We are collecting memories, photos & memorabilia for the upcoming Remembering Ina Balin Commemorative coffee table book and documentary. Do you have a piece of memorabilia signed to you from Ina Balin? A personal photo of her visit with you on her USO Tours? A private memory to share about the woman, the humanitarian, or the glamorous movie star?
We pay tribute to the great life and career of movie star & humanitarian, Ina Balin, on this day, June 20th, that she was taken from us 20 years ago. May she rest in peace. Ina Balin's beautiful spirit touched the lives of so many worldwide.
This 6 minute highlight reel features some of our favorite scenes of Ina Balin, with her co-stars Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, John Wayne, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley!
Today would have been Elvis Presley's 75th Birthday! What an entertainer! Please feel free to post your favorite Ina Balin memories with The King in his only non-singing film, Charro! on the Facebook fan page for Remembering Ina Balin http://www.facebook.com/RememberingInaBalin under the Discussion Group for Charro! http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=11936&post=57524&uid=233796241226#post57524
Here is the 1969 trailer for the classic film:
For more information about the King of Rock & Roll, please visit the official website at http://www.Elvis.com
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the early death of movie star, Ina Balin, a feature length documentary, produced by members of the Balin family and directed by Balin’s eldest niece, Film Maker Melissa Balin, will be premiered during the Cannes Film Festival & Market.
The doc will contain never-before-seen footage and interviews with Ina Balin's family, friends, and former co-stars (already filmed includes Jerry Lewis, Shirley Jones & Marty Ingles, Stuart Whitman, Ronald Neame, C.B.E. and Martin Landau) sharing their memories of the many facets of Ina Balin: the Hollywood & Broadway talent, the woman, and the humanitarian (amongst a lifetime of social action, Balin helped airlift over 200 orphans out of Saigon during the Vietnam War, adopting three of them herself!).
There will be Fair-Use insured footage of Ina Balin with world famous co-stars such as Jerry Lewis (The Patsy), Sophia Loren (The Black Orchid), Paul Newman (From The Terrace), Elvis Presley (Charro!), John Wayne (The Comancheros), Fernando Rey (Run Like A Thief), Ricardo Montalban (The Desperate Mission) and Anthony Quinn (The Black Orchid), alongside glimpses of her hundreds of guest star appearances on such hit TV shows as Bonanza, Magnum P.I., Quincy, Battlestar Gallactica and Wonder Woman. The documentary will end with donations being presented in Ina Balin's memory to some of the non-profit organizations that she supported during her lifetime (H.A.L.O., Jerry’s Kids, MS Society), as well as the bequeathment of a posthumous star on Hollywood Blvd.
All rights are available to this special project. For more information, please contact: inabalin@yahoo.com
Remembering Ina Balin is a tribute blog to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the early death of movie star, Ina Balin. The blog will be an open forum for fans, family & friends to respectfully pay tribute to memories of the woman, the moviestar, and the humanitarian. Please share with anyone who may have been influenced by Ina Balin.
