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Barney Balaban (June 8, 1887 – March 7, 1971) was an American film executive who was the president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964 and an innovator in the cinema industry.
- June 8, 1887
- President of Paramount Pictures
- American
11 lug 2023 · Stories of Ukrainian Jews. Barney Balaban. Boris Lozhkin. 376 subscribers. 5. 168 views 1 year ago. For all the popularity of cinema at the beginning of the twentieth century, revenues of movie...
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- Boris Lozhkin
8 mar 1971 · BYRAM, Conn., March 7—Barney Balaban, honorary chairman of Paramount Pictured Corporation and a leader in the film industry since 1936, died today after a short illness at his home, 251 Byram...
His uncle Barney Balaban was president of Paramount Pictures for nearly 30 years from 1936 to 1964. His maternal grandmother's second husband, Sam Katz, was a vice president at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer beginning in 1936.
Its secretary, Barney Balaban, eventually became president of Paramount Pictures. Beginning in 1939, Balaban and Katz, along with parent company Paramount, was involved in the early development of the television broadcasting industry.
- 1916
- A. J. Balaban, Sam Katz
- Movie theaters
- Chicago
8 dic 2017 · In the 1950s, Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures, helped set up what would soon become the leading pro-Israel lobbying organization in the United States, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). 10 In the 1960s, Arthur Krim, president of United Artists, was a major Democratic Party fundraiser and a close ...
Barney Balaban - Writer. Theater Chain Owner, Producer. Nationality: American. Born : 8 June 1887 in Chicago, Illinois. Education : Attended local schools. Family : Married Tillie Urkov, 1929; son Leonard, daughter Judith. Career : After working in his immigrant father's grocery store, was hired by Western Union as a messenger; later was chief ...
