Sklebokhodov Gleb Anatolyevich (1930 - 2012) - writer and playwright, journalist and film critic, laureate of the Taffy Prize, whose work has always aroused keen interest, whether it be a new book or a new issue of a television program. He spoke fascinatingly about the "stars", but he was always silent about himself. Modest and restrained in personal behavior, everything was left behind the scenes by Gleb Skorokhodov. Biography, family, they were not shown at the show.
Childhood memories
His teenage years passed in the very center of Moscow: on Ordynka, Polyanka. Cinema "Drummer" was, as they say now, the place of "hangouts", where all the surrounding teenagers gathered. When Gleb Skorokhodov made one of the programs “In Search of the Lost, ” Faina Ranevskaya drove him along Polyanka and told about the history of the houses on it. She showed the house where Mikhail Romm lived, the Volchekov family. Gleb studied at school number 545, the teaching staff of which he has preserved the warmest memories. Pupils in it were allowed to arrange a variety of evenings. And nearby at school No. 553 Andrey Tarkovsky studied. Elegant, even foppish, dressed in trendy pipe trousers, with a snow-white scarf around his neck, he came to Gleb’s school for dancing. At school, Gleb Skorokhodov first saw the Serenade of the Sun Valley. True, until the end the director, who went into the hall, did not allow her to inspect. He considered that the schoolchildren had not grown up to such a film, and besides, then there was a struggle against the "corrupting influence of the West."
In Arbat lanes
Father Gleb, a lieutenant colonel, was given two rooms in a communal apartment. The system was, of course, a corridor. One shared kitchen, two toilets and eight apartments. During the repair, I had to move, and then a colonel and his family moved into their apartment. The family of Gleb Skorokhodov was in one room, which had to be blocked. And then, later, they were given an apartment in the Kuntsevskaya metro area.
Moving
The family used to live in military towns near Moscow. Therefore, the school sometimes had to ride an electric train. And so the teenage years passed peacefully, without fights, cigarettes and drinks. He lit Gleb Skorokhodov only when he became an adult.
Where it is convenient to live
Gleb Anatolyevich poorly imagined himself living in a "sleeping" area. He lived in the Arbat lanes. He was not far away, he had to walk only 15 minutes to the actor’s house. On the next street is the House of Writers. Close to the cinema center, where he was often called to, offering to discuss a particular program.
And on Tverskaya there is the company “Melody”, with which he was also very much connected. And so it turns out that to get to the right places, it was necessary to spend quite a bit of time. And no traffic jams were not afraid of Gleb Anatolyevich.
How did the house appear to Gleb Anatolyevich
There are several incarnations of this concept, considered Gleb Skorokhodov. The family was waiting for him and worried if he was delayed and for some reason did not call. In the house he is always welcome. In addition, here Gleb Anatolyevich met with his friends, and this always brought joy. It should be hospitable at home, so that everyone could be fed deliciously.
In addition, there should be some stock of wines, because it is not known who can inadvertently drop by. Gleb Anatolyevich himself preferred dry red wines, and his wife Lera - dessert. And the last condition that the house was supposed to satisfy was to be a place for creativity. There was a desk in the office, and no one distracted Gleb Anatolyevich from work. Everything needed was at hand, and this is mostly reference books. They had to get rid of extra books by giving them to friends and relatives.
Relationship with TV
This is a necessary item in the house. Gleb Skorokhodov graduated from the Faculty of Journalism, and then VGIK. All his interests are related to cinema, and he carefully monitored what was happening on the screen. Unfortunately, he was more upset than happy. But there were still reasons for joy. So, suddenly they began to show once forbidden films, for example, “New Moscow” (1935). This picture was considered a masterpiece, but was banned from showing. And, despite the late time and the fact that it ended at 3 a.m., Gleb Skorokhodov inspected it to the end.
Famous book
In 2004, "Secrets of the Gramophone." This book is the fruit of many years of work at Melody. Since childhood, Gleb has been collecting records, and such happiness has fallen: he came to work in the State Radio and Television. There he met with Leonid Utesov, Claudia Shulzhenko, Alexander Varlamov, Lyudmila Gurchenko and other leading artists of the country.
Learned the history of songwriting. For example, “Holy War” was first performed on June 26, 1941 on the square in front of the Belorussky Train Station. And on July 4, the record was released. And the author has kept such details for us.
Book of Faina Ranevskaya
Gleb Anatolyevich met Faina Georgievna on the radio when she read stories. Communication later grew into friendship. Faina Georgievna was an extremely paradoxical person. She, for example, could claim that she was sleeping with Pushkin. And then it turned out that before going to bed she did not release his book from her hands.
She attributed a lot of aphorisms and witticisms that she never said. A lot was invented during her lifetime, and Gleb Anatolyevich, after each meeting with the great artist, wrote down his impressions in his diary, and after that his true story about her legendary personality formed into a book.
