A great shot of one of my favourite photographers, Horst P. Horst, by the fine Toronto Star photographer Reg Innell, 1998
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Irving Berlin by Reg Innell, Toronto, 1966
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Reg Innell
Aaron Copland conducts the @TorontoSymphony at Massey Hall, 1976
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Copland was a fine conductor; I happened to see him the same year, in Minneapolis.
Reg Innell catches actor Ian Charleson hurrying down a Toronto street, January 1983
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Mark Hamill @HamillHimself by Reg Innell for Toronto Star, June 23, 1977
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Alfred Hitchcock by Reg Innell, December 9, 1969
A wonderful shot; Hitch peers out from his suite at the Royal York Hotel.
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Alice Munro by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, April 27, 1979
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Only a week or so until this year's Nobel Prize for Literature choice. This is a reminder of what a great choice the Prize Committee made in 2013
Chief Dan George by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, January 21, 1971
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The caption: "Almost a sure bet to win a Hollywood Oscar this year as best supporting actor." Alas, he was beat out by John Mills!
What a fine portrait
Mordecai Richler by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, May 15, 1980
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Robertson Davies by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, January 7, 1983
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John Ralston Saul by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, October 17, 1983
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Salman Rushdie by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, October 17, 1983
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A great news photo by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, April 7, 1969
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Innell was great at portraits, human interest, sports, anything his editors asked of him. This shot was chosen as best picture of the year by the Toronto Firefighters' Association
Leonard Cohen by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, April 22, 1985
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Lukas Foss by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, September 12, 1968
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Continuing my Reg Innell thread, a great photo of Peter Finch for the Toronto Star, January 26, 1976. Finch died less than a year later.
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Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
"Arnold Palmer launches a few balls from the bow of the Master Mathew Flinders and into the murky depths of Toronto's harbour."
May 30, 1989
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William Golding by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
October 21, 1985
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Three great #RedWings by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star: Frank Mahovlich, Captain Alex Delvecchio & the great Gordie Howe.
September 15, 1969
Just over a year later Frank was traded to Montreal, & he won two Stanley Cups with the #Habs
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Here's the man himself: Reg Innell by his Toronto Star colleague Rick Eglinton, April 16, 1998
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Innell worked at the Star for 30 years; he died in 2018.
"Reg was a character in the era of characters. He didn’t have to work at it."
- Fred Ross
Jack Bush by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
November 3, 1975
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Irving Layton by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
April 21, 1982
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Layton was a mentor for Leonard Cohen, who once said, "I taught him how to dress, he taught me how to live forever."
Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
Duke Ellington with the Anglican choir boys of St. Paul's Church on Bloor Street
February 2, 1971
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John Cheever by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
November 8, 1978
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John Gielgud by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
September 9, 1976
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John Vernon by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
May 26, 1971
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He's wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jacket
Paul Newman by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
April 19, 1986
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On the set of Slap Shot!
Peter Schickele by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
September 12, 1979
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Time to listen to some PDQ Bach!
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R. Murray Schafer by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
May 26, 1966
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Schafer died in August 2021. One of Canada's greatest composers.
Seiji Ozawa by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
April 21, 1967
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I really enjoyed Ozawa's stories of his time with the @TorontoSymphony in Murakami's Absolutely on Music
Two very funny Canadians:
Rick Moranis & Ken Finkelman by Reg Innell for the Toronto Star
October 25, 1977
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The two worked together on CBC's 90 Minutes Live; they also developed a number of pilots, but Moranis was soon off to SCTV.
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