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His uncle Barney Balaban was president of Paramount Pictures for nearly 30 years from 1936 to 1964. [7] His maternal grandmother's second husband, Sam Katz, was a vice president at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer beginning in 1936. Sam had been an early partner of Bob's uncles Abe, Barney, John, and Max in forming Balaban and Katz. Sam served as president ...
Barney Balaban (June 8, 1887 – March 7, 1971) was an American film executive and innovator in the film industry who was president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964, and honorary chairman until his death.
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Soon after, in 1926, Famous Players–Lasky Corporation, the forerunner of Paramount Pictures, bought a controlling interest in the Balaban and Katz. Taking his share of the sale, Elmer went on to found his own theater company with his brother Harry, the H & E Corporation (named after H arry and E lmer). [ 5 ]
Judith Rose Balaban (October 13, 1932 – October 19, 2023) was an American actress and author of The Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly and Six Intimate Friends, about Grace Kelly. [1] Balaban was a friend of Kelly's, through her marriage to Jay Kanter , and served as a bridesmaid at her wedding to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in April 1956.
Balaban was born to a Jewish family, the son of Tillie (nee Urkov) from her first marriage, and stepson of Barney Balaban, longtime President of Paramount Pictures. [2] He was the nephew of Elmer Balaban, the nephew of A. J. Balaban, the brother of author Judy Balaban, and the cousin of actor Bob Balaban of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Gosford Park (2001).
Parents is a 1989 American black comedy horror film directed by Bob Balaban and starring Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky.Set in a 1950s California suburb, the film centers on a 10-year old boy (Madorsky), who suspects that his parents (Quaid and Hurt) are not what they seem.
Vestron Pictures Inc. was an American film studio and distributor, a former division of Austin O. Furst, Jr.'s Vestron Inc., that is best known for their 1987 release of Dirty Dancing. [ 1 ] Vestron also has had a genre film division, Lightning Pictures , a spin-off of Vestron's Lightning Video, headed by Lawrence Kasanoff , who would later go ...