All at Sea
1957
Search results
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 : Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Oct 19, 1977 · Sir Michael Balcon, 81, British Movie Pioneer. By Gary Arnold. October 18, 1977 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Sir Michael Balcon, the pioneer British film executive and producer, best known for the...
Influential production executive who gave Alfred Hitchcock his first solo directing job ("The Pleasure Garden" 1925) and later founded Gainsborough Pictures, which produced many of Hitchcock's early classics as well as Robert Flaherty's "Man of Aran" (1933). He also headed Gaumont-British and...
Balcon, (Sir) Michael. views 1,348,311 updated. BALCON, (Sir) Michael. Producer. Nationality: British. Born: Birmingham, 19 May 1896. Education: Attended George Dixon School, Birmingham. Family: Married Aileen Leatherman, 1924; one son; one daughter, the actress Jill Balcon.
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.
Balcon, Michael (1896-1977) Executive, Producer Whatever limitations may now be ascribed to the Ealing Studios output of the 1940s and 1950s, it is undeniably at the centre of any account of the British film industry's most prestigious period - and is above all the achievement of Michael Balcon .
