Description
Book SynopsisA lucid and informative account, drawing on unpublished material, of the career of one of the most successful and significant producers in British cinema. It provides discussion of all his films, including The Seventh Veil (1945), and affords an exceptional insight into the workings of the wartime and postwar British film and television industries.
Trade ReviewThe best entry yet in the British Film Makers series, this is an astonishingly detailed work. A truly remarkable achievement, it brings Britain's post-war film industry vividly to life. -- .
Table of Contents1. In praise of producers
2. The self-made man
3. The documentarist: Verity films
4. ‘I had something they wanted to buy’: Feature film producer
5. ‘The apple of Mr Rank’s mercatorial eye’: Managing director of Gainsborough Pictures (1946-1949)
6. ‘One a month’: The Gainsborough films
7. Precarious independence: The 1950s
8. Lion hunt and after
9. Conclusion
Appendix: Costs and box-office evenues of Box’s films distributed by Rank, where available
Filmography
