Monthly Archives: October 2011

Close On David As The Screen Fades To Black

Posted on October 25, 2011 by ronbase — 13 Comments

David Haslam, the founder of Marquee magazine who died Oct. 8 at the age of 67, always said he didn’t want any kind of memorial. But David played too big a part in too many lives on the Toronto movie…

The White Buffalo Are Gone

Posted on October 19, 2011 by ronbase — Leave a comment

Last week, some of his old colleagues and friends gathered to say good-bye to Ron Haggart, one of the few remaining legends of Canadian journalism. Ron wrote a city hall column for the old Toronto Telegram, The Toronto Star, and The Globe and…

David Haslam

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ronbase — 4 Comments

You may not have known David Haslam, but if you went to the movies in Canada in the 1980s and 1990s, you certainly knew Marquee, the movie magazine he created and published for twenty-eight years. He didn’t quite pioneer the…