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Offside: The Harold Ballard Story

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Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard -- Canada's greatest showman - He didn't invent greed. He perfected it.
Director
Jason Priestley
Year
2023
Genre
documentary, biography, sport
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Production
Lone Eagle Entertainment
Awards
1 nomination total

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[crowd cheering] - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] In 1967, Canada celebrated - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
[narrator] In 1967, Canada celebrated
People were confident in looking ahead - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
People were confident in looking ahead
From coast to coast to coast, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
From coast to coast to coast,
And in Toronto, there was no reason - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
And in Toronto, there was no reason
[crowd cheering] - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:20
[crowd cheering]
It's hard to overstate - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
It's hard to overstate
We have the world champions, the Maple Leafs. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
We have the world champions, the Maple Leafs.
[narrator] But by the early '70s, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
[narrator] But by the early '70s,
[announcer] Now, there's all sorts of debris - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[announcer] Now, there's all sorts of debris
[man] I had to sit through an entire winter - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
[man] I had to sit through an entire winter
[Ballard] I honestly feel that I have never done - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
[Ballard] I honestly feel that I have never done
[reporter] The Toronto Maple Leafs won in 1967. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[reporter] The Toronto Maple Leafs won in 1967.
But since then, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
But since then,
He's interested only in making his money, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:15
He's interested only in making his money,
Ballard turned the Leafs from perennial cup favorites - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
Ballard turned the Leafs from perennial cup favorites
His meddling and combative behavior - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
His meddling and combative behavior
♪ I'll see your face inside a cloud ♪ - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
♪ I'll see your face inside a cloud ♪
["One Fine Morning" by Lighthouse plays] - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:32
["One Fine Morning" by Lighthouse plays]
A hockey club, founded in 1917 as the Arenas, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
A hockey club, founded in 1917 as the Arenas,
In 1927, the team was purchased - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
In 1927, the team was purchased
And in 1931, he embarked on construction - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
And in 1931, he embarked on construction
For years, the Leafs flourished and won - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
For years, the Leafs flourished and won
Conn Smythe was a winner - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
Conn Smythe was a winner
Whether as a prosperous businessman, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
Whether as a prosperous businessman,
His legacy was hard for anyone to follow, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
His legacy was hard for anyone to follow,
Conny was the type of person - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
Conny was the type of person
He was not an admirer of Harold and made that clear. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
He was not an admirer of Harold and made that clear.
[narrator] No one saw Harold Edwin Ballard - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
[narrator] No one saw Harold Edwin Ballard
Since the day he was born in Toronto, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:13
Since the day he was born in Toronto,
Sidney Eustace Ballard was a successful manufacturer - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:23
Sidney Eustace Ballard was a successful manufacturer
But Harold Ballard was never cut out to just be successful. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
But Harold Ballard was never cut out to just be successful.
During the Great Depression, he had a Playboy lifestyle. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
During the Great Depression, he had a Playboy lifestyle.
[narrator] Among other passions, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:12
[narrator] Among other passions,
In 1930, Ballard was the manager - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
In 1930, Ballard was the manager
And by 1940, Ballard found success - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:14
And by 1940, Ballard found success
In 1957, an aging Conn Smythe - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:16
In 1957, an aging Conn Smythe
Newspaper owner, John Bassett, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:12
Newspaper owner, John Bassett,
I think there were originally seven owners - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
I think there were originally seven owners
And Stafford was another guy that seemed like a stern guy, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
And Stafford was another guy that seemed like a stern guy,
They all tolerated each other to be part of this troika - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
They all tolerated each other to be part of this troika
[Parrish] The Bassetts were the elite of Toronto, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
[Parrish] The Bassetts were the elite of Toronto,
And Harold Ballard wasn't very high on that list. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
And Harold Ballard wasn't very high on that list.
He had been the third fiddle, the seventh fiddle, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
He had been the third fiddle, the seventh fiddle,
And I think he wanted to prove that he could do the job, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
And I think he wanted to prove that he could do the job,
-[crowd cheering] -[upbeat music plays] - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
-[crowd cheering] -[upbeat music plays]
That group ushered in a kind of a renewed era - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
That group ushered in a kind of a renewed era
When you look at what happened in, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:15
When you look at what happened in,
Well, he was around for four Stanley Cups. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
Well, he was around for four Stanley Cups.
I was there when they won - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
I was there when they won
This is our centennial year - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
This is our centennial year
And I want to thank the supporters - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:14
And I want to thank the supporters
[Iaboni] Being there as a kid at that grade - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:20
[Iaboni] Being there as a kid at that grade
[Bennett] When I think of the Maple Leafs, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[Bennett] When I think of the Maple Leafs,
Leafs win, craze of the city. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
Leafs win, craze of the city.
You know, he went to the parade and it really showed him that, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:16
You know, he went to the parade and it really showed him tha...
[narrator] Although Ballard wasn't a huge factor - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
[narrator] Although Ballard wasn't a huge factor
His main job, and true passion, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
His main job, and true passion,
By 1969, profits had tripled - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
By 1969, profits had tripled
He really was at his best in the '60s as a promoter. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
He really was at his best in the '60s as a promoter.
Conn Smythe didn't want - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
Conn Smythe didn't want
There is one hell of a lot of difference - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
There is one hell of a lot of difference
You know, and that's what caused - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
You know, and that's what caused
[Eagleson] Conn Smythe, he was the one that said, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:17
[Eagleson] Conn Smythe, he was the one that said,
[narrator] Conn Smythe, in protest, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
[narrator] Conn Smythe, in protest,
You think of Muhammad Ali, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
You think of Muhammad Ali,
People here in Canada are nice - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
People here in Canada are nice
[narrator] With Conn Smythe completely out of the picture, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
[narrator] With Conn Smythe completely out of the picture,
First on the agenda, removing the portrait - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
First on the agenda, removing the portrait
[Stellick] When the mezzanines came in, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[Stellick] When the mezzanines came in,
"She doesn't pay admission, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
"She doesn't pay admission,
What he was doing was taking this building that - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
What he was doing was taking this building that
You know, if there was money to be made, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
You know, if there was money to be made,
You know, it was not a closed shop - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
You know, it was not a closed shop
I don't think he did it because he had - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
I don't think he did it because he had
It was like, "Wow, this is great." - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
It was like, "Wow, this is great."
And Brian Epstein, the manager, fortunately, fortuitously, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
And Brian Epstein, the manager, fortunately, fortuitously,
[Vaive] I heard the story about when the Beatles came over. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[Vaive] I heard the story about when the Beatles came over.
They did a concert at the Gardens - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
They did a concert at the Gardens
Folklore goes that Ballard turned off - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
Folklore goes that Ballard turned off
Turned the heat on in the building - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
Turned the heat on in the building
And it was probably 110 degrees - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:12
And it was probably 110 degrees
Like, that was his reputation, that he was such a promoter - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
Like, that was his reputation, that he was such a promoter
I remember once when Billy Joel was playing - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
I remember once when Billy Joel was playing
And he sort of accosts Mr. Ballard, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:15
And he sort of accosts Mr. Ballard,
I own it. [laughs] - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
I own it. [laughs]
You know, if you were Springsteen - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
You know, if you were Springsteen
[narrator] For all his rough edges, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
[narrator] For all his rough edges,
His beloved wife, Dorothy, the dignified daughter - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
His beloved wife, Dorothy, the dignified daughter
Dorothy's passing in 1969 due to cancer - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
Dorothy's passing in 1969 due to cancer
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Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard -- Canada's greatest showman - He didn't invent greed. He perfected it.

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Director: Jason Priestley
Writer: N/A
Production: Lone Eagle Entertainment
Genre: documentary, biography, sport
Year: 2023
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ImdbRating: 7.1
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 22 Jan 2023
Awards: 1 nomination total
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