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NOW SHE IS BETTY
BOX OFFICE
LONDON, Saturday: Betty Box is the only woman in
Britain who makes a career of producing films.
And she's done it so suc
cessfully people are calling
her Betty Box Office.
Her comedy, 'Doctor in'
the House' is now going1
about the country like a
bull in a record shop. |
But Miss Box isn't sitting
back listening to the
happy sound of breakage.
She's busy producing
another comedy. 'Mad
About Men,' starring
Glj nis Johns. Donald
Sinden. and Margaret
Rutherford— and in her
spare time thinking of the
film to follow that one.
Miss Box, blonde and 33,
claims there are advan
tages in being a lone
woman in a man's world.
'You only have to be
moderately nice and men
(Will go out of their way to
help you simply because
you're a woman,' she savs.
And the disadvantages?
'I can't have those long
gossipy teas I used to en
j joy,' she says.
; 'I can't go shopping —
my clothes have to be
picked up at odd places in
odd spare moments.
I 'I can't plan proper
holidays because one never
knows exactly when a film
will finish. My husband.
Peter Rogers, is a film pro
ducer, too. and that makes
holidays even more com
plicated.'
It seems a formidable
list of disadvantages, but
Miss Box takes them in
her stride.
$ She says: 'My work is
my life. I wouldn't know
what to do with myself
without it.'
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Af AI Zetterling, who
1Ti went to Hollywood to
co-star with Danny Kaye
in 'Knock on Wood.'
hasn't let praise go to her
head.
Although this is the
first time she had .been
widely seen in America,
she was a star in Sweden
10 years ago and since
then in England.
Her comment on being
hailed in some quarters
as a new Garbo was:
'There are at least half
a dozen new Garbos round
Hollywood. I do not want,
?o be No. 7.' I
rjOOGIE Withers and
*-' John McCallum are
wondering what they are
going to do when their
current, successful play.
'Waiting for Giliane,'
finishes its run.
It was at one time
suggested they make a
film of Terence Rattigan's
'The Deep Blue Sea' —
about a woman's desperate
attempts to hold on to a
young lover.
But Miss Withers said:
'Everyone seems to be
afraid of it now.'
McCallum is very keen
on the idea.
He said: 'Although some
critics called 'The Deep
Blue Sea' a depressing
affair, it was a wonderful
play, and people loved it.'
COALING Studios have
Xj turned their attention
to horse racing and in
'The Rainbow Jacket.'
audieces have the pleasure
of seeine in all (heir sum
mer glory, such famous
courses as Epsom, New
market. Linfleld', Sandown
Park. and Doncaster.
writes Joan Littlefield.
The film tells the story
of a young jockey's rise to
fame and of an old jockey
eating his heart out be
cause he has been warned
off the turf.
In Its racing details the
picture is fascinating, but
the story does not always
ring true and the boy's
character is never de
veloped.
However. 'The Rainbow
Jacket,' has been skilfully
directed by Michael Relph
and Basil Dearden, its
racing scenes are exciting,
and there are good per
formances from Bill Owen,
Robert Morley. and Ed
ward Underdown.
A new boy actor. Fella
Edmonds, does well as the
young jockey.
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