Michael Balcon

Apr 30, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Chloe Walker |Pasquale Iannone |Philip French |Michael Balcon

This article gives away plot details of Rome, Open CityItalian neorealism was meant to be a genre populated by non-professional actors, but Anna Magnani was the exception that proved the rule. Despite her stardom, her bawdy ebullience, earthy intensity and resolute lack of glamour made her the perfect emblem for a cinematic movement centred around ordinary Italians dealing with the tough realities of life in the shadow of the Second World War.

Apr 24, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Michael Balcon |Adam Scovell |Stuart Isaac Burnside |Chloe Walker

I am usually rather reluctant to write about my own films, for I feel that this is a task for professional critics and writers and not for the man who has been responsible for the production of a picture. In departing from my usual custom, I want to make it clear that these comments on the production of Scott of the Antarctic are in no way a commentary on the technical quality of the picture but simply and solely an account of some of the technical problems which we came up against.

Sep 26, 2023 | classicmoviehub.com | Alfred Hitchcock |Victor Saville |William Perlberg |Michael Balcon

Lydia Bennet: Has anybody heard how Jane is this morning? Mrs. Bennet: Eh, Mr. Bingley sent a note over by his groom. She's much better. Such a happy idea of mine sending her off in the rain. Mr. Bennet: Yes, but to Jane must go all the credit for having caught the cold, my dear. Dr. Harold Medford:None of the ants previously seen by man were more than an inch in length - most considerably under that size.