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Bob Balaban (nephew) Jay Kanter (former son-in-law) Anthony Franciosa (former son-in-law) Don Quine (former son-in-law) Barney Balaban (June 8, 1887 – March 7, 1971) was an American film executive who was the president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964 and an innovator in the cinema industry.
- June 8, 1887
- President of Paramount Pictures
- American
Mar 8, 1971 · BYRAM, Conn., March 7—Barney Balaban, honorary chairman of Paramount Pictured Corporation and a leader in the film industry since 1936, died today after a short illness at his home, 251 Byram ...
Sep 6, 2010 · Barney Balaban (June 8, 1887 – March 7, 1971) was president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964, and innovator in the cinema industry. Uptown residents may recognize his name from the famous Balaban and Katz company, which built the Uptown Theatre. The eldest of the seven sons of grocery store owner Israel Balaban, Barney worked as a ...
The Balaban boys built the city's first "supercolossal" theaters, the 700-seat Circle and the 2,000-seat Central Park. Bob's uncle, Barney Balaban, became chairman of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood and wanted to pass the torch to Elmer, but he declined. Elmer has been credited with devising an early version of pay-TV, based on a set-top box ...
- August 16, 1945
Mar 17, 2003 · Paramount now owns practically all of the Balaban & Katz stock. Build Chain in Chicago. The first movie venture of the Balabans was in the Kedzie theater. They built the Circle theater in 1913. It was the first Chicago film house with a balcony. About 1915, Barney Balaban met Sam Katz and the two men made plans for a group of de luxe theaters.
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On BALABAN: book— Gomery, Douglas, Shared Pleasures: A History of Movie Presentation in the United States , Madison, Wisconsin, 1992. Born in Chicago to parents who ran a small grocery store, Barney Balaban quit school at the age of twelve to work at a number of jobs in order to help support his parents and six younger brothers.
