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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.
15 de may. de 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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Michael Balcon started in films as a distributor, then a producer from the early 1920s, helping to launch the career of Alfred Hitchcock. In the 1930s, Balcon was prominent in building up a huge annual production programme of films for both Gainsborough and Gaumont-British. Head of MGM-British, 1936-38, then in charge of production at Ealing.
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Ealing Studios head Michael Balcon, 1969 [9] Relatively few comedy films were made at Ealing Studios until several years after World War II. [10] . The 1939 film Cheer Boys Cheer, featuring the rivalry between two brewing companies, one big and modernist, the other small and traditional, has been characterised as a prototype of later films.
After her death, a vengeful Louis decides to take the family's dukedom by murdering the eight people ahead of him in the line of succession to the title. Michael Balcon, the head of Ealing Studios and the producer of Kind Hearts and Coronets, appointed Hamer as director.
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...
Sir Michael Balcon KBE (* 19. Mai 1896 in Birmingham; † 17. Oktober 1977 in Hartfield, England) war ein britischer Filmproduzent . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Preise und Auszeichnungen. 3 Filmografie (Auswahl) 4 Weblinks. Leben.
