The Love Box

Tris Patterson runs a classified ads section called "Love Box" for an entertainment guide magazine. The ads provide the settings for eleven separate self-contained sex comedies: • Peter the virgin • The sex kittens • The young wives' club • Massage wanted • The trade descriptions act • The refined couple • The wife swappers • Orgy in Kilburn • The bored housewife • Trying new colours • The love park == Cast ==

In the magazine office • Chris Williams as Tris Patterson • Alison King as Margery • Simon Legree as Rod • Maureen Flanagan as Helen Peter the virgin • Maggie Wright as Mrs Angela Simpson • Paul Aston as Peter • Christine Bradwell as Miss Harvey The sex kittens • John Mattocks as tom cat • Lizbeth Lindeborg as blonde kitten • Minerva Smith as brunette kitten The young wives' club • Jane Cardew as Fran • Leonora Little as stripper • Anthony Bailey as Jock • Rosemary Burdon as club member • Lita Petrou as club member • Julia Breck as club member Massage wanted • Elaine Baillie as the masseuse • Basil Clarke as old man The trade descriptions act • Raymond Young as the official • Anne Henning as Gerda • Jennifer Guy as student The refined couple • Peter Burton as Charles • Alison King as Margery The wife swappers • Freddie Earlle as Bill • Marianne Morris as Janet • Charlie Miller as Harry • Cheryl Gilham as Sally Orgy in Kilburn • Emmet Hennessy as Martin/boy • Dick Hayden as John • Georgina Symonds-Rose as Kit • Trudi Blue as Sandra The bored housewife • Joan Alcorn as Kathy • Craig Israel as Texan • Dave Carter as husband Trying new colours • Simon Legree as Rod • Minah Bird as black girl • Pauline Anderson as Eskimo • Vivienne as Chinese girl • Kerima as Indian girl The love park • Laurie Goode as boy • Emmett Hennessy as boy • Nicola Austine as girl • Sue Bowen as girl • Jeanette Marsden as girl • Rina Brown as girl • Liz Carlson as girl == Production ==

It was the first film from a production company set up by Tudor Gates, and was originally called Looking for Love. In his interview for the British Entertainment History Project Gates states that he was nervous about the film's reception, so he and co-director Stark adopted the pseudonyms "Billy and Teddy White". ==Reception==

Box office Gates said the film was "very successful of its kind and it did make money for us." The Spinning Image said: "this is tat, really, but for a glimpse of seventies Britain it is more revealing than many a documentary." ==References==