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Wed, 30 October @ 1:30pm
Talk
Sheringham Little Theatre
Barney Broom works in the film industry. As a writer/director he has won awards for this work, having made commercials, documentaries for both TV and cinema. He will be giving talks about the history of Hollywood. In 2002/03 Barney was involved in the Borobudur Ship Expedition sailing a replica vessel across the Indian Ocean in the wake of 8th century Indonesian migration to Africa. The documentary produced entitled Braving the Cape was sold to Discovery. As well as presenting his series of talks on the British Film Industry and the history of Hollywood, work is currently underway adapting LUST FOR POWER for a proposed television drama series.
Barney is a member of BAFTA and the Director's Guild of Great Britain. As an author, Barney has written five novels (https://amzn.to/3ySPShi)
3. Sound and All that Jazz
1928: Al Jolson – talkies. Innovators in sound pictures the emergence of Warner Bros. The Great Depression and musicals – Busby Berkeley
4. Gone with the Wind and Another War
The producing of GWTW. Vivien Leigh/Scarlett O'Hara: WW2 propaganda films (Casablanca). The studios are still all powerful but led by the likes of the formidable Bette Davis and Olivia De Havilland who challenge their contracts the studio heads are challenge.