da hip hop witch is a 2000 american parody film directed , produced and written by dale resteghini .

the film is a parody of the blair witch project , and features appearances by eminem , ja rule , mobb deep , pras , rah digga , vitamin c and vanilla ice .

da hip hop witch

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5 white kids get lost in the hood looking for da hip hop witch , a year later their footage was found .
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da hip hop witch ( 2000 ) . hip hop blair witch project parody . stars : eminem , stacii jae johnson . director - dale resteghini . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
considering it was “written” ( as it were ) , produced and directed by a white guy , i move to declare da hip hop witch officially a hate crime .
an evil , hideously ugly creature that has been nicknamed the hip hop witch is attacking rappers and hip - hop artists on the streets of new york city . dee dee washington gets a job at a tabloid magazine as a lowly assistant to the self - important miss josephine . dee dee suggests the idea of a story about the hip hop witch but miss josephine dismisses it . when she is passed over for a promotion , dee dee decides to investigate the hip hop witch story herself . meanwhile , five kids from framingham , massachusetts , hear about the $ 10 million reward being posted for the hip hop witch and set out to new york city to prove that the hip hop witch doesnt exist and that it is record producer the big z killing his own artists in order to promote music sales .
if eminem does take a role in
lazarus ,
it will mark his feature film debut . he previously had a cameo part in the direct - to - video movie ,
da hip hop witch ,
which came out in november . the rapper has widely disavowed that project , though , and even attempted to halt distribution of
da hip hop witch
prior to its release ( see
eminem to voice web cartoon ; wants out of ' witch '
) .
if you ' re in the mood for another
blair witch project
spoof ( and how could you not be ) , you may want to check out the straight - to - video release
da hip - hop witch ,
which boasts appearances by eminem , vitamin c , rah digga , and vanilla ice .
i’m… speechless . da hip hop witch is one of the most bizarre creations i’ve ever witnessed . clearly riffing on the blair witch project with a found - footage style , this supposed comedy follows a bunch of dickheads looking for a mysterious witch supposedly influencing the hip - hop community – with eminem , vanilla ice , mobb deep and a bunch of other rappers making cameo appearances . at least that’s what the film sets out to be , but this is one of the most disjointed pieces of crap i’ve ever seen .
someone - or something - is attacking hip - hop artists in new york . one year later , their stories are found .
5 teenage rappers gets notice of a mysterious witch that supposedly lurks in the ghetto and those who are attacked by her gets a successful hip - hop career . in their search for the witch , they come across various rappers whom already been attacked and retells their experiences .
to spice things up , resteghini introduces dee dee washington ( stacii jae johnson ) , a young reporter who’s investigating the urban legend . she believes music producers have concocted da hip hop witch in order to boost record sales . records show that those involved with the witch ( whether it be death or simple encounters ) have seen their sales increase . a novel idea , but it’s told so dryly that you beg for the witch to appear and put you out of your misery .
feels as though dale resteghini has gone out with a video camera and interviewed various rap artists and gotten them to come up with something completely off the cuff about the hip hop witch . this is the sum conception of
the hip - hop show stops being a hip - hop show and even though they ' ve been covering the witch , they now don ' t know anything about it until an assistant brings them the story . again , the story we ' ve been watching them cover all along . anyway , they ' re not interested until the president of the company ,
the aforementioned hip - hop notables play themselves alongside pras , ja rule , mobb deep , killah priest , and rass kass in the flick .
as a movie reviewer , a lot of times it’s more fun to watch a bad movie than a good one because they’re easier to write about and are more susceptible to wacky critical zingers ( “ fantastic four ? more like not - so - fantastic bore . burn ! ” ) , but there’s nothing enjoyable about da hip hop witch . it’s a chore to watch , like an improv act performed by people from the audience . it’s one of the many spoofs to emerge in the wake of the blair witch project ( see also the black witch project , the bogus witch project and bigfoot caught on tape ) that interpreted that film’s success to mean that anyone can create a hit movie with no budget , a bare - bones script , a camcorder and no conclusive ending . da hip hop witch might be the bottom of the barrel , though , and worst of all , it’s not really even a horror movie .
ixak : you’re originally from the palestinian town of lydda , but after slingshot hip - hop came out you moved to baltimore . what brought you here ?
resteghini hopes that the audience will get wrapped up in the mystery . he tries to create intrigue by making us question whether or not da hip hop witch is fact or fiction . at times it seems as if the producers did indeed make her up . other times we get a pov shot of the supposed witch hunting down rappers and huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf . a rap version of “little red riding hood” may have been more enjoyable .
i have seen some bottom - of - the - barrel hip hop / gangsta movies ( for example
the wrecking crew
and
hood angels
) but this one is more like a hole in the barrel . if i someday make a list of worst hip hop films , this will rank in the top positions .
s : i stay connected with the hip - hop scene , activists and artists in palestine mostly by following online news and speaking to friends . i try to keep up with everything but the hip - hop scene in the middle east is growing so fast , i doubt that i have the whole progress updated in my knowledge system .
just the opportunity to talk to one of the original hip hop legends from its earliest days in the bronx is enough to get me amped for a gre . . .
and eminem saying things like
oh yeah , i saw the witch . she was scary !
there’s also a subplot about five white people ( and their pug ) from salem , massachusetts who travel down to new york city to find da hip hop witch and receive a cash reward . they’re constantly forgotten about , only to reappear when it suit’s the plot . for instance , they’re brought back near the end to redo the famous tent scene , but the humor involved is so lame you wish they remained forgotten about .
in december of 1989 , in the newark projects , there were a series of unsolved attacks and one murder . residents claimed that it was an angry spirit , who became known as the
black witch of the projects .
ten years later the attacks began again . this time occuring in every inner city project and on the east coast . and targeting every rap star in the hip hop scene . an aspiring resporter was determined to find out the truth . and five white kids and a pug from the suburbs embark on a quest to find the infamous hip hop witch .
this and other work brought her and her associates to the attention of filmmaker jackie reem salloum who was shooting a documentary about palestinian hip hop in israel and the occupied territories . the film ,
click this link to read my short & sweet guide to getting yourself a record player . . . and join the real hip - hop nation already . it ' s good times over here .
spoof inside the world of hip - hop / rap . filmmaker dale resteghini has directed a number of music videos for rap artists , as well as several independently produced low - budget films such as the racial drama
da ' hip - hop wizzard of oz is a modernized version of
the wizard of oz .
this is an original play written by laquette milner and is a fun family event which incorporates the hip - hop culture with the appreciation of the other performing arts disciplines . dorothy is your average teenager who enjoys school and dreams of making it big as a
star .
her dreams , however , are not supported by everyone around her . will she give up on her dreams ? before she can answer that question , dorothy is mysteriously taken to a hip - hop influenced land of oz . there , dorothy accidentally kills the wicked witch of the eastside and is granted the dead witch ' s enchanted ruby converse . dorothy then meets some new friends ( the scarecrow , the tinman , and the lion ) and together they travel down the yellow brick road , through the land of oz to the emerald city of dance in hopes of gaining the things they lack from the great wizzard of oz . but he will only grant their wishes if dorothy kills the wicked witch of the westside . what will dorothy decide to do ? come take this journey with dorothy !
at some point , the filmmakers redesigned the dvd cover art to feature eminem ( he tried unsuccessfully to have himself removed from the film altogether ) , which is deceptive to say the least , but i say anyone who’d rent an eminem movie deserves what they get . unfortunately , da hip hop witch represents a growing portion of the direct - to - video horror market : interloping non - horror opportunists looking to get over by tricking people into renting ( or god forbid , buying ) movies with snazzy or misleading box covers .
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the premise itself isn’t bad . legend has it da hip hop witch targets famous rappers and kills them via impersonating a femme fatale or offering them free drugs . rappers such as eminem and ja rule talk about their experiences with her and warn everybody to avoid her . eminem is so afraid of her that he’s locked himself in his recording studio with some buddies and a cameraman . he talks about how he drank hot butter with eggs in it and getting a finger up his ass . this is the pinnacle of the humor , folks .
when britnee & i used to work together in new orleans east , she once gently pressured me into taking a couple dvds out of the trunk of her car that even she couldn’t stomach , despite typically having a much stronger fortitude than i do when it comes to total shit cinema . one of those putrid slices of schlock was desperate teenage lovedolls , a movie so amateur that i had a hard time convincing myself that it was an actual , legitimate feature film & not some 80s punks’ super 8 home movies . the other was da hip hop witch , which i am sad to report is most certainly not a legitimate feature . it is , without question , a home movie ( this time filmed on a camcorder instead of a super 8 camera ) . it just happens to be a home movie that features a long list of famous ( and not - so - famous ) rappers . even accounting for the “film”‘s straight - to - dvd cheapness , it’s difficult to pull any entertainment value from da hip hop witch , except maybe from the schadenfreude of watching eminem embarrass himself .
this all - star fright film parody makes little sense , and what sense it makes is neither funny nor scary . ten years after a mysterious assailant attacked dozens of hip - hop performers in newark , the police brace themselves for a wave of copycat crimes . over 80 musicians claim that a witch molested and disrespected them , causing dissension in their groups : . . . read more
in the new screenplay , reworked by joe ide from james gibson ' s original draft , a pair of dead rappers , one good and one evil , are mysteriously brought back to life in order to wage a war over control of the hip - hop world .
review : this all - star fright film parody makes little sense , and what sense it makes is neither funny nor scary . ten years after a mysterious assailant attacked dozens of hip - hop performers in newark , the police brace themselves for a wave of copycat crimes . over… ( more )
. the idea might have been vaguely amusing as a five - minute skit on a tv comedy show but dragged out to the length of a film it is excruciating . most of the rappers  and there are quite a number interviewed throughout  appear strung out on one or another substance and ramble on in a totally disconnected and incoherent way  the hip hop witch sucked my dick . . . shes got big titties . . . shes scary . when you see her  run ! ! ! .  to expect that there might be any consistency between their descriptions of the witch would probably be too much to ask in such a film . it would probably be even less to ask for any kind of rationale or explanation as to why the witch is attacking rappers as opposed to any other segment of the population .
. meanwhile , there ' s scene after scene of a group of music producers ( actors , this time ) brainstorming a gimmick they can get rich off of . and then , there ' s a long , terrible segment about a fake hip - hop news show , which seems to have been filmed in the offices of
leans out of his car window to tell us he ' s on the hunt for the witch , somehow , some way , which never connects to anything else in the film .
) , the first lady of palestinian hip hop . sabreena , grew up in the israeli town of lydda ( lod ) , the site of one of the largest mass expulsions of palestinian civilians in the israeli 1948 israeli war of independence . as a palestinian woman with israeli citizenship growing up in an ethnically mixed town she grew up with a unique perspective on a familiar conflict .
so yeah , just to reiterate , none of the rappers really interact with the plot or the central film . we just cut to them over and over for some completely unrelated commentary . they do make some attempt to connect them , which only makes things even dumber , by saying that the hip - hop reporter is being locked out of the rappers ' offices ( for fear that she might be the witch ! ) , so only her cameraman is allowed inside . so that ' s why nobody from one set of footage ever interacts with the people in the other set - it ' s all part of the story !
knock - off / parody . secondly , it ' s one of those hip - hop pseudo - documentaries that ' s really just comprised off rappers caught off guard giving quick drops to a dude with a camcorder . both , taken on their own , would make for pretty detestable films . but combined , they ' re cinematic gibberish . we get random footage where it ' s not even clear how it ' s supposed to connect or relate to the other footage we ' ve seen .
the stars reveal their personal accounts with a supernatural terror , and true to the form of the original , some of the cast members eventually wind up disappearing . eminem manages to duck the witch by locking himself in slim shady studios with flip mode squad ' s spliff star until the coast is clear .
they all appear as themselves in the film , giving ad - libbed testimonies of their encounters with “the black witch of the projects , ” who’s supposedly terrorizing rappers all along the east coast ( she must be from compton . west side ! ) . weeded - up rappers ad libbing ? what could possibly go wrong ? as you’d expect , the monologues are stammering messes that test the limits of how many “knowwhatimean”s and “y’knowwhati’msayin”s one human can ingest , and more than once , they end with the witch sticking a finger up the rapper’s ass . these segments , incidentally , account for half of the movie .
records players are cheap , plentiful and easy to come by . i understand if you ' re living in a shelter or your car ; but if you can get yourself an ipod , an x - box , a dvd player and a laptop , there is no reason why a such a self - respecting hip - hop head shouldn ' t have a record player . trust me , there ' s no reason to be intimidated by the various models , features , etc . unless you ' re a hardcore dj , you really don ' t need to know about types of drives , needles , etc .
, of course em ) . we even get to the out house studio and all ; but it ' s basically worthless , because they don ' t get to say anything except these stupid , meaningless and inconsistent anecdotes about a fictitious black witch . it being such a frustrating , wasted opportunity is the insult on top of the injury .
so , somehow the gang from salem hear that the music producers who need a gimmick are offering ten million dollars for the witch because it ' s regularly attacking their artist , so they go to new york . oh , and this film also keeps cutting to some girl looking out her window . i can ' t figure out who she was supposed to be . there ' s a montage of the reporter reading different articles from an issue of
the movie is shot with handheld cameras in faux documentary style ( = it looks like crap ) . it looks as if the cameramen were just as stoned as the rappers . frankly , most home movies look better than this . plotwise ( when it finally gets going in the last twenty minutes ) it is a rough parody of ' blair witch project ' and one of the terrible ripoffs that tried to piggyback on the popularity of the original .
the premise , such as it is , is that there ' s a blair woods - like witch that used to haunt newark . it ' s come back now ten years later ( later then what ? who knows ) and only kills rappers . oh , and it now appears in every inner city across the world , a line only explained by a title to card , presumably to justify the cameos from rappers from other cities . so we get random footage of rappers like
was promptly released worldwide featuring his face on the cover and promoting him as the star , even though his appearance maybe constitutes only around 10 minutes of footage . ( for some peculiar reason , the scenes where he appears drinking and smoking have all had the labels on the alcohol and the cigarettes digitised out ) . eminem is the only one of the artists who gets into the deadpan spirit of the exercise and rambles on in a peculiar way where he keeps repeating everything he says twice and tells an amusing anecdote about the witch sticking her finger up his ass . ( his peculiar fascination with and continuing to return to this act does kind of make one wonder exactly what this guys personal sexual peccadilloes are ) . on the other hand , the other most famous rapper present , vanilla ice , tries to get into the same spirit of telling a deadpan tall tale but fails badly .
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slim shady offered more than $ 4 million to co - star in reworked ' lazarus , ' according to variety .
it could happen , as eminem has reportedly been offered more than $ 4 million to join dmx in the cast of
lazarus ,
a project originally intended as the fourth film in
the crow
franchise .
variety reports that eminem has been eyed to portray dmx ' s evil nemesis in
lazarus ,
the premise for which incorporates some of the supernatural , life - after - death themes from the three
crow
flicks .
when dmx agreed to take over a role in
lazarus
last july , he was to star as a rapper slain in a drive - by shooting who returns from the grave to exact revenge on the gang who gunned him down ( see
dmx signs on to resurrect ' the crow ' film series
) .
despite the plot shakeup , veteran video director joseph kahn is still on board to direct
lazarus ,
with edward r . pressman producing the flick for his pressman film corp .
a spokesperson for pressman films had no comment on whether eminem has been approached about
lazarus ,
while representatives for eminem have yet to respond to inquiries about the movie offer .
as for dmx , he ' s currently serving a 15 - day sentence at the erie county correctional facility in alden , new york , for a traffic violation he pleaded guilty to last march , although the rapper could be released as early as tuesday ( see dmx finally turns himself in for jail term
) .
because he waited more than two weeks before surrendering to authorities , dmx is also facing a contempt of court charge that could land him back in jail for up to a year  but the rapper plans to keep busy immediately following his release from prison , despite the new potential legal woes .
on march 9 , dmx plans to attend the new york premiere of his new film ,
exit wounds ,
after which he ' s expected to perform an hour - long set at a post - screening party at the rainbow room .
dmx has contributed a new song , titled
no sunshine ,
to the
exit wounds
soundtrack , and even managed to complete a video for the track prior to turning himself in .
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what’s your favorite song from the black panther soundtrack so far ? i’d go with king’s dead .
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actually i think it was yesterday or something but idgf . kool keith’s solo debut , underground classic . it
convinced my friends to rent this at a movie night when it was relatively new , they still rip on me for it .
@ bygdreams “she tried to stick her finger up my ass . …her fingers were like 6 feet long”
i remember when it came out but i could never bring myself to watch this bullshit .
what the fuck is this even about ? lol , at least jackass made sense .
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director / screenplay / producer / music supervisor  dale resteghini , photography  dale resteghini & martin ahlgren , music  robert douglas gay , patrick l . g .  harvey & tony prendatt , co - score  terence dudley . production company  raging nation films & records / m - gal productions .
( 1999 ) was an enormous hit when it came out . the surprise about the phenomenon was not that it produced copies but that films attempting to copy
remained relatively few while being vastly outnumbered by parodies . the parodies so far include :
the most well - known of the rappers is of course eminem . eminem was a complete unknown at the time the film was shot and subsequently climbed to superstardom , whereupon
a near unwatchable film . the rapper scenes are excruciating . i have read a number of comments where people have called
one of the worst films ever made ; i found it fairly near to being . indeed , it took several attempts upon my part to watch the whole of
 even as such i could only do it in ten minute bursts before my brain began to hurt and would have given up a good deal sooner were it not for professional dedication .
“alright man , that’s your ass ! ! ! …somebody hold my baby . ”
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documentary that turned out to not be all that bad . . . i was pleasantly surprised to find a film its makers seemed to actually care about . but my expectation for a crappy eminem movie has left a hole . . . one that i ' m confident will be filled today , by
this movie is . . . incomprehensible . it ' s two things . one , a terrible , terrible
( ! ) , with some of the worst acting i ' ve ever seen - and believe me , i ' m used to ultra - low budget horror flicks from decades past . these office scenes were really the point where my brain started to scream
abort ! abort !
and climb out of my ears .
who
owns the streets
and is taking half of the music producers ' deal . and there ' s also another assistant who gets hired , who ' s gunning for the first assistant ' s job , and the salem kids are trying to blackmail the gangster . some crack addict goes undercover as an atlanta rapper to get with the producers , tells them she knows about the salem kids , but he recognizes her as somebody , and some character named
dies . and no , i didn ' t just spoil the ending ; it keeps going and i ' ll leave the rest unsaid . honestly , i couldn ' t figure it out what was going on , and i was literally taking notes . holy fuck , how does a story this empty get so convoluted ?
there are some interesting rappers featured in this . . . artists we almost never get to see , including
this movie has absolutely zero redeeming values . it ' s never scary , intentionally funny , unwittingly funny or remotely interesting . the acting is awful , the dialogue is all improvised garbage . the rappers are all wasted cameos . the footage is all handheld , low quality camcorder level material that ' s terribly lit . i ' m sure 95 % of the people who ' ve seen this film did not watch it all the way through from beginning to end uninterrupted . it ' s just torture .
and amazingly , this has been released on dvd three times by three different studios in the us alone . a - pix , artisan and artisan / lion ' s gate in 2000 , 2003 and 2004 respectively . they ' re all available on amazon for a penny , and they ' re all drastically over - priced . the a - pix disc has a banner going across it claiming it ' s the full frame version , but they ' re all full - frame . it was shot full - frame . stay away from this movie , don ' t help it make any more money . don ' t even watch it for free . . . on a dare . it ' s really that bad .
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resteghini goes back and forth between these three subplots with no rhyme or rhythm . they start to intersect near the end thanks to more focus being shined on the producers , but that only leads to more bland humor . the only moment i laughed in the film was when vanilla ice was being interviewed outside of a kfc . that’s only because i found it funny that’s where he was hanging out , which i’m sure was unintentional . an attempted joke later is him being interrupted while getting a tattoo by a crazy fan who says he’s a director and has a project for him . that’s the joke . there’s no punch line .
i knew going into this film that it would be bad . many sources have said so . i just didn’t expect it to be this awful . it’s dreadfully boring and moves along at a snail’s pace . the hour and twenty minute runtime seems endless . i kept expecting a few jokes to hit , even if lightly . that never happened . they’re all basically the same , creating a repetitive and painstaking experience .
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barnholtz entertainment , raging nation films , mogal productions , flutie entertainment , usa , 2000 .
the movie was made just before eminem ' s big break . it was so terrible that he wanted his scenes removed from the film . however the demands were overruled . to add to the insult the distributor artisan entertainment inserted a big picture of him in the vhs and dvd covers . just about the only good thing about it is that it kinda works as an anti - drug education . don ' t do drugs or you may agree to appear in films like this .
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pyun leffoissa oli ainakin suhteellisen koherentti juoni ( sic ) ja tahatonta komiikkaa . räppinoita oli pelkästään rasittava .
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movie review : the grinch ( or dr . seuss ' how the grinch stole christmas )
se mikä tekee tästä nimenomaisesta löydöksestä minulle erityisen mieluisan , on tuo keskimmäisessä kuvassa näkyvä silent rage , jota tähdittää universumim . . .
eletään ensimmäisen maailmansodan aikaa , mutta sitä emme vielä tiedä koska olemme myyttisellä ajattomalla amatsoniheimon asuttamalla saarella jossa kruunun . . .
* ant - man and the wasp * on jatkoa humoristiselle marvelin supersankarielokuvalle * ant - man * . scott lang aka ant - man ( * paul rudd * ) kärsii poliisirangaistusta . . .
rather dickensian even for dickens , the grim novel nicholas nickleby gets the movie treatment in this two - reel thanhouser adaptation . i will also be coveri . . .
viikko sitten kerroin tilanneeni uunituoreen coco - leffan ja ettei katsottavat elokuvat lopu aivan heti tämän pixar - kokoelman jälkeen . valitettavasti uno . . .
science fiction that takes place far in the future or that involves aliens and space travel rarely engages me fully . ex machina is a good example of the . . .
back with tips ' n tricks . this time i ' ll show how to side chain plugins in reaper . i ' ll demonstrate the trick with the reaper stock gate plugin , and also t . . .
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, was highly acclaimed , received multiple awards and was an official selection at the sundance film festival in 2008 . it also gave sabreena her first major international exposure .
at the same time sabreena was clashing with her family over her ambitions as a performer and artist - shortly after the film finished shooting she moved to the us , settling in baltimore maryland .
sabreena : there were many reasons that led to my immigration in 2007 . the final decision was made when i met my partner ben in jerusalem . ben is from baltimore and we chose baltimore - his hometown - as our first base city . i have been living here since then and there is no other city in the states i would rather live in . baltimore is perfect for me , i love it .
s : no , unfortunately i did not get the chance to visit home yet .
many rappers and r & b artists in palestine get in touch with me through e mail . i trade cds with many of them . sometimes we collaborate on projects or debate life . there are many talented people out there .
i : as a female performer in a male - dominated scene , coming from a culture that is strongly patriarchal , that is itself subordinate to a government that has little regard for your culture and ethnicity puts you under something of a triple - whammy of disadvantage . you’re in a rather unenviable position . where do you look for inspiration ?
s : i am constantly inspired by people , official artists and not . at times i am inspired by some of the men from my society , inspired by some israeli people and whomever might be considered “on the other side” of my point of view . i draw inspiration from the joy and struggle of the oppressed and the ignorance and humanity of the oppressor .
i : the last six months have seen unprecedented upheaval across the arabic speaking world , from morocco all the way to oman , and it’s happened differently in every country , but with the exception of the two border - crossings / shootings in the golan , there really hasn’t been clear manifestation of the arab spring in the palestinian sphere , either in israel or in the occupied territories ( except maybe the hamas / fateh unification talks , which seem to be more of an effort to protect their own weakening power structures ) .
s : i think it’s all the things you said , all together . combined .
i believe that palestinians have been uprising since 1948 and they never really stopped . furthermore i believe that the palestinian issue and the activism around the crises has in part empowered and inspired many of the protesters in the arab world and beyond . one of the many reasons egyptians , tunisians syrians , libyans and other protesters are out , is their disapproval of their countries relationship with israel , the united states and other colonizing forces in the region .
as for why the palestinian spring is not as strong as the others , it’s very hard to point at one reason , mostly because i haven’t been there in a long time . i can tell you however the different opinions i have been hearing from friends and colleagues .
some friends of mine think that what’s happening in libya and syria is a result of lack of organization . people saw egypt and tunis and reacted without planning well for the coming . that could be the reason why some palestinian activists are not ready . maybe they are planning for a more organized and powerful resistance that will not cost them many casualties .
other friends of mine say that some of the palestinian people are starting to accept slowly that palestine might never be free and the israelis have too much support in the world to behave as it wishes . and that a third “intifada” is not the right solution .
as far as i’m concerned we haven’t seen the end of the battle , the arab spring might last for a while before fair and just reforms are made . i don’t see the palestinian people giving up anytime soon , but they might consider not to engage in a third intifada for now . that might change . we will see .
i : something that often comes up when palestinian protests in israel and the occupied territories are being discussed is the issue of nonviolence . people are quick to say things like “the palestinians need to give up their support of terrorism and take up nonviolence” – completely ignoring the fact that there has been an active nonviolence movement there for decades ( ignored by the media as well ) . lately , however , it seems that the nonviolent protests are getting a bit more traction and a bit more visibility . do you think this is the case ?
s : well yes and no . yes , because it’s true there have been more attention toward palestinian nonviolent movements , and that i think is mainly a result of the modern technology . every event now is on live broadcast , people can see for themselves if it’s violent or not . you don’t need reporters for everything these day . social networks now provide first hand testimony which helps to develop faster changes in the point of view of the public opinion .
no , because i believe that the public opinion is always somewhere in the middle about palestine and the movement associated with it . it might take a decade before more people will tell you palestinians are not terrorists . and that’s not because of ignorance or apathy , it’s simply a matter of convenience . to fit in .
i : looking at the various revolutionary movements that are becoming active through the arab - speaking world , particularly during these past six months , the youth - dominated nature of the protests is one of the most immediately evident characteristics . certainly there are people of all ages , but the heavy lifting is being done by people in their twenties , ( and teens and thirties ) . people are continually talking about this from a political perspective –this obsession with politics ignores the fact that the “youth bubble” is going to shape the middle east for the next several decades – what do you see in the future ? what does the next generation look like in the middle east ?
s : i am not good at predicting the future . but i’m generally a believer of balance . where there will be good results there will be bad and vice versa .
dc - based social scientist with experience as a researcher , project coordinator , educator , and analyst . academic background includes training in cultural anthropology , qualitative and quantitative analysis , arabic , third - world development issues , and extensive familiarity with the politics , cultures and history of the greater middle east . you should hire me .
michael dunn , editor in chief of the middle east journal , had a blog up yesterday that hits on a serious issue that resonated with me – midd . . .
this past november i traveled to kathmandu as part of a work project . this was my first time in nepal but my schedule was a rather brea . . .
“i am satisfied , because i was speaking in front of the youth in the green square tonight , but the rain came praise to god it bears well . . . .
no post yesterday - i needed to let it all sink in . three days ago i was asking the question “what now ? ” because mubarak hadn’t left . toda . . .
well , seems the die is cast . in an attempt to make up for last night’s “crazy man with an umbrella mumbling in a truck” speech , brother l . . .
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i got the dvd copy of this shitfest from a suitcase market after talking to the seller about how eminem threatened to sue the distributers because his face was on the cover . i guess he felt sorry for me because i felt so interested into a film when the most well known musician , other than vanilla ice of course , would sue to get his face off the cover .
the film is sexist , racist and uses stereotypes . all women are described as
bitches
and only seen as sexual objects , including sexual harassment in the workplace and the icon to a news station being a girl in a g - string . and…
just as horrible and incompetent as i expected . why do i do this to myself ?
one of the worst movies i ' ve ever seen . it ' s almost unbelievable how shitty this 90 minutes of hot garbage is . torturous .
probably one of the worst
movies
you ' d ever have the displeasure of viewing . i only struggled through it so i could fairly rate it . there has to be something better you can do with your time . don ' t waste an hour and a half of your existence . ( the 1 / 2 star rating is only because ( 1 ) it supposedly
occurred
in my city and ( 2 ) because i like some of the artists in it . )
i haven ' t seen this thing but i really want to after reading some of the reviews here . i literally had no idea this existed till like 10 minutes ago . it sounds so fucking bad .
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madeline lee gilford ( may 30 , 1923 – april 15 , 2008 ) was an american film and stage actress and social activist , who later enjoyed a career as a theatrical producer .

gilford was married , secondly , to actor jack gilford from 1949 until his death in 1990 .

jack gilford died in 1990 .

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madeline lee gilford , an actress and producer who was married to actor jack gilford for 40 years , died monday april 14 in her greenwich village apartment at the age of 84 .
madeline lee gilford was an american film and stage actress and social activist , who later enjoyed a career as a theatrical producer . gilford was the widow of actor jack gilford , whom she married in 1949 . jack gilford died in 1990 . . . . more on wikipedia
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madeline lee gilford ( 1923–2008 ) was born madeline lederman on may 30 , 1923 to polish immigrant parents in the bronx , new york . the youngest of four children , she began acting at the age of three at the heckscher foundation for children’s theatre in manhattan segueing into radio , television , and film under the stage name madeline lee .
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in july 2008 , josh radnor and jennifer westfeldt starred in the premiere of the play finks based on gilford and madeline lee ' s experience with huac and the hollywood blacklist written by gilford ' s son joe gilford and directed by charlie stratton for new york stage and film .
the new york premiere of finks , based on the true experiences of jack gilford and madeline lee gilford and the blacklist of the 1950s , officially opens april 6 , following previews that began march 28 , at the ensemble studio theatre .
madeline lee gilford , who died tuesday at 84 , was an actress on broadway and radio , a social activist who organized fellow students and defied the house un - american activities committee , and the wife of actor jack gilford for four decades .
madeline gilford , a performer and producer who was married to actor jack gilford for 40 years , died april 14 in her greenwich village apartment . she was 84 .
jack gilford is a two - time tony award nominee for his performances in cabaret and a funny thing happened on the way to the forum . madeline lee gilford performed on broadway in embezzled heaven and was a producer on the world of sholom aleichem and rags .
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jack and madeline gilford in 1963 with their children : lisa , sam , front , and joe . joe gilford has a play , “finks , ” inspired by his parents’ blacklist experience .
gardner and madeline , with big bird and love . photo courtesy of rob gardner . you can watch clips of madeline’s appearance here and here .
gilford and his wife , madeline lee , created a jack gilford special in 1981 for the canadian television channel , cbc . at this time after forty years of night club performing , gilford started to perform his one man shows in the 1980s . this included appearances at the paramount theater in denver , as well as at the town hall nyc .
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when the red - baiting scourge was intensifying in the 1950s , rising comic jack gilford and his chorine girlfriend - then - wife madeline lee gilford were caught up in it . madeline , more than jack , was ferociously busy in various groups the house un - american activities committee and red channels were scrutinizing as communist hotbeds . as a predictable result , the gilfords were pursued .
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the madeline gilford files contain materials relating to her various roles as producer , actress , and casting director . madeline ' s production files contain correspondence , financial reports , investor agreements , audition notes , revisions of scripts , and reports . the bulk of her material consists of files from madeline ' s three major productions ,
if your name is madeline , then you ' re in some great company . here ' s our list of the most famous people named madeline , inclu . . .
jack gilford met actress madeline lee at a political meeting in 1947 . both were allied to left - wing causes — a fact that would hurt them during the mccarthy era . there were married in 1949 and stayed together until jack gilford ' s death in 1990 . she is survived by her three children , lisa , joseph and sam .
her polish - immigrant parents  she was madeline lederman at birth , madeline lee in her early career  were ardent socialists . gilford got her start in activism by organizing the national student union at walton high school in the bronx , which expelled her for her politics , according to her son , joseph gilford . later , her name came up at the huac hearing when she was named as a communist by choreographer jerome robbins .
in 2007 , she was presented with the first annual madeline gilford award
for her dedication and tireless contributions to the theatre
by musical mondays theatre lab .
also appearing in the big apple is the work of another red diaper baby , this time in the off - broadway theater . the award - winning drama finks is a fictionalized play by joe gilford based on the lives of his well - known progressive actor / comedian parents , jack and madeline lee gilford , who were victims of the mccarthy - era blacklist .
death [ edit ] following a year - long battle with stomach cancer , he died in his greenwich village home in 1990 , aged 82 . [ 8 ] his wife , madeline lee gilford , died on april 15 , 2008 , from undisclosed causes . [ 1 ] gilford is buried in the yiddish theater section of flushing , new york ' s mount hebron cemetery .
from the guide to the jack and madeline gilford papers , 1938 - 2005 , 1961 - 1990 , ( the new york public library . billy rose theatre division . )
gilford had two sons , joseph and samuel , with jack gilford and a daughter , lisa , from a previous marriage to mitchell fein , an engineer . gilford died april 15 , 2008 in greenwich village in new york city .
gilford ' s career was derailed for a time during the 1950s and the mccarthy era . he was an activist who campaigned for social change , integration and labor unions . he was quite active both socially and politically in left wing causes , as was his wife , actress madeline lee gilford . gilford and his wife were implicated for their alleged sympathies by the house un - american activities committee during the mccarthy era . gilford and madeline were specifically named by choreographer jerome robbins in his testimony to the huac . gilford and his wife were called to testify before the house un - american activities committee in 1953 . the couple had difficulty finding work during much of the rest of the 1950s due to the hollywood blacklist . jack and madeline often had to borrow money from friends to make ends meet .
my parents were jack gilford and madeline lee gilford . he became well - known for his tv commercials for cracker jack and for broadway roles in “a funny thing happened on the way to the forum” and “cabaret , ” both of which earned him tony nominations . she was a child actress and then a homemaker , raising three children , and later a casting director and producer .
gilford ' s career was derailed for a time during the 1950s and mccarthyism . he was an activist who campaigned for social change , integration and labor unions . he was quite active both socially and politically in left wing causes , as was his wife , madeline lee . the couple were implicated for their alleged communist sympathies by the house un - american activities committee ( huac ) . gilford and madeline were specifically named by choreographer jerome robbins in his testimony to the huac .
once upon a mattress ( 1959 , musical ) – gilford initially played the role of king sextimus off - broadway . when the show moved to broadway , the role was played by will lee instead . gilford , though , reprised his sextimus performance for two television productions of the musical .
and he also worked in vaudeville doing impressions . jack met his wife madeline lee at a political meeting in the 1940s while they were both married to other people . they were married in 1949 and had two children , joseph and sam . jack also raised madeline ' s daughter from her previous marriage , lisa . jack and madeline were blacklisted during the 1950s along with his friend zero mostel . madeline gilford and mostel were two of the names put forth by jerome robbins in his testimony before the house committee on un - american activities . both husband and wife were unable to find work for much of the 1950 ' s . in the 1960s gilford went on to star in
actress and producer madeline lee gilford died april 14 in new york . she was 84 . services will be held thursday , april 17 at 11 : 15 a . m . at riverside memorial chapel , 180 west 76th st . married to actor jack gilford for 40 years , she met him at a political meeting in 1947 . both were committed to left - wing causes [ … ]
gilford ( 30 may 1923–15 apr 2008 ) , find a grave memorial no .
and raised in brooklyn , gilford liked to tell nn buo busine . . .
the only known photo of madeline and me . dining in connecticut with a friend , years ago .
, much less write , ” madeline said . that would be grace paley , by the way .
, mr . gilford also became the first non - singer to play a major speaking role in a metropolitan opera production . later in life gilford ' s work in
actress madeline lee met jack gilford at a political meeting in 1947 . both were already committed to civil rights issues  a fact that would later come back to hurt them during the mccarthy era . there were married in 1949 , until jack gilford ' s death in 1990 . she is survived by their three children , lisa , joseph and sam , as well as molly , max and jake , her grandchildren
madeline gilford ( 1923 - 2008 ) was film and stage actress and social activist , who later started a career as a producer , working with her husband jack on many projects . madeline began her acting career at the age of three when she was chosen to be the replacement jean darling in the
madeline’s fellow birdwatcher , cedric , is played by the late richard hunt , a puppeteer and aspiring actor .
gilford - - madeline lee , on april 15 , 2008 . beloved wife of the late jack gilford , loving mother of lisa , joe and sam , adoring grandmother of max , molly and jacob , devoted sister and loving aunt . she was an angel to all who knew her . service thursday 11 : 15am at the & apos ; & apos ; riverside & apos ; & apos ; 76th street and amerstam avenue .
“she was absolutely charming , ” gardner says . but i had one important question for this witness to madeline’s encounter with one of her all - time tallest co - stars : was madeline really 5 foot 3 , as she often claimed ?
once , i asked madeline whether she ever got scared , during the black list . not just scared — but intimidated .
“madeline lee gilford ! ” scotti called out . my mother was alert enough not to answer . when scotti approached to touch her with the subpoena , her only defense was my little brother , sam . wielding the infant like a shield , my mother dueled with scotti , dodging and weaving , blocking her with my brother so it was impossible for scotti to touch her with the subpoena .
while jack was in his last illness , madeline and i didn’t see much of each other . when a friend ran into her at a party and told her i’d gone to work for cbs news , madeline said , “oh ! and i always thought
on the set : stage manager , madeline , gardner , big bird , & kermit love . photo courtesy of rob gardner .
the ruling planet of gemini is mercury . therefore , lucky days were wednesdays and lucky numbers were : 5 , 14 , 23 , 32 , 41 and 50 . scarlet and red were madeline lee gilford ' s lucky colors . typical positive character traits of gemini include : spontaneity , brazenness , action - orientation and openness . negative character traits could be : impatience , impetuousness , foolhardiness , selfishness and jealousy .
the jack and madeline gilford papers contain materials from 1938 though 2005 that document the gilfords ' professional lives as actors and producers . their production files , which make up the bulk of the collection , contain scripts , notes , photographs , and in the case of producing files , financial and backers materials . other material includes scrapbooks , headshots , correspondence , madeline gilford ' s committee files , and sheet music and other material that jack used in his vaudeville and solo acts .
broadway appearance was opposite ethel barrymore . harpo marx flirted with her . so did peter ustinov . beverly sills sang for her . so did lotte lenya . when martin luther king spoke on the steps of the lincoln memorial , ossie davis reached into the crowd to pull madeline and her daughter , lisa , onto the platform . when dorothy parker’s dog threw up on madeline’s carpet , madeline protested .
we raised three children on unemployment insurance . ml - referring to her and husband jack gilford ' s blacklisting
gilford ' s career was derailed for a time during the 1950s and mccarthyism . he was an activist who campaigned for social change , integration and labor unions . he was quite active both socially and politically in left - wing causes , as was his wife , madeline lee . [ 1 ] in 1953 gilford and lee were called to testify before the house un - american activities committee ( huac ) regarding their alleged communist sympathies , after being specifically named by choreographer jerome robbins in his own testimony to the committee . [ 1 ] [ 7 ] the couple had difficulty finding work during much of the rest of the 1950s due to the hollywood blacklist , and often had to borrow money from friends to make ends meet .
i’m a native texan , educated in the northeast , back in new york city after 7 years in france . . . . i’ve been a producer on radio , a writer on television , a gopher on broadway , a stage manager and costume designer off - off - broadway , an opera critic , a secretary , a reporter , an editor , an actor , a teacher , and a go - go boy . . . . my former bosses include soprano teresa stratas , actress madeline lee gilford , producers robert v . straus and lee guber , and broadcast journalists dan rather and connie chung . . . . my book madeline kahn : being the music • a life will be released may 1 , 2015 , from university press of mississippi .
in 1979 , gilford won a daytime emmy award for his guest appearance on the children’s series big blue marble .
sir rudolf bing engaged gilford for the comic speaking role of the tippling jailer frosch in the operetta die fledermaus .
mr . guber and mrs . gilford also produced the revival of ' ' the world of sholom aleichem , ' ' which lasted only a few performances , but at least put jack gilford , mrs . gilford ' s husband , on a broadway stage again . mr . gilford has not yet been cast for ' ' rags , ' ' but presumably this is an oversight . how could you do a musical about the lower east side without him ?
' ' rags ' ' will be produced by lee guber and madeline gilford , who say they will put it in a workshop in the early fall and into rehearsal at the end of the year . ' ' it ' s about adjusting and surviving , ' ' mr . guber says , ' ' and there ' s no social group that won ' t understand it . it ' s been an experience we all share . ' '
later in life , madeline became involved as a board member in the national musical theatre network , taught at the actor ' s institute , and worked with united jewish appeal and the rosenberg fund for children among many other charitable activities . madeline died in new york city in 2008 .
the choreographer jerome robbins , under threat of blackmail but a foul character to begin with , named madeline’s name during the witch hunts . her principal associate in subversive activities , robbins said , was a man madeline never heard of . one night , in a restaurant , someone pointed out the man in question , and madeline went over to him . “jerry robbins thinks you and i ought to know each other , ” she said .
following a year - long battle with stomach cancer , he died in his greenwich village home in 1990 , aged 81 . his wife , madeline lee gilford , died on april 15 , 2008 . the gilfords resided in two apartments in greenwich village , one at 75 bank st . , where a young lauren bacall once lived , and another at 380 west 12th street . they are both interred at mount hebron cemetery in flushing , queens , new york .
madeline introduced me to her family , to the point that lisa and her brothers joe and sam seem like my cousins , and lisa’s daughter , molly , will forever be the girl who got away . madeline introduced me to jack , too , who used to improvise little character riffs to entertain us both while we were waiting for madeline to emerge from a production meeting , and who once sang “give my regards to broadway” for me alone .
that job . and moreover , madeline wasn’t about to let that s . o . b . have the satisfaction of seeing jack effectively blacklist himself .
loved in the part , gilford performed it 77 times between 1950 and 1964 one of gilford ' s specialties was pantomime , and this talent was put to good use by director george abbott when he cast gilford as the silent king sextimus in once upon a mattress ( off - broadway , 1959 ) . gilford shared the stage with a young carol burnett in this production , and reprised his performance with her in two separate televised versions of the show , in 1964 and in 1972 .
series i contains correspondence , clippings , photographs , scripts , and speeches documenting gilford’s career and social activism . a significant portion of the collection relates to 170 years of show business . the series includes transcripts of gilford’s testimony before huac and correspondence from the american federation of television and radio artists ( aftra ) regarding the failure or refusal of its members to answer questions posed by huac . other notable items include correspondence from woody guthrie , e . y . ( edgar yipsel ) harburg , and arthur miller . photographs include over forty scenes from attic playshop , a children’s television program produced by gilford in the 1950s ; publicity shots of madeline gilford , jack gilford , and john randolph ; the 1940 cast of meet the people ; and robert meeropol circa 1970s .
jack gilford ( july 25 , 1908 – june 4 , 1990 ) was an american actor on broadway , films and television .
gilford - - madeline lee . the much beloved actor , writer and producer of the n . y . theatre scene for over 50 years , passed away in her home on tuesday in her 85th year . maddy has been celebrated for her tireless support of the theatre community as an advisor , friend and cheerleader to countless numbers of aspiring creative artists . she and her late husband , jack gilford , were famously blacklisted during the mccarthy era . she is survived by her three children , lisa , joe and sam , and three grandchildren , max , molly and jacob . contributions in her memory may be to actors fund of america .
gilford - - madeline lee . the much beloved actor , writer and producer of the n . y . theatre scene for over 50 years , passed away in her home on tuesday in her 85th year . maddy has been celebrated for her tireless support of the theatre community as an advisor , friend and cheerleader to countless numbers of aspiring creative artists . she and her late husband , jack gilford , were famously blacklisted during the mccarthy era . she is survived by her three children , lisa , joe and sam , and three grandchildren , max , molly and jacob . contributions in her memory may be to actors fund of america .
some of gilford ' s most memorable work was done for series television , where he made numerous guest appearances . some notable examples :
madeline gilford took a prominent role in civil rights demonstrations and was close to the dais for martin luther king ' s 1963
i have a dream
speech from the steps of the lincoln memorial . in 1999 , she was arrested during a civil disobedience protest over the police shooting of amadou diallo .
one of gilford ' s specialties was pantomime , and this talent was put to good use by director george abbott when he cast gilford as the silent king sextimus in once upon a mattress ( off - broadway , 1959 ) . gilford shared the stage with a young carol burnett in this production , and reprised his performance with her in two separate televised versions of the show , in 1964 and in 1972 .
both gilfords were blacklisted for much of the 1950s ; madeleine gilford was one of those named by jerome robbins in his testimony before huac .
one of gilford ' s specialties was pantomime , and this talent was put to good use by director george abbott when he cast gilford as the silent king sextimus in once upon a mattress ( off - broadway , 1959 ) . gilford shared the stage with a young carol burnett in this production , and reprised his performance with her in two separate televised versions of the show , in 1964 and in 1972 . [ 6 ]
but then the show started , and i was alone in the wings . madeline appeared . “come on , kid , ” she said . “i’ll take you to dinner . ”
when madeline gilford turned 80 , a few years ago , the crowd in the living - room of her greenwich village apartment was standing - room - only while friends and family traded testimonials . this one owed his job to her , that one met her husband in this very room . over the years , madeline had lent her money ( though where she got it was a mystery even to her ) , she’d offered her advice , she’d thrown herself bodily into protest marches and letter - writing campaigns and boycotts and strikes . story piled upon story of madeline’s fearless struggle to make the world a better place , one person at a time . or , if possible , collectively .
married to actor jack gilford for 40 years , she met him at a political meeting in 1947 . both were committed to left - wing causes — a fact that would later hurt them during the mccarthy era . they were married in 1949 and remained together until jack gilford’s death in 1990 .
madeline loved to work , and she got some plum acting gigs , too , in her later years . she was a vicious resident of a retirement community in a tv film called
jack gilford made a comeback in the 1962 as hysterium in
a funny thing happened on the way to the forum .
the production also starred the gilfords ' close friend , zero mostel , but was choreographed and directed in part by their nemesis , jerome robbins . several years later , with jack gilford having gone on to success on stage , film , and in a series of national commercials for cracker jacks , madeline gilford encountered robbins at a new year ' s eve party . she toasted him :
1953 can kiss my ass ,
according to stefan kanfer ' s
a journal of the plague years
( 1973 ) .
when rudolf bing took over direction of the metropolitan opera , he wanted to introduce broadway expertise and glamor to the staid company . he engaged gilford for the comic speaking role of the tippling jailer frosch in the operetta die fledermaus . loved in the part , gilford performed it 77 times between 1950 and 1964 .
. and it wasn’t until we were in boston , in tryouts at the shubert theater , that the bond was really set , and i became what i shall always remain : madeline’s willing slave .
mrs . gilford ' s parents were both active socialists . born in the bronx in 1923 , she was a child actress beginning at the age of three . she performed on radio and shared the stage with ethel barrymore in the 1944 play embezzled heaven . she also assisted lyricist e . y . ( yip ) harburg during many productions , including the lena horne vehicle jamaica . her sister , thelma lee , was also a stage actress .
. ) but singing with grover revealed a persistent problem in madeline’s work with the muppets : she tends to look over the puppet’s head , rather than fixing it straight in the ping pong - ball eyes .
finks , according to press notes ,
is playwright joe gilford ' s fictionalized account of his parents , jack gilford and madeline lee gilford , and their real life experience of the blacklist . it is a tale of a scoundrel time , a time of paranoia , loyalty and betrayal , show business and show trials , told from the life of two young entertainers who , at the birth of their careers , had to confront the house un - american activities committee ( huac ) . this play is about names , the naming of names , career - determining choices and finks . he was the gentle man with the kind face we knew from the cracker jack commercials , but in the early 1950s , when on the verge of stardom and his own tv series , somebody spoke his name . she was a tv and radio actress until somebody spoke her name . both played roles they never thought they ' d play in one the darkest times in american history when they were given top billing by finks .
jack gilford ( 1908 - 1990 ) was a veteran vaudeville and revue comedian who played comic character roles in many stage and television productions as well as in a number of films . gilford was born jacob aaron gellman on new york city ' s lower east side and was discovered by milton berle while working in a pharmacy . his first broadway appearance was in
jack , on the other hand , was ready to hand in his notice . how could he work with the man who ratted out his wife ? he phoned madeline in new york — and she read him the riot act . of
one afternoon , she decided to string the fbi agents along . she had heard that alger hiss had recently moved to washington square park . while being followed as she walked her daughter to school , she swung by hiss ' address and — not knowing him — knocked on his door .
i went up to him — they couldn ' t hear what i was saying — and i said : ' mr . hiss , i ' m madeline lee gilford . i ' m jack gilford ' s wife . ' oh , yes , he knew him . and he was tall and thin and handsome in the cold . and i wanted to chat with him long enough so that they would think that i had a date to meet him in the park away from phone taps . and i said , ' i want to welcome you back to the village , and may i kiss you ? ' so i kissed alger hiss in washington square park .
in the 1980s , gilford turned to producing , including two short runs on broadway ,
the world of sholom aleichem
( 1982 ) , starring jack gilford , and the musical
rags
( 1986 ) . she took small parts in episodes of
law & order
and
mad about you .
she can also be seen in the forthcoming
sex and the city
movie .
, but there was no substitute for hearing them from her own mouth . and madeline was a prodigious storyteller . not just story trees , but story cycles . only italo calvino could match her ability to begin story a , link it to story b , link
this is a of still image of 7 arts core member john randolph from the film , & # 039 ; seconds & # 039 ; . < br / > randolph , like jack gilford and madeline lee of 7 arts core , was blacklisted in the 1950 & # 039 ; s after appearing before the house of un - american activities committee ( huac ) for his political activities . he is believed to be the & # 039 ; last blacklisted actor to regain employment in hollywood films & # 039 ; when he starred in john frankenheimer & # 039 ; s & # 039 ; seconds & # 039 ; in 1966 . the tony award wining actor went on to appear in such films as & # 039 ; serpico & # 039 ; and various television shows . < br / > < br / > * urltoken
together they’d been blacklisted , and together they’d endured . because madeline acted on the radio , where faces couldn’t be matched to names , her lot was a little easier than jack’s ; she played mrs . peachum , too , in the legendary theatre de lys production of
( 1985 ) . madeline ' s files also contain papers concerning her work for various foundations including the rosenberg fund for children , musical theatre works , national alliance for musical theater , and new york women in film and television . there is also a folder of material for
subpoenaed by the committee , she came to blows with her process server . according to a 1953 new york times report of her testimony , she
cited four amendments  the first , fourth , fifth , and eighth  in resisting interrogation .
when questions about the may day parade of 1942 came up , gilford shot back ,
look , i ' m a comedian , not joan of arc . the words ' recant , ' ' confess , ' ' you ' re a heretic ' are not exactly my dish .
jack gilford , also named by robbins , testified at the same hearings , and the two had trouble finding work for the next decade , although , as she told the forward in 2003 ,
there was no broadway blacklist .
madeline gilford made offscreen television appearances as squalling babies , and the couple borrowed from friends . ( they left their spouses for each other in the late 1940s . )
madeline was wonderful about introducing me to her friends : bella abzug , chita rivera , jule styne , shirley maclaine , renée taylor and joseph bologna ( a brown alumnus ) , anne jackson and eli wallach , richard dreyfuss , christine baranski , blythe danner — i can’t even remember all the famous names . over dinner one night , madeline’s friend rosetta lenoire , the actress and producer , told me about her godfather , bill “bojangles” robinson ; her one - time boss , orson welles ; the kid she used to babysit , james earl jones ; and her costar , urkel . sometimes , madeline would take me out to sardi’s , where her caricature hangs on the wall , and where she was greeted much like dolly levi at the harmonia gardens . for those few hours , i felt like a broadway legend , too .
gilford was born jacob aaron gellman on the lower east side of manhattan in new york city , and grew up in williamsburg , brooklyn . his parents were romanian - born jewish immigrants sophie
susksa
( née jackness ) , who owned a restaurant , and aaron gellman , a furrier . gilford was the second of three sons , with an older brother murray (
moisha
) and a younger brother nathaniel (
natie
) .
gilford once again found work towards the end of the 1950s and early 1960s with the end of the mccarthy era . he made his comeback as hysterium in the 1962 production of a funny thing happened on the way to the forum . he co - starred in the play with his close friend , zero mostel . ironically , this particular production was also choreographed by jerome robbins , who had previously testified against jack gilford before the huac in 1953 .
her principal fields of interest were theater and politics , and mine was the happy lot to be interested in those topics , too , and to know the names of many of the players in her stories . i knew few of them personally , but madeline knew everybody . literally .
it always struck me as indiscreet to ask precisely what had been the political affiliations of the gilfords , but i am utterly convinced of this : if the country had ever been overtaken by an authoritarian , stalinist regime , jack and madeline would have joined the resistance the next morning .
madeline was married to another man when she met jack , but their attraction proved unstoppable . by the time i met them , they were a cute old couple , and thinking of them as the players in a sweeping tale of epic passion could be downright weird , like contemplating the inescapable truth that , yes , your grandparents did have sex . yet they were still pretty passionate , right up to the end , and madeline took jack’s death , in 1990 , very hard . if there’s a bright side to her passing now , it’s that she and jack will be together again .
jack gilford ( july 25 , 1907 – june 4 , 1990 [ 2 ] ) was an american broadway , film and television actor . he was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor for save the tiger ( 1973 ) .
gilford also was featured in a series of commercials for bank of the commonwealth in the detroit area in the early - mid - 1980s . perhaps his most memorable role of this period was that of bernie lefkowitz in
cocoon
( 1985 ) .
contents [ show ] early life [ edit ] gilford was born jacob aaron gellman on the lower east side of manhattan and grew up in williamsburg , brooklyn . his parents were romanian - born jewish immigrants sophie
susksa
( née jackness ) , who owned a restaurant , and aaron gellman , a furrier . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] gilford was the second of three sons , with an older brother murray (
moisha
) and a younger brother nathaniel (
natie
) .
“if he did , it’s only because you gave him a good report of me , ” i replied . “the reality is that jack and i didn’t spend much time alone together : we usually had you as an interlocutor . ” but madeline gave me a knowing look . wasn’t that enough ? she seemed to say .
joe gilford has done a great job of capturing the fast paced spirit and humor of those times by writing a play that takes place at cafe society , the integrated greenwich village nightclub , and the huac hearings ,
said ensemble artistic director william carden in an earlier statement .
gilford became successful mostly through roles on the broadway stage , such as drink to me only , romanoff and juliet , and the diary of anne frank . he later enjoyed success in film and television , as well as a series of nationwide television commercials for cracker jack . [ 7 ]
jack’s adventures are another story entirely , but let it be noted that he shared a dressing room with billie holiday , and once taught a pantomime to buster keaton . and lest you think the gilfords knew only left - wingers , be it known that elliott abrams was lisa gilford’s prom date .
gilford tried for over five years to get the play produced across the country , to no avail , until the small long - running ensemble studio theatre took it in . hopefully regional theaters around the country will be attracted to this exciting reminder of the days of courage against the american witchhunt .
both gilfords were blacklisted for much of the 1950s . mrs . gilford ' s name was one of the names mentioned by jerome robbins in his testimony before the huac . thereafter , the couple had difficulty finding work . they relied on loans from friends and government checks for much of their income .
in 1938 , gilford worked as the master of ceremonies in the first downtown new york integrated nightclub ,
cafe society
. he was a unique blend of the earlier style of the yiddish theater , vaudeville and burlesque and started the tradition of monology such as later comedians lenny bruce and woody allen used .
this month a group of us “red - diaper babies” participated in a talk back after a performance . they included kate lardner , daughter of the blacklisted screenwriter ring lardner jr . ; josh mostel , son of the actor zero mostel ; and julie garfield , daughter of the actor john garfield . lee grant , the actor and director who survived the blacklist and went on to win an oscar for “shampoo , ” was there too — living proof of the resilience of people with the kind of courage our parents had .
this is a 1976 photo of 7 arts core members valerie harper and jack gilford . it is a publicity still from harper & # 039 ; s television series & # 039 ; rhoda & # 039 ; in which she starred as the lead character . < br / > < br / > harper wasn & # 039 ; t just an active member , she was an officer in 7 arts . she served as the chair of the community relations committee in 1964 when core was at its zenith . according to her autobiography , & # 039 ; i , rhoda & # 039 ; , she also walked the picket line with the earlier version of 7 arts , the committee for the employment of negro performers , in its demonstration against the broadway play , & # 039 ; subways are for sleeping & # 039 ; . this is despite that fact that she was performing in the play at the same time . her book also discusses her participation in 7 arts campaign against the industrial trade shows and general motors . < br / > < br / > gilford was a long time character actor who appeared in numerous shows such as & # 039 ; the defenders & # 039 ; , & # 039 ; all in the family & # 039 ; , and & # 039 ; the golden girls & # 039 ; . < br / > < br / > my thanks to lisa lee gilford for confirming that harper was in 7 arts .
he was nominated for several tony awards for best supporting actor as hysterium in a funny thing happened on the way to the forum ( 1963 ) , and for his role as herr schultz in cabaret ( 1966 ) . he was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actor in ( 1973 ) for his role as phil green in save the tiger ( his co - star jack lemmon won for best actor ) . sir rudolf bing engaged gilford for the comic speaking role of the tippling jailer frosch in the operetta die fledermaus . loved in the part , gilford performed it 77 times between 1950 and 1964 . [ 5 ]
madeline listened to all this politely , nodding her head and batting the baby - blue eyes that , in her youth , made her a ringer for ginger rogers . we , her friends , went on and on . then at last it was her turn to speak . “this is all very interesting , ” she said , “and i thank you . but there’s one thing you should know .
in 1978 , with her husband and zero mostel and his wife , kate , she published
170 years of show business ,
a group memoir which included stories of her encounters with show business luminaries from lotte lenya to dorothy parker . when parker ' s dog threw up on gilford ' s carpet , the host protested .
mrs . gilford remained busy throughout her last decades , playing roles on tv in
law & order
and in films such as
the old feeling ,
cocoon : the return ,
the savages
and the yet - to - be - released
uncertainty
and
sex and the city .
mrs . gilford remained busy throughout her last decade , playing roles on
law & order
and taking small roles in films such as
the old feeling ,
cocoon : the return ,
the savages
and the yet - to - be - released
uncertainty
and
sex and the city .
this is a 1968 photo of score member tom hurwitz at a columbia university protest . < br / > < br / > tom is the son of leo hurwitz , who , like the gilfords of 7 arts core , was blacklisted for his political activities . < br / > < br / > having participated in core campaigns as early as the 1960 woolworth & # 039 ; s demonstrations on 125th street , tom was also at the 1964 world’s fair demonstration . he was arrested at the new york pavillion with fellow elizabeth irwin high school student lisa lee gilford . < br / > < br / > tom went on to join the students for a democratic society ( sds ) and was a leader in the 1968 student takeover of columbia university . he has since become a highly respected cinematographer . at least four of the films he & # 039 ; s worked on have won academy awards . < br / >
an actress from the 1920s , when she is said to have appeared in silent
our gang
reels shot in brooklyn ( cast lists are hard to verify ) , gilford went on to a successful career in radio serials , in which she would often appear on several stations in a single day . she made a specialty of imitating baby cries .
giovanna sardelli directs the work by joe gilford , which features michael cullen ( bus stop ) , ned eisenberg ( golden boy ) , leo ash evens ( jesus christ superstar ) , jason liebman , kenney m . green , thomas lyons , aaron serotsky ( august : osage county ) and miriam silverman ( shakespeare in the park ' s hamlet ) .
, the widow of the great actor jack gilford , a hardy survivor of the witch hunts and the black list , and the only mother i had in new york city . she fed me , told me stories , and picked me up and dusted me off every single time i fell . she died early yesterday , at the age of 84 .
gilfords talents were not limited to comedy and he made dramatic appearances in the diary of anne frank , the tenth man , and the world of sholem aleichem . mr . gilford also played roles in many award winning films such as enter laughing , the incident , catch 22 , caveman , and save the tiger , which earned him an academy award nomination .
mrs . gilford ' s parents were both active socialists . born in the bronx in 1923 , she was a child actress beginning at the age of three . she performed on radio and shared the stage with ethel barrymore in the 1944 play embezzled heaven . she also assisted lyricist e . y . ( yip ) harburg on many productions , including the musical jamaica .
both gilfords were blacklisted for much of the 1950s . mrs . gilford ' s name was one of the names mentioned by jerome robbins in his testimony before the huac . thereafter , the couple had difficulty finding work . they relied on loans from friends and government checks for much of their income .
we raised three children on unemployment insurance ,
she once said .
gilford and his wife were called to testify before the huac in 1953 . the couple had difficulty finding work during much of the rest of the 1950s due to the hollywood blacklist . the couple often had to borrow money from friends to make ends meet . he found work towards the end of the 1950s and during the early 1960s with the end of the mccarthy era .
taxi , ( 1979 , 1981 ) , two appearances as
joe reiger
, the cold , uncaring father of judd hirsch ' s
alex reiger
character . in one of these episodes , gilford reprised his old
pea soup coming to a furious boil
impression . he played a more connected father to paul sand in several episodes of paul sand in friends and lovers .
career [ edit ] in 1938 , gilford worked as the master of ceremonies in the first downtown new york integrated nightclub , café society owned and operated by barney josephson . he was a unique blend of the earlier style of the yiddish theater , vaudeville and burlesque , and started the tradition of monology such as later comedians lenny bruce and woody allen used . he won numerous industry awards .
during the episode , madeline sings another tony geiss number , “brown bird in the cherry tree , ” live on the set to a prerecorded track . she’s joined by the canary brothers — gummo , zeppo , curly , and moe — “little birds on strings , floating around , fluttering around , ” gardner says . “i heard later that she was so enamored of the birds that from the shoot they brought her two little birds to have in her apartment . i’m hoping they were hanging in the window . ”