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#42763 Antony-Balch

Antony-Balch - A legendary figure in British film distribution of the 1960s and 1970s, Antony Balch was renowned for buying up European art/exploitation films and giving them catchy new English titles (Weird Weirdo, Dont Deliver Us From Evil), as well as being responsible for the legendary sound version of Benjamin Christensens silent documentary classic Czarownice (1922), where the intertitles were replaced with a commentary by Balchs friend William S. Burroughs, with whom he started his film career with the shorts Towers Open Fire (1963) and The Cut Ups (1966), both extensions of Burroughs writing technique. Balchs only two features were the surreal Burroughs-influenced Secrets of Sex (1970) and the comedy Horror Hospital (1973).. Date of Birth, 10September 1937,London, England, UK ,Date of Death, April1980 (stomach cancer) ,Nickname, The Abominable Showman ,Height, 67(2.01m)

A legendary figure in British film distribution of the 1960s and 1970s, Antony Balch was renowned for buying up European art/exploitation films and giving them catchy new English titles (Weird Weirdo, Dont Deliver Us From Evil), as well as being responsible for the legendary sound version of Benjamin Christensens silent documentary classic Czarownice (1922), where the intertitles were replaced with a commentary by Balchs friend William S. Burroughs, with whom he started his film career with the shorts Towers Open Fire (1963) and The Cut Ups (1966), both extensions of Burroughs writing technique. Balchs only two features were the surreal Burroughs-influenced Secrets of Sex (1970) and the comedy Horror Hospital (1973).. Date of Birth, 10September 1937,London, England, UK ,Date of Death, April1980 (stomach cancer) ,Nickname, The Abominable Showman ,Height, 67(2.01m) .

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#48287 Lionel-Bart

Lionel-Bart - The son of a Jewish Tailor in Londons working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education and never learned musical notation but his music teacher at school declared him to be a genius. He gained a scholarship to St Martins School of Art at age 16 and started work as a set painter in the theatre. When he saw a notice asking for song writers it was to change his life. His new name was inspired on a bus journey past St. Bartholomews Hospital (affectionately known as Barts). He wrote his first musical in 1958, Wally Pone of Soho. It was not a success. However, the songs he wrote for the early British rocknrollers Tommy Steele (Rock With the Caveman and Little White Bull) and Cliff Richard (Living Doll - at No. 1 for 6 weeks in 1959) brought Lionel his first taste of success. His first musical success was with Fings Aint Wot They Used TBe. By the end of 1959 both Fings and Lock Up Your Daughters were running successfully in Londons West End. In June 1960 he opened Oliver! which had been turned down by a dozen promoters and had to be financed by Bart himself. An immediate hit it received 16 curtain calls on the opening night and had advanced sales of 30,000 in the first week. Oliver! was followed by other fairly successful shows such as Blitz and Maggie May. Bart was just 30 and earning £16 a minute! To finance his next musical Twang!! (based on the Robin Hood story) he signed away all rights to Oliver! The new show flopped badly and Bart estimated he lost about one million pounds in that and in the lost rights to Oliver! He filed for bankruptcy in 1972 with debts of £73,000. By the late 1970s his heavy drinking had brought on diabetes. He stopped drinking but one third of his liver had been destroyed. Lionel Bart died aged 68 after suffering cancer for 6 months.. Date of Birth, 1August 1930,Stepney, London, England, UK ,Date of Death, 3April 1999,Hammersmith, London, England, UK (liver cancer) ,Birth Name,Lionel Begleiter

The son of a Jewish Tailor in Londons working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education and never learned musical notation but his music teacher at school declared him to be a genius. He gained a scholarship to St Martins School of Art at age 16 and started work as a set painter in the theatre. When he saw a notice asking for song writers it was to change his life. His new name was inspired on a bus journey past St. Bartholomews Hospital (affectionately known as Barts). He wrote his first musical in 1958, Wally Pone of Soho. It was not a success. However, the songs he wrote for the early British rocknrollers Tommy Steele (Rock With the Caveman and Little White Bull) and Cliff Richard (Living Doll - at No. 1 for 6 weeks in 1959) brought Lionel his first taste of success. His first musical success was with Fings Aint Wot They Used TBe. By the end of 1959 both Fings and Lock Up Your Daughters were running successfully in Londons West End. In June 1960 he opened Oliver! which had been turned down by a dozen promoters and had to be financed by Bart himself. An immediate hit it received 16 curtain calls on the opening night and had advanced sales of 30,000 in the first week. Oliver! was followed by other fairly successful shows such as Blitz and Maggie May. Bart was just 30 and earning £16 a minute! To finance his next musical Twang!! (based on the Robin Hood story) he signed away all rights to Oliver! The new show flopped badly and Bart estimated he lost about one million pounds in that and in the lost rights to Oliver! He filed for bankruptcy in 1972 with debts of £73,000. By the late 1970s his heavy drinking had brought on diabetes. He stopped drinking but one third of his liver had been destroyed. Lionel Bart died aged 68 after suffering cancer for 6 months.. Date of Birth, 1August 1930,Stepney, London, England, UK ,Date of Death, 3April 1999,Hammersmith, London, England, UK (liver cancer) ,Birth Name,Lionel Begleiter .

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