Sir Michael Balcon collection 1948

British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)

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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977.

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Epithet: Knight; film producer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x0003cb Film producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Sir Michael Balcon : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451253 ...

Gaumont Co.

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Wilson Ida

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Sir Michael Elias Balcon

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Michael Elias Balcon was born on 19 May 1896 in Birmingham. Leaving grammar school in 1913, he worked for the Dunlop Rubber Company during the First World War. After the war, he co-founded a film distribution company, producing his first film Woman-to-Woman in 1922. In 1924, he formed the film company Gainsborough, which was later merged into the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, and until 1936 Balcon was in charge of production. He was head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's production in...

Ealing studios

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In 1929, the film company Associated Talking Pictures was founded by the theatrical producer Basil Dean, and two years later a studio was built for the company on a site at Ealing Green in west London. After Dean resigned from Associated Talking Pictures to return to the theatre, Michael Balcon took charge of production in 1938. Up until then Ealing Studios Ltd., a subsidiary of Associated Talking Pictures, had been the company formally owning the studio site. After 1938, Associated Talking Pict...