He would rather have seen blood spilt
By MORRIE GELMAN
INTO THE LIFE OF EVERY REPORTER at least a few embarrassing moments must fall. Usually, for me, it’s falling prey to that time-honored boxing admonition of leading with my chin.
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By DON GROVES
Yes, as Besa reported here on Sime’s site I am ankling Variety : April 12 is my last day after a cumulative total of nearly 23 years with the paper: the last 12 in Oz, and before that five and a half years in London. In my first stint, succeeding Miha as the Sydney bureau chief, I logged five years. As Besa wrote, the powers-that-be have decided to shift the Asia-Pacific headquarters to Hong Kong. They said they can no longer afford to maintain the Sydney bureau after nearly 30 years.
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By BOB HAWKINS
The New Yorker (Nov. 29, ’04) tribute to the late Charles Schulz, the creator of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, reminded me of the long-ago time when I sort of “had dinner” with this genius.
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Two veterans of the old pre-Reed Variety have ankled the paper.
Bob Hawkins, who started as a stringer in 1948 reviewing the Venice Film Festival, and later became Rome bureau chief, and later London-based European honcho, recently retired from the paper. Bob sez his 57 year run may be the longest on record among those living, perhaps beaten only by Army Archerd in Hollywood. The Hawk was well treated by the post-Silverman management, and received the classical timepiece at the time of his departure. Bob is still living in his apartment in Rome, near the Tiber River, and keeps in touch which others from the old days such as Deborah Young and Nadia Werba.
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In conjunction with the Sardi’s dinner, scheduled for September 24th, we plan to be printing a handsome Souvenir Album for the occasion, consisting of specially-written as well as already-published articles and photographs relating to the old Variety.
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