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2 de ene. de 1972 · Mrs. Tillie Urkov Balaban, widow of Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures, died last night at New York University Hospital after a long illness. Her husband headed Paramount from 1936 ...
Their choice was Barney Bala ban, one of the new directors elected last month and co-founder of Chicago's chain of Balaban & Katz theatres. Eldest of the seven sons of a Russian immigrant who ran a grocery store on Chicago's West Side, Barney Balaban got into cinema in the days of the nickelodeon.
Elmer Balaban (May 1, 1909 – November 2, 2001) was an American theater owner and early cable television provider. Biography [ edit ] Balaban was born to a Jewish family, the youngest child of Bessarabian Jewish immigrants Augusta "Gussie" (née Mendeburskey) and Israel Balaban, [2] [3] His siblings in order were Barney, A.J. , sister Ida, John, Max, Dave, and Harry. [4]
Pooling talents, Barney Balaban, A.J. Balaban and Sam Katz formed Balaban & Katz in 1916 and financed the construction of a new 2,400-seat theatre, the Central Park, on Chicago's West Side. The Central Park. In 1916, Balaban "took Katz to Baraboo, Wisconsin, to see the memorial theatre of the Ringling Brothers designed by Rapp and Rapp.
The Balaban and Katz Theater Corporation perfected the "movie palace" concept in Chicago, reating an extremely popular pastime that contributed greatly to Chicago's cultural identity. The Balabans started in the movie theater business in 1908 by leasing the 100-seat Kedzie Nickelodeon on Kedzie Avenue. Balaban brothers Barney and A. J. dreamed of operating 5,000-seat movie palaces, so in 1916 ...
Brief Life History of Barney. When Barney Balaban was born on 8 June 1887, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Israel Balaban, was 25 and his mother, Augusta "Goldie" Mandebursky, was 19. He married Tillie Urkov on 24 February 1929, in Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
Burt Balaban (March 6, 1922 – October 14, 1965) was an American film producer and director. Biography. 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. He was ...
