Culture: Once More with Ealing ; Roger Shannon On Sunday's Tribute to Local Movie Mogul Michael Balcon

Summary

---

The producing career of Birmingham's film knight Sir Michael Balcon (1896-1977), is celebrated on Sunday evening at the Odeon Cinema New Street.

Devised by Birmingham film company, swish, for the closing night of the HELLO DIGITAL Festival, supported by Film Birminghamand BirminghamCity Council, it will be attended by Jill Balcon, Sir Michael's daughter and mother of Oscarwinning actor Daniel Day Lewis.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Culture: Once More with Ealing ; Roger Shannon On Sunday's Tribute to Local Movie Mogul Michael Balcon

There will also be a special screening of the classic Ealing comedy, Kind Hearts and Coronets, preceded by the winning short from Birmingham's 48-hour film challenge, FilmDash.

Born in Birmingham in 1896, Michael Balcon became a producer of internationalmovie-mogul stan...

See the full content of this document

---