A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Birmingham, England, UK
Born:
May 19, 1896
Died:
October 17, 1977
Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios. Balcon had earlier worked for Gainsborough Pictures, Gaumont British and MGM-British.
Co-Producer:
1927 The Rolling Road
Executive In Charge Of Production:
1927 The Rolling Road
1941 Yellow Caesar
Executive Producer:
1927 The Rolling Road
1940 Young Veteran
1941 Yellow Caesar
1953 Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
1954 The 'Maggie'
1955 Out of the Clouds
1956 Who Done It?
Presenter:
1927 Downhill
1927 The Rolling Road
1929 The Wrecker
1940 Young Veteran
1941 Yellow Caesar
1953 Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
1954 The 'Maggie'
1955 Out of the Clouds
1956 Who Done It?
Producer:
1923 Woman to Woman
1924 The White Shadow
1925 Cut It Out
1925 The Blackguard
1925 The Prude's Fall
1925 The Rat
1925 Typical Budget
1926 The Cabaret Kid
1926 The Mountain Eagle
1927 Blighty
1927 Downhill
1927 Ghost Train
1927 One of the Best
1927 The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927 The Pleasure Garden
1927 The Queen Was in the Parlour
1927 The Rolling Road
1928 A Light Woman
1928 A South Sea Bubble
1928 Balaclava
1928 Easy Virtue
1928 The Constant Nymph
1928 The Vortex
1929 Armistice
1929 Taxi for Two
1929 The City of Play
1929 The Wrecker
1930 A Warm Corner
1930 Just for a Song
1930 Symphony in Two Flats
1930 The Crooked Billet
1931 A Gentleman of Paris
1931 A Night in Montmartre
1931 Aroma of the South Seas
1931 Bull Rushes
1931 Harry Lauder Songs
1931 Hindle Wakes
1931 Hot Heir
1931 Michael and Mary
1931 My Old China
1931 P.C. Josser
1931 Sunshine Susie
1931 The Calendar
1931 The Ghost Train
1931 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1931 The Man They Couldn't Arrest
1931 The Ringer
1931 The Stronger Sex
1931 Who Killed Doc Robin?
1932 After the Ball
1932 Jack's the Boy
1932 Lord Babs
1932 Love on Wheels
1932 Marry Me
1932 Rome Express
1932 The Faithful Heart
1932 The Frightened Lady
1932 The Midshipmaid
1932 There Goes the Bride
1932 White Face
1933 Britannia of Billingsgate
1933 I Was a Spy
1933 Orders Is Orders
1933 Sleeping Car
1933 The Constant Nymph
1933 The Ghoul
1933 The Good Companions
1933 The Man from Toronto
1934 A Cup of Kindness
1934 Aunt Sally
1934 It's a Boy
1934 Jew Süss
1934 Man of Aran
1934 My Song for You
1934 Road House
1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935 Brown on Resolution
1935 Bulldog Jack
1935 Car of Dreams
1935 Foreign Affaires
1935 Me and Marlborough
1935 Oh, Daddy!
1935 Stormy Weather
1935 The 39 Steps
1935 The Clairvoyant
1935 The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935 Things Are Looking Up
1936 All In!
1936 First Offence
1936 It's Love Again
1936 Jack of All Trades
1936 Rhythm in the Air
1936 Secret Agent
1936 The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 Tudor Rose
1936 Where There's a Will
1937 Sabotage
1937 Take My Tip
1938 A Yank at Oxford
1938 The Ware Case
1939 Cheer Boys Cheer
1939 Happy Family
1939 The Four Just Men
1940 All Hands
1940 Convoy
1940 Dangerous Comment
1940 Let George Do It!
1940 Now You're Talking
1940 Return to Yesterday
1940 Sailors Three
1940 Saloon Bar
1940 Salvage with a Smile
1940 Spare a Copper
1940 The Proud Valley
1940 Young Veteran
1941 Ships with Wings
1941 The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941 Turned Out Nice Again
1941 Yellow Caesar
1942 Find, Fix and Strike
1942 Go to Blazes
1942 The Big Blockade
1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942 The Foreman Went to France
1942 The Goose Steps Out
1942 The Next of Kin
1942 Went the Day Well?
1943 My Learned Friend
1943 Nine Men
1943 San Demetrio London
1943 Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943 The Bells Go Down
1943 The Sky’s the Limit
1943 Undercover
1944 Champagne Charlie
1944 Fiddlers Three
1944 For Those in Peril
1944 The Halfway House
1944 The Return of the Vikings
1944 They Came to a City
1945 Dead of Night
1945 Johnny Frenchman
1945 Painted Boats
1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax
1946 The Captive Heart
1946 The Overlanders
1947 Frieda
1947 Hue and Cry
1947 It Always Rains on Sunday
1947 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947 The Loves of Joanna Godden
1948 Against the Wind
1948 Another Shore
1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948 Scott of the Antarctic
1949 A Run for Your Money
1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 Passport to Pimlico
1949 Train of Events
1949 Whisky Galore!
1950 Bitter Springs
1950 Cage of Gold
1950 The Blue Lamp
1950 The Magnet
1951 Pool of London
1951 The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 The Man in the White Suit
1951 Where No Vultures Fly
1952 Mandy
1953 Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
1954 Lease of Life
1954 The 'Maggie'
1954 West of Zanzibar
1955 Out of the Clouds
1955 The Ladykillers
1955 The Night My Number Came Up
1956 The Feminine Touch
1956 The Long Arm
1956 Who Done It?
1957 Barnacle Bill
1957 The Man in the Sky
1957 The Shiralee
1958 Davy
1958 Dunkirk
1958 Nowhere to Go
1959 The Scapegoat
1959 The Siege of Pinchgut
1961 The Long and the Short and the Tall
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