Retirees Enjoy Annual Luncheon Photographs by Norman Karlin Captions by Bruce Green On May 17th the Guild retired members and their spouses were treated to their annual Retirees Luncheon at the Sportsmen's Lodge. Coming from far and wide, they began arriving at 10:15am. Don Crosby, a former sound effects editor at Warner Bros., arrived first. Luncheon organizer Bill Elias was helped by his wife, Phyllis. Board members Diane Adler and Jan Ambler greeted people with a well-organized table of alphabetical name tags. A good time was had by all. (L to R) John Soh, Dann Cahn, Judy Cahn, Myra Lee Marks and Eugene Marks shared stories by the Sportsmens' Lodge pond. Ed Abroms and new retiree Frank Morriss edited 'Blue Thunder' together. Joe Thornton began his career at 14 as an apprentice on 'Henry V' and later became a shop steward at Elstree Studios before coming to L.A. in 1963. He worked for eight years at Wolper, among other places. (L to R) Board members Karen Rasch, Lisi Crane, and Mary Prange with picture editors Gloryette Clark and Danny Green. Two past presidents of the Guild. Jack Schrader was dialog editor on 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' John Burnette edited many films, including the recently re-released 'Grease.' Jim Nelson was a sound editor on 'American Graffiti' and 'The Birdman of Alcatraz.' He went on to become an associate producer on 'Star Wars.' Bob Kagey with music editor Morrie McNaughton who began his career in 1951 on 'The Cisco Kid.' Bob Wyman, editor of 'Rosemary's Baby' and Bill Butler, editor of 'Clockwork Orange.' (L to R) George Ohanian was a dialog editor on 'Touch of Evil' and cut picture on 'The Munsters,' with his wife Eileen and Jeannie Kagey and her husband Bob Kagey who edited many shows at Universal, including 'Magnum P.I.' Picture editor Pat Landy Soderberg began her career as a picture assistant on 'The Greatest Story Ever Told.' Film editor George Grenville with his wife Claire. George sported a "No on 226" button. Michael Karr began his career as an apprentice on 'The Night of the Hunter.' He said, "The best years are the ones in front" (L to R) Rod Stephens, Shirley Stephens, Board member Arthur Coburn and newly-retired editor David Blangsted. Robert Phillips edited fourteen seasons of 'Knott's Landing,' with Karen Carhart. Sound editor Don Higgins and his wife Jean. Don says he was the first editor to bring a computer (an Osborne 1) into an editing room and was fired for it!   Reprinted from The Motion Picture Editors Guild Newsletter Vol. 19, No. 4 - July/August 1998   Guild Home | Newsletter Home | Top of Page   Copyright © 1998, All Rights Reserved by The Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 776