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Encyclopedia > Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Balcon (19 May 1896–17 October 1977) was a British film producer, best known for his work with the Ealing Studios. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ...


Born in Birmingham, he began his career in filmmaking during the 1920s, producing his first film, Woman to Woman (starring Clive Brook) in 1923, and began working at Ealing in the early 1940s. See also Birmingham, USA, and other places called Birmingham. ... Woman to Woman (1983) was a female-oriented discussion show, syndicated nationally in America. ... Clive Brook (1 June 1887 - 17 November 1974) was a British actor. ...


He worked with Alfred Hitchcock, Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, and many other British greats of the film world. He was made a Knight of the British Empire in 1948. The last film on which he worked as executive producer was Tom Jones (1963). Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a highly influential director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Basil Dearden was a British film director, born Basil Dear in Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, in 1911. ... Michael Relphs (1915 - 2004) career in films began in 1933 working as an assistant [art director]] with Michael Balcon who was working as an art director for MGM-British and Warner Brothers. ... The honours system of the United Kingdom is a means of rewarding personal bravery, achievement or service to the country. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Tom Jones is a 1963 comedy film which tells the story of a young 18th century man who is taken into the household of a rich gentleman and grows up living a bawdy life with many women. ...


His daughter Jill Balcon became an actress, his son-in-law Cecil Day-Lewis was an Irish-born Poet Laureate, and his grandson is the successful Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Jill Balcon (born January 3, 1925) is a British actress. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972) was an Anglo-Irish poet. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Daniel Day-Lewis in the 1988 film The Unbearable Lightness of Being Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an Academy Award-winning English/Irish actor. ...


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Michael Balcon - definition of Michael Balcon in Encyclopedia (141 words)
Sir Michael Balcon (May 19, 1896 - October 17, 1977) was a British film producer, best known for his work with the Ealing Studios.
Born in Birmingham, England, he began his career in film-making during the 1920s, producing his first film, Woman to Woman (starring Clive Brook) in 1923, and began working at Ealing in the early 1940s.
His daughter is the actress, Jill Balcon, and his grandson is Daniel Day-Lewis.
Ealing Studios - history - wickedlady.com (1458 words)
Michael Balcon former head of production at Gainsborough and Gaumont British was recommended as a replacement, he had recently been working for the British arm of MGM and although the three films he produced were successes he had hated every minute.
Paramount in Balcon's mind was the need to portray "a projection of the true Briton to the rest of the world" (Balcon, 1945), not only to foreign markets but also to a war weary public at home who had won the war but were still in the grip of rationing and austerity.
Balcon and others in the industry were also aware that cinema audiences were much more sophisticated than in the 1930s, they no longer wanted to be presented with a set of ideas or ideals which they should aspire to.
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