Harold Baim was a British film producer, director and writer.
15 Facts About Harold Baim
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Harold Baim was born in Leeds in 1914; he died in Reading, Berkshire in 1996.
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Harold Baim originally wanted to be a journalist but instead gained employment working in the film industry operating the clapperboard for film producers.
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Harold Baim moved into film distribution and production at MGM, United Artists and First National moving onto Columbia Pictures selling their films to the Odeon, ABC and Gaumont cinema chains.
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Harold Baim married Glenda Freedman at Hendon in April 1940 and the couple celebrated with a reception at The Dorchester.
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Harold Baim worked with film producer and distributor James George Minter at Renown, becoming a senior director with Minter in March 1941.
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Harold Baim became a prolific producer of 35mm short films, creating over 300 titles in his lifetime.
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Harold Baim was keen to use wide screen and the paper archive shows he rented 'Camera-scope' lenses from Adelphi Films in the mid 1950s.
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In 1976 Harold Baim became Chief Barker of the Variety Club of Great Britain having been a board member and supporter for the previous ten years.
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Clips and excerpts from the Harold Baim Collection are often used as illustrative footage in feature films and television documentaries seen on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four and by producers of programmes screened by ITV and Channel Four Television in the UK.
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Harold Baim wrote the scripts which were recorded by well known actors and broadcasters of the period including the voice-over talents of Valentine Dyall, David Gell, Peter Dimmock, Terry Wogan, Ed Bishop, Franklin Engelmann, Kenneth MacLeod and Nicholas Parsons.
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Harold Baim applied a consistent formula to the creation of his films.
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Harold Baim often opened a travelogue by featuring transport facilities such as motorways, bus stations and airports.
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Harold Baim provided an early career boost for Michael Winner who directed and scripted five Harold Baim films from 1959 to 1963.
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Several 'B' features were made by Harold Baim, including the haunted house thriller Night Comes Too Soon and The Fantastic World of Film a compilation of early silent American comedy films.