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Michael Elias Balcon was born in Birmingham, the son of Polish tailor Louis Balcon and his Russian wife Laura. He began his career in filmmaking during the 1920s and, together with Victor Saville and John Freedman, he formed Balcon, Freedman & Saville. By 1923, Balcon had produced his first film, Woman to Woman (starring Clive Brook) in 1923.
Mini Bio. 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 ...
Sir Michael Balcon, a pioneer of the British film industry, died yesterday at the age of 81. As a film producer he had courage, energy and a flair for showmanship, to which was added the restraining influence of a good business brain. Thus he understood not only what the public wanted, but also what it would cost to give it to them.
Michael Balcon (1896-1977), Film producer. Sir Michael Balcon. Sitter in 36 portraits Film producer. Through Gainsborough Pictures, Gaumont-British and Ealing Studios Balcon was responsible for a wide range of classic British films including The 39 Steps (1935), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and The Cruel Sea (1952).
Dunkirk (1958) -- (Movie Clip) You're Under Orders Now Now in Sheerness, Kent, having sailed their commandeered boats from London, journalist Foreman (Bernard Lee) realizes British forces in France are being routed, tells the naval officer (Michael Gwynn) he’s willing to sail across himself, inspiring young Frankie (Sean Barrett) and previously timid Holden (Richard Attenborough) to ...
Sir Michael Balcon talks to Robert Robinson about his 42 years as a producer in the film industry. Balcon was the famous as producer of more than 300 films and as the mastermind behind the Ealing ...
Michael Balcon, KBE, ( 19. toukokuuta 1896 Birmingham, Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta – 17. lokakuuta 1977 Hartfield, East Sussex, Englanti, Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta) oli Alexander Kordan ja J. Arthur Rankin ohella yksi merkittävimpiä brittiläisiä elokuvatuottajia. Hänet tunnetaan Alfred Hitchcockin varhaisten elokuvien tuottajana sekä ...
