All at Sea
1957
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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...
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 11, 2017 · 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...
Apr 24, 2024 · Features. From the Sight and Sound archive. “Few films, in my own experience, have bristled with so many problems”: Michael Balcon on Scott of the Antarctic. In our Winter 1948/49 issue, Michael Balcon, the legendary British producer and head of Ealing Studios, recalled the manifold challenges faced by the crew of the Robert Falcon Scott biopic.
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.
In our Winter 1948/49 issue, Michael Balcon, the legendary British producer and head of Ealing Studios, recalled the manifold challenges faced by the crew of the Robert Falcon Scott biopic. Read all the articles written by Michael Balcon for the British Film Institute.
Oct 18, 1977 · HARTFIELD, England, Oct. 17 (UPI)—Sir Michael Balcon, producer of dozens of British films, including “The 39 Steps,” “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” and “Tom Jones,” died yesterday at his country home. He...
