Muriel Box

Screenwriter

About

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Also Known As
Muriel Baker
Birth Place
Tolworth, England, GB
Born
September 22, 1905
Died
May 18, 1991

Biography

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With husband Sydney, to whom she was married from 1935 to 1969, wrote several British films including the classy melodramas, "The Seventh Veil" (1945) and "The Brothers" (1948). Muriel Box began her directing career in 1952 with the Ealing-style comedy, "The Happy Family."...

Filmography

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Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
Director
The Piper's Tune (1962)
Director
Too Young to Love (1960)
Director
Subway in the Sky (1959)
Director
This Other Eden (1959)
Director
The Truth About Women (1958)
Director

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Seventh Veil, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) I Said How Old Are You?
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Seventh Veil, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) He Was My Father's Second Cousin

Family & Companions

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Sydney Box
Husband
Married in 1935; divorced in 1969.
Lord Gardiner
Husband
Married in 1970.

Biography

With husband Sydney, to whom she was married from 1935 to 1969, wrote several British films including the classy melodramas, "The Seventh Veil" (1945) and "The Brothers" (1948). Muriel Box began her directing career in 1952 with the Ealing-style comedy, "The Happy Family."

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
Director
The Piper's Tune (1962)
Director
Too Young to Love (1960)
Director
Subway in the Sky (1959)
Director
This Other Eden (1959)
Director
The Truth About Women (1958)
Director
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
Director
Cash on Delivery (1956)
Director
Eyewitness (1956)
Director
Simon and Laura (1956)
Director
The Beachcomber (1955)
Director
Street Corner (1953)
Director
The Happy Family (1952)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

The Truth About Women (1958)
Screenplay
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
Screenwriter
Street Corner (1953)
Screenwriter
The Happy Family (1952)
Screenwriter
So Long at the Fair (1950)
Screenplay
The Astonished Heart (1949)
Screenwriter
Christopher Columbus (1949)
Screenwriter
Portait From Life (1948)
Screenwriter
Good Time Girl (1948)
Screenplay
The Blind Goddess (1948)
Screenwriter
Easy Money (1948)
Screenwriter
The Brothers (1947)
Screenwriter
Daybreak (1947)
Screenwriter
Holiday Camp (1947)
Screenwriter
The Man Within (1947)
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Dear Murderer (1947)
Screenwriter
When The Bough Breaks (1947)
Writer
The Years Between (1946)
Screenwriter
The Seventh Veil (1945)
Screenwriter
The Seventh Veil (1945)
From Story
Alibi Inn (1935)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

The Truth About Women (1958)
Producer
Dear Murderer (1947)
Producer
The Man Within (1947)
Producer

Life Events

1927

Began career as script girl (continuity supervisor)

1935

Screenwriting debut, "Alibi Inn"

1952

Directing debut (also co-writer), "The Happy Family/Mr. Lord Says No"

Videos

Movie Clip

Seventh Veil, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) I Said How Old Are You? Still narrating, in flashback and under hypnosis, Francesca (Ann Todd) tells guardian Nicholas (James Mason) of her plans to marry, making little impression, in director Compton Bennett's The Seventh Veil, 1945, from a story by Muriel Box and screenplay with her husband Sydney.
Seventh Veil, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) He Was My Father's Second Cousin Hypnotized by shrink Herbert Lom, suicidal pianist Francesca (Ann Todd) recalls a boarding school trauma, then a precursor to Blofeld as she recalls events leading to her first meeting with not-quite Uncle Nicholas (James Mason), in director Compton Bennett's The Seventh Veil, 1945.
Seventh Veil, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Suburban Shopgirl Trash Still in her hypnotic flashback, Francesca (Ann Todd) recalls meeting Peter (Hugh McDermott), then is surprised to find her guardian Nicholas (James Mason) returned from his travels and evaluating her progress, in the British period thriller The Seventh Veil, 1945.
Seventh Veil, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) She Will Talk To Me Opening sequence finds Francesca (Ann Todd) hospitalized, then psychiatrist Larsen (Herbert Lom) leading the conversation with Parker (Ernest Davies), in The Seventh Veil, 1945, from an original story by producer Sydney and wife Muriel Box.
Truth About Women, The (1958) Marooned In A Lift Opening another flashback, Sir Humphrey (Laurence Harvey) entering a set representing London's Mayfair House, meeting Helen (Julie Harris) by accident, inventive shots from director Muriel Box, in The Truth About Women, 1958.
Truth About Women, The (1958) She Has Strange Ideas Laurence Harvey as elderly Sir Humphrey, recalling his romances for his son-in-law (Derek Farr), then in flashback meeting Ambrosine (Diane Cilento), early in The Truth About Women, 1958, directed by Muriel Box, co-written with her husband Sydney.
So Long At The Fair -- (Movie Clip) She Is A Little Mad English Vicky (Jean Simmons), seeking her disappeared brother, brings a Paris policeman (Austin Trevor) to confront her unhelpful hotelier (Cathleen Nesbitt) and her aide (Marcel Poncin) in So Long At The Fair< 1950.

Trailer

Beachcomber, The - (Original Trailer) Glynis Johns and Robert Newton make an unlikely couple trying to save a South Seas island from an epidemic in The Beachcomber (1954).

Companions

Sydney Box
Husband
Married in 1935; divorced in 1969.
Lord Gardiner
Husband
Married in 1970.

Bibliography

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