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Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer known for his leadership of Ealing Studios in West London from 1938 to 1955. Under his direction, the studio became one of the most important British film studios of the day.
Jul 14, 2023 · Michael Balcon presents ... a lifetime of films. by. Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977. Publication date. 1969. Topics. Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977, Motion picture producers and directors -- Biography. Publisher.
Jan 7, 2016 · Michael Balcon has been acknowledged for his work at Ealing Studios from 1939, and particularly for a portfolio of films produced in the decade 1942-1952.
Oct 13, 2017 · Sir Michael Balcon is pictured above in 1952 presenting an Oscar to screenplay writer T.E.B Clarke for the best film story of that year, The Lavender Hill Mob. Born in Birmingham in 1896, Balcon began his career in films just after the First World War.
May 15, 2024 · Sir Michael Balcon was a motion-picture producer and a leader in the British cinema industry. He began his career as a producer in 1922, founded and directed Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd., in 1928, and became the director of production for Gaumont-British Pictures, Ltd., in 1931.
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Jul 12, 2017 · Sir Michael Balcon (right) has a pub named after him in Ealing. Kenneth Cope, now 86, later found fame playing Marty Hopkirk in the ITV series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), but he says that...
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In an industry short of Hollywood-style moguls, Balcon emerges, along with Alexander Korda and J. Arthur Rank, as a key figure, and an obdurately British one too, in his benevolent, somewhat headmasterly approach to the running of a creative organisation.
