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Sir Michael Elias Balcon-He was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios. Balcon had earlier worked for Gainsborough Pictures, Gaumont British and MGM-British. Born in Birmingham, Balcon was the youngest son and fourth of five children of Louis Balcon (c.1858–1946) and his wife, Laura (née Greenberg; c.1863–1934), Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who had met in England.
Michael Balcon was a British film producer and studio executive who was a major figure in the history of British cinema. He was the head of production at Gaumont British from 1927 to 1936, and then the head of production at Ealing Studios from 1938 to 1959.
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Fiddlers Three (1944 film) First a Girl. The First Offence. For Those in Peril (1944 film) The Foreman Went to France. The Four Just Men (1939 film) Friday the Thirteenth (1933 film) Frieda (film)
Biografia. Michael Balcon, que va néixer 19 maig 1896 a Birmingham, i mort el 17 octubre 1977 Hartfield Sussex, East va ser el quart dels cinc fills de Luigi Balcon (1858-1946) i la seva dona, Laura Greenberg (1863-1934). Va créixer en una família respectable, però empobrida, el 1907 Balcon va aconseguir una beca per estudiar a l'escola ...
Michael Balcon. (1896-1977), Film producer. Sir Michael Balcon. Sitter in 37 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 ...
On BALCON: articles— Clynton, Lionel, "Michael Balcon of Ealing," in British Film Year-book 1947–8, edited by Peter Noble, London, 1947. Dickinson, Thorold, "The Work of Sir Michael Balcon at Ealing Studios," in The Year's Work in the Film 1950, edited by Roger Manvell, London, 1951.
