screenplay - Box became head of Gainsborough Pictures from 1946 to 1949. In 1963 he initiated an ambitious and innovative scheme to challenge the monolithic structures of British film and television by acquiring British Lion and the London Weekday television franchise. Ill health forced his retirement in 1967. In this candid and witty autobiography, Box provides fascinating and illuminating insights into the working of the British film industry. The autobiography covers the whole of Box's varied career in British cinema over the period 1940-65, as well as his earlier career as a writer and his later role as an impresario. This memoir also contains many perceptive portraits of those he worked with, including Dylan Thomas, No l Coward, W. Somerset Maugham, the Duke of Windsor, J. Arthur Rank, Leslie Caron, Alec Guinness and George Bernard Shaw. The memoir is supplemented by an introduction and notes from film scholar Andrew Spicer who clarifies any obscurities and assesses Box's significance to the British film industry. Includes 16 photos. |