The Love Box

The Love Box is a 1972 British sex comedy film. It was written, produced and directed by Tudor Gates and Wilbur Stark under the pseudonyms "Billy and Teddy White".[1][3] "Titillation is the idea," said the Leicester Chronicle.[4]

The Love Box
Directed byTudor Gates
Wilbur Stark (as "Billy and Teddy White")
Written byTudor Gates
Wilbur Stark
Produced byTudor Gates
Wilbur Stark
executive
Barry Jenkins
Music byMike Vickers
Release date
1 October 1972[1]
Running time
90 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£28,000[2]

Production

It was the first film from a production company set up by Tudor Gates. It was originally called Looking for Love. He made it a series of vignettes to keep the budget down. Gates made it with Wilbur Stark, father of Koo Stark. They were nervous about reception so they gave themselves pseudonyms, "Billy and Teddy White".[2]

Cast
  • Chris Williams
  • Alison King
  • Simon Legree
  • Maureen Flanagan
  • Maggie Wright
  • Paul Aston
  • Christine Bradwell
  • Lisbeth Lindeborg
  • Minerva Smith
  • Jon Mattocks
  • Jane Cardew

Premise

The young owner of an entertainment guide magazine runs a classified ads section where sex addicts can communicate.[5]

Reception

Gates said the film was "very successful of its kind and it did make money for us."[2]

According to a review on The Spinning Image "this is tat, really, but for a glimpse of seventies Britain it is more revealing than many a documentary."[6]

References
  1. "Unnamed". Evening Post. 30 September 1972. p. 2.
  2. Fowler, Roy; Giesler, Rodney (26 November 2003). "Interview with Tudor Gates - Side Five". British Entertainment History Project.
  3. Hunt, Leon (1998). British low culture : from safari suits to sexploitation. Routledge. p. 94.
  4. "'Cabaret' don't delay". Leicester Chronicle. 13 October 1972. p. 22.
  5. "Danger of a yawn with 'porn'". Evening Post. 30 September 1972. p. 7.
  6. Clark, Graeme. "The Love Box - review". The Spinning Image. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015.
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