camp ( 1965 ) is a feature-length underground film directed by andy warhol in october 1965 at the factory .

the film stars gerard malanga , baby jane holzer , tally brown , mario montez , jack smith , paul swan , dorothy dean , and tosh carillo .

camp ( 1965 film )

die , die my darling ! / fanatic ( 1965 ) . film review ; 2 / 5 for this camp hammer horror .
pathfinders camp for girls was started in 1956 by alexine strover . from 1965 - 83 ali cann was camp leader and
die , die my darling ! / fanatic ( 1965 ) . film review ; 2 / 5 for this camp hammer horror . – cinesocialuk
kleiner , dick . “show beat : swift writes script for camp runamuck film . ”
camp ( 1965 ) , also known as andy warhol ' s camp is a film by andy warhol starring gerard malanga , mario montez and jack smith . it is an answer to susan sontag ' s 1964 essay on the camp sensibility : notes on camp .
although the jonas mekas and stephen koch filmographies list camp as being shot in august or september 1965 , the above photograph of actors on the set of camp was taken on october 30 , 1965 . ( su130 )
hush…hush , sweet charlotte ( 1964 ) . film review ; 3 / 5 for this camp thriller .
. [ bowling green , kentucky ] . newspaper enterprise association . 13 oct . 1965 : 5 .
one badass train picture . frank sinatra stars in this highly underrated action adventure film .
definitely not wanting a hart to hart . a young stefanie powers in die , die my darling ! ( 1965 )
only a handful of these pilots would make the cut and be given a slot on a network’s schedule . “camp runamuck” was one of them . on february 4th 1965 , citing an authoritative source , adams revealed that camp runamuck and another screen gems series , i dream of jeannie , were definite additions to nbc’s 1965 - 1966 schedule . camp runamuck would star dave ketchum , arch johnson and hermione baddeley . david swift created the series [ 3 ] .
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in other episodes the women of camp divine tricked the men of camp runamuck into building them a new dormitory ; wivenhoe declared camp divine off limits ; wivenhoe learns he needs mahala may’s father to help get him into a golf club and orders his counselors to appear in the camp divine pageant .
film review by jason day of die , die my darling ! the hammer horror film about a young woman held captive by the psychotic mother of her deceased fiancee . starring stefanie powers and tallulah bankhead .
free fire ( 2017 ) . film review : 4 / 5 stars for this gun purchase caper .
well made escape film starts out very well drags here and there but is an enjoyable experience overall .
the series would depict the misadventures of a group of male counselors at a boy’s summer camp and their interactions with the female counselors at a new girl’s camp opened nearby . the boy’s camp was called camp runamuck and was operated by “commander” wivenhoe ( played by arch johnson ) . across the lake was eulalia divine’s camp for girls , better known as camp divine , which was by eulalia divine ( played by hermione baddeley ) . mahalia may gruenecker ( played by alice nunn ) oversaw camp divine’s day - to - day operations .
fufu smith ( in cap ) , mario montez , jack smith ( in sunglasses ) and gerard malanga on the set of camp at the factory ( october 30 , 1965 ) ( photo : fred w . mcdarrah )
a summary in tv guide ‘s 1965 fall preview issue called the series a “flapdoodle” and suggested it was “for those who like their comedy low and outside” [ 11 ] . reaction to camp runamuck from television critics was primarily negative .
during the 1960s , 70s and 80s , the adventurers camp leader , dennis webb , took lots of cine film to promote woodlarks and to raise awareness about the abilities of disabled people . it seems that dennis edited together clips and scenes from various eras , continually adding to and improving a core film called ‘conquer through courage’ .
television writer joseph c . cavella ( urltoken ) had this to say about camp runamuck :
critics savaged this 1965 - 1966 nbc sitcom about counselors at a summer camp for boys . arch johnson , dave ketchum , and dave madden starred . clobbered in the ratings by the wild , wild west on cbs , it wasn’t renewed for a second season .
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vinyl by andy warhol - by film & clips ; vinyl is a 1965 american black - and - white experimental film directed by andy warhol at the factory . it is an early adaptation of anthony burgess ' novel a clockwork orange , starring gerard malanga , edie sedgwick , ondine , and tosh carillo dvd : urltoken girato nella factory in un giorno del marzo ( secondo altre fonti a fine aprile - inizio maggio ) 1965 . liberamente ispirato a brani di a clockwork orange di anthony burgess ( 1962 ) restaurato e rimasterizzato digitalmente con la supervisione della andy warhol foundation e di adriano aprà . urltoken urltoken
solid wwii escape drama that concentrates on spectacle rather than suspense more than most . a decent war cum action film on the whole .
of the nine new series that premiered last night , i found only one other worthy of some reflection , nbc - tv’s half - hour comedy “camp runamuck , ” which is about a boys’ summer camp and a girls’ camp — and the reason for this reflection is that i have never seen a piece of television film that seemed so certain of the low intelligence of the mass audience . it was fascinating to view on this basis .
other episodes involved an eager wivenhoe picking up his new car with a klutzy camper in tow ; a plan to elect a boy honorary camp commander not going the way spiffy and wivenhoe had hoped ; spiffy attempting to spice up the camp’s food with fresh beef by purchasing a cow ; the death of camp runamuck’s beloved turtle ; an experimental surfboard with a rocket attached to it ; and parents day at camp runamuck , in which the camp is overrun by parents wanting to check on their beloved children .
premiered on friday , september 17th , 1965 . the first two episodes averaged a dismal 10 . 9 nielsen rating , ranking 89th out of 96 programs . only two nbc shows performed worse :
admittedly , not the most positive feedback for a film i have screened . but at least my friend echoed the feelings of its star tallulah bankhead , the illustrious stage and occasional film actress whose movie swan song it proved to be : “ ( its ) a piece of shit” said tallu .
1 hopper , hedda . “old team spirit at columbia studio . ” hartford courant . 27 nov . 1964 : 30 . 2 adams , val . “76 pilot films contend for tv places . ” new york times . 23 dec . 1964 : 53 . 3 adams , val . “c . b . s . fall slate omits 14 shows . ” new york times . 4 feb . 1965 : 63 . 4 “nbc - tv buys two screen gems shows . ” broadcasting . 15 feb . 1965 : 31 . 5 adams , val . “n . b . c . will boost use of tv color . ” new york times . 9 mar . 1965 : 71 . 6 kleiner , dick . “show beat : why audrey and not julie ? ” florence times . [ florence , alabama ] . newspaper enterprise association . 21 mar . 1965 : 26 . 7 anderson , walt . “tv teletype : hollywood . ” tv guide . 28 may 1965 : 2 . 8 anderson , walt . “tv teletype : hollywood . ” tv guide . 5 jun . 1965 : 28 . 9 perry , jeb h . “screen gems : a history of columbia pictures television from cohn to coke , 1948 - 1983
i would like to get the dvd to camp runamuck . any way someone who has it can email me at
camp runamuck–as an nbc first - run show–never aired in tucson . kvoa - tv elected not to carry it .
at one point , creator david swift was working on a script for a feature film version of camp runamuck that ultimately went nowhere [ 20 ] . the national association for better radio and television , in its 1966 “television for the family — a comprehensive guide to family viewing , ” called camp runamuck “unacceptable for family or children” and referred to its humor as “contrived” and “without creative merit” [ 21 ] .
there were plenty of stories that didn’t involve camp divine , including a two - part episode broadcast in november and december that saw spiffy quit camp runamuck after growing tired of the constant horseplay . he soon got a job in business but couldn’t stop thinking about camp runamuck and eventually rejoined . in another episode the counselors of camp runamuck tried to find a way to fill their new pool with water during a drought . they first attempted rainmaking and later brought in a truck filled with water only to wash away a cabin instead .
in the series premiere wivenhoe and the counselors are shocked to learn that a girl’s camp has opened up across the lake . wivenhoe’s bathtub , the only bathtub in miles and his sole comfort , was stolen by counselors from camp divine . they were tired of only have showers at their disposal . upon discovering the missing tub , wivenhoe assembles his counselors to conduct a night raid on camp divine to get it back .
dell released a single comic book based on the series in the spring of 1966 . episodes of camp runamuck were later rebroadcast on comedy central .
filmed on fire island , this two reel , 70 minute warhol film covers the activities of the
dial a hustler
service , as an older man seeks a young hustler for a companion .
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wivenhoe wasn’t particularly fond of children nor was he thrilled that camp divine’s counselors continually interfered with camp runamuck by distracting his counselors . joining wivenhoe at camp runamuck were senior counselor spiffy ( played by dave ketchum ) , counselor pruett ( played by dave madden ) , camp cook malden ( played by mike wagner ) and doc joslyn ( played by leonard stone ; frank devol played doc joslyn in the pilot episode only ) . spiffy , despite his bumbling nature , seemed to genuinely care about the kids or at least more than wivenhoe did . pruett had a tendency to shake uncontrollably when in close proximity to women .
canadian director narizzano , after a tv career , was the untested hand making his cinematic debut here and who must take most of the blame for the uneven , slow to start and ultimately hysterical feel of the film . a nonsensical set - up , poor pacing and amateur performances from a usually talented and professional case all conspired to keep the film in post - production long after the clapper boards had been hung up .
– for the record , hermione baddeley didn’t appear in any episodes after the pilot . alice nunn as mahala may took over the running of camp divine .
maureen mccormick , who would later play marcia brady in the brady bunch , popped up briefly in the premiere as a camper at camp divine . she was later featured more prominently during a january 1966 episode in which she disguised herself as a boy in order to join camp runamuck , where she could have more fun .
in addition to camp , dancer / artist paul swan also starred in another warhol film , appropriately titled paul swan . swan , who was born in 1883 , was once called
the most beautiful man in the world
by a journalist . in addition to dancing , he also painted as well as acted both on stage and in films . he appeared in cecil b . demille ' s ten commandments in 1923 .
i would really like to get the entire collection of camp runamuck on dvd . please let me know how i can obtain them . i am in windsor ontario canada . thanks .
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in late november 1964 , hedda hopper reported that screen gems had four pilots in the works , including “gidget” with don porter and sally field and “camp runamuck” with hermione baddeley [ 1 ] . val adams reported in a december 23rd , 1964 article for the new york times that the three networks had 76 pilots in contention for the 1965 - 1966 season . he noted that half - hour pilots were far more popular in the current production cycle than in previous years . nbc alone had 24 pilots , 17 of which were half - hour comedies . they included my mother , the car , i dream of jeannie , the willies , mr . roberts , here’s aggie , hank , please don’t eat the daisies and camp runamuck [ 2 ] .
broadcasting reported in its february 15th issue that swift would write 13 episodes for the 1965 - 1966 season and likely direct the same number . he had written , directed and executive produced the pilot for screen gems [ 4 ] . when nbc officially announced its schedule on march 8th the vast majority of its new and returning programs were in color , camp runamuck among them . only i dream of jeannie and convoy were to be filmed in black and white , due to special effects for the former and black and white stock footage for the latter [ 5 ] .
camp runamuck was given the friday 7 : 30 - 8pm time slot , opposite the flintstones on abc and the wild wild west on cbs . construction on two camp sets , one for boys and one for girls , began later that month at the columbia ranch in burbank , california [ 6 ] . on may 28th , tv guide reported that actor and composer frank devol was forced to pull out of camp runamuck due to illness , although he would keep doing the music for the series [ 7 ] . tv guide announced on june 5th that leonard stone had replaced devol [ 8 ] .
– i recall a weekly credit that read sight gags – cal thomas . thomas was a cartoonist / animator who worked at various times for disney and warners , among others . david swift was partial to sight gags , as those who recall the early days of mr . peepers will recall . a few years later , swift produced and directed the film version of how to succeed in business without really trying . for that film , he employed – and gave screen credit to – the surreal cartoonist virgil partch . ( just looking for patterns here … )
her on - set behaviour has passed into legend ; after the film had wrapped , tallu was called back into the studio to re - dub a single line of dialogue . wasted on booze , it took the sound editor eight hours to sober her up and record that one line .
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many cartoony sound effects heard on camp runamuck were reused on a later screen gems sitcom on nbc , the monkees . cr star arch johnson had a guest shot in episode 9 on that series , “the chaperone” , as gen . harley vandenburg .
over at camp divine , mahalia may and eulalia divine worked with the vivacious counselor caprice yeudleman ( played by former las vegas showgirl nina wayne ) , counselor nadine smith ( played by beverly adams ) and counselor ivy ( played by carol anderson ) .
“i built the bridge you’ll see at the end . for h & s reasons i stipulated only one person to be on the bridge at any one time . however , festus wanted to impress the chief scout so he got as many wheelchair users on as possible ? and after 30 years i’ve discovered that it was all caught on film ! ”
i watched this show in primetime when i was 11 and later caught it on tvland in the afternoons during the summer of 1990 . my favorite is when cmdr wivenhoe and his counselors build a cottage for the women at camp divine , and 2nd would be the bathtub heist .
in february 1966 , when nbc’s 1966 - 1967 schedule was beginning to circulate , camp runamuck was not surprisingly nowhere to be found [ 20 ] . the last first - run episode aired in april 1966 , although repeats were shown during the same time period until september 2nd , 1966 .
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ps : while i don’t think the early 1980’s bill murray movie “meetballs” was directly based on this show — maybe a seed of the idea was kicking around and maybe inspired the people who made that film — if only indirectly . this would have been the kind of show the writers / actors of that movie would have been watching when they were younger . a few of those folks might have even seen it .
devol definitely provided music for the pilot episode . hugo montenegro was then brought on to compose music for the series , although whether devol was involved in additional episodes is unknown . according to screen gems : a history of columbia pictures television from cohn to coke , 1948 - 1983 , the original “title song” for camp runamuck was written by frank devol and performed by bobby darin [ 9 ] . al diorio , in his biography of darin , states that darin wrote the theme song for camp runamuck as well as another short - lived sitcom , wendy and me , but makes no mention of him performing it [ 10 ] .
camp was the last warhol film that baby jane holzer appeared in . she left warhol ' s factory soon after edie sedgwick ' s arrival on the scene . in response to an interviewer ' s question about whether she felt comfortable at warhol ' s factory during that period , she responded that
there was a period when i wanted out of there . i mean , it got a little bit sick , it just felt that the movies got a little bit too strange . people showed up at the factory and i got a bad vibration from them .
( uw49 ) holzer stayed away from the warhol scene until after he was shot in 1968 . she re - established contact with warhol and continued to socialise with him in the seventies and throughout the eighties .
television magazine , in its third annual survey of critics , compiled a panel of 16 critics from across the country and asked them to rate all new shows as good , bad or indifferent . camp runamuck received two goods , nine bads and five indifferents . the two goods came from del carnes of the denver post and lawrence laurent
whether there was cynicism at work is something the audience will have to decide for itself . admittedly , “camp runamuck” is intended to be slapstick , but it is a show on such an extraordinarily low level that one feels it simply has to be intentional . it just couldn’t be an accident , one muses . you look and you don’t believe it .
– another fascinating glimpse of the efforts that martyn strover and others involved with woodlarks went to in order to provide an evacuation possibility for disabled adults from london . the whole process seems to have begun in jan 1938 … and on 27th august 1939 the adventurers camp was cut short , in order to accept a group of disabled girl evacuees from london .
i watched this camp slice of nonsense with a pal who , like me , shares an appreciation of the wild comments and wilder ways of theatrical grande dame bankead . here , at age 63 and without a hint of movie hair or make - up assistance , she showed no sign of letting up , frequently turning up on set as pissed as a lord .
– the casting of this show always kind of fascinated me . two of the main regulars , arch johnson and leonard stone , were known mainly prior to camp runamuck for playing tough guys ( heavies , really ) on just about every crime / detective / mystery show . indeed , after runamuck ended , johnson and stone went right back to the same typecast .
although here is is obvious he is unable to create even the slightest bit of tension or induce anything even approaching shocks and scares , narizzano has created with his technical team a quite beautiful looking film . the finished result has the crisp , pastel colours of a hannah barbera cartoon , or an episode of the 1960’s series batman , which bankhead starred in as the black widow . as bankhead descends further into madness , ghoulish greens are used when she attacks ( for the umpteenth time ) powers in her basement / shrine .
unfortunately , the commissioner of camps showed up unexpectedly and , in light of what he had seen , announced he’d be revoking wivenhoe’s license . eulalia was able to convince the commissioner that the men were bringing the bathtub to camp divine and saved wivenhoe’s job . thus , the groundwork for the feud between the two camps is laid and many episodes would involve some sort of conflict between the two camps .
terrance o’flaherty of the san francisco chronicle , despite giving the series an indifferent rating , wrote “i found the premiere to be the funniest show of the season in terms of laughing out loud in my own living room” [ 13 ] . broadcasting put together its own survey of tv critics , giving each review a score of excellent , good , fair , poor or bad . camp runamuck was given two goods , two fairs and five poors [ 14 ] .
we must also thank our previous archivists … i’m honoured to have known them all ; hugh ‘gwidge’ gwither , derek travis and jim cooley . gwidge in particular did a monumental job of collecting and organising almost everything here over a 35 year period . deep boots to fill ! what none of my predecessors were really able to do was share all this wonderful history with everyone . the digital age , and particularly the smart phone has changed all that . you’ll be able to watch a 1936 woodlarks film wherever you are , to download and read any or all of the 85 yearbooks , to download pages of interest from the scrapbooks .
for example , in an episode reminiscent of the pilot , pruett is given an air conditioner and caprice uses her feminine wiles to convince him to give it camp divine . wivenhoe then wins it in a card game and places it in his tent , leading pruett , spiffy , doc and malden to hide out there for the night so they can enjoy the cool air . meanwhile , mahala may and caprice try to figure out a way to get the air conditioner back .
“i’ve run this one through twice . from the opening shot the camp leader is clearly stan pain , making the salute as alex pratt pulls up the flag . other people i recognise are harvey miles ( large , in khaki ) , victor griffith in wheelchair , possibly one of the routledge brothers at the sale table , bramble ( hugh morgan ) also in that scene , steb ( michael stebbings ) as a helper in the sports scene . the three leaving the chapel are of course keemo , along with rev eric jennings who was vicar of the bourne , and what looks like harvey miles again
it seems that a lot of nbc affiliates didn’t carry this show , including those where i grew up in schenectady , ny and nashville , tn , though i was just an infant when this was first - run and never would have been able to see it then anyway . i recall that it was rerun both on nick and comedy central in the early 90s , and i remember taping 1 episode off comedy central that had a silly plot about how an exterminator hired by the counselors shrank the camp , and they tried to convince wivenhoe that some beans that the counselors & the kids ate made them all grow to superhuman size . wivenhoe believed them for awhile too .
tosh carillo also appeared in warhol ' s horse and vinyl and worked in a floral shop . he was known for his
educated toes
which he used in horse . he could pick up pencils and write with his toes , as well as unzip the flies of trousers with them . in real life , he was heavily involved in the s & m scene and had his own
gameroom
for his sexual activities . ( sg497 )
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lacking a formal narrative , warhol ' s art house classic follows various residents of the chelsea hotel in 1966 new york city , presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen .
andy warhol ' s infamous lost campy classic charting the adventures of batman two years before adam west donned the caped crusader ' s wings in the classic tv show .
jean harlow look - alike harlot ( mario montez ) , gerard malanga , philip fagan , and carol koshinskie ( with a cat ) sit in a room eating bananas as the off - screen voices of billy name , ronald tavel , and harry fainlight discuss various topics .
viva ( playing herself ) and louis waldon ( playing himself ) spend an idyllic afternoon together in an apartment in new york city .
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andy warhol directs a single 35 - minute shot of a man ' s face to capture his facial expressions as he receives the sexual act depicted in the title .
five lonesome cowboys get all hot & bothered at home en the range after confronting ramona alvarez and her nurse .
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sheherazade is promised to a powerful sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the holy land . when the sultan ' s underling saves her from certain death , she falls madly in love with her hero .
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during a visit to england , young american patricia ( stefanie powers ) pays a visit to the elderly mrs trefoile ( tallulah bankhead ) , the mother of her former fiancee , who died some time before . a religious fundamentalist , mrs trefoile is obsessed with her late son’s memory and sees patricia as the last living link to his memory , a memory that she will do anything to keep good and pure .
part of the fun with die , die my darling ! ( or fanatic as it was known in the states ) is spotting when the editors were unable to cut around this . keep your eyes peeled as tallu totters about and slurs her words more than once .
its the kind of true story that would make a great play . and it did , looped starring the late , great valerie harper , premiered in 2010 . ( if you are wondering what line it is : “and so , patricia , as i was telling you , that deluded rector has in literal effect closed the church to me…” ) . incidentally , powers replaced harper on stage when the latter succumbed to cancer .
bankhead’s famously husky voice spoke better dialogue than the mediocre , random collection of words she has here . rising above her embarrassment , she none the less gives as fun and dementedly spirited turn that the material and director allow her .
its all over - acting though and her embarrassing over the top style is mimicked to varying degrees of success by the rest of the cast .
powers is the most timid young strip of a thing , pathetically clawing at her jailers and showing not a shred of common sense when attempting her escapes that one almost wishes she would expire .
a young donald sutherland slums it as the retarded handy - man . peter vaughan ( game of thrones ) as the lustful husband of housekeeper yootha joyce likewise debases himself .
working with the great but inebriated tallu could be a double - edged blessing .
its not much when recommending a movie but its something and at least bankhead is supremely enjoyable throughout , darlings .
producer : anthony hinds . writer : richard matheson . camera : arthur ibbetson . music : wilfred josephs . sets : peter proud .
tallulah bankhead , stefanie powers , peter vaughan , yootha joyce , donald sutherland , maurice kauffman .
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larry wolters of the chicago tribune suggested that the show “makes the beverly hillbillies look like intellectuals and soupy sales like an egghead ; ” hal humphrey of the los angeles times referred to the premiere as a “slickly produced abomination ; ” and barbara tiritilli of chicago’s american called it “pointless drivel” [ 15 ] . the blade ‘s ray oviatt wrote that the premiere was “a straining comedy” [ 16 ] .
you begin to think that perhaps it took its clue from the success of the moronic level of “gilligan’s island . ” i am an optimist , though , and i like to think that human beings are capable of such clear - sighted commercialism . it is like looking at afternoon cartoons , only with people . is it “pop tv ? ” is it so far out that it’s in ? will it be a hit ? i wouldn’t dare bet against it . [ 17 ]
for the record , the other show du brow considered worthy of reflection was hogan’s heroes .
just wanted to say that around 1990 - 1991 , nickelodeon used to rerun the show during the summer in the late afternoon - early evening . i remember my friends thinking it was a new show and me trying to convince them that it wasn’t . it wasn’t until maureen mccormick guest starred in one episode that my friends finally realized . ” lenny
ranked 94th out of 99 programs with a 9 . 9 rating , ahead of such shows as
early in the production year , i wrote a segment for this show and was subsequently hired as line producer . at the time i was signed to write 10 dick van dyke shows . carl reiner graciously let me out of my contract .
before i accepted the runamuck assignment , i asked david if he would let me rewrite his 12 scripts . he agreed and i signed on . i rewrote the scripts , but as principle photography commenced i was surprised to find that my rewrites reverted back to david’s original version . and my original script vanished . i never learned how that happened .
about 5 weeks into my tenure , i met with david and told him i was not helping the show and would move on . david paid off my contract and i left . i regret the i did not get the opportunity to punch up the show . i think i could have made it work . tv works in mysterious ways .
. metuchen , nj : scarecrow press , 1991 . pages 47 - 48 .
du brow , rick . “television in review : wait until next year . ”
“the season in three parts : how it turned out vs . how gray called it . ”
this is for jim july 29th… can you get in contact with me ? thru this site .
if ml maicey can also contact me thru this site as well thanks to both of you .
i have the complete run of the show on dvd . if interested , please contact me for info on how to obtain the series .
please post if you get the dvds and its not a scam . for shane robert etc im interested
hi i have never seen meatballs so i wouldn’t know . mb was done in the 80’s so maybe not as i think no one would remember cr .
i was a small child in the mid 1960’s — and while i don’t think i ever saw this show when it first ran on tv — this does seem like the kind of silly - low brow stuff that was being shown back in those days — not really any worst that tojer short - run “bad sitcom” of the period . i noticed that it featured some actors that appeared in qyiur often in other shows in the late 1960 - early 1970’s . guess there is nothing wrong with being a “working actor” — no matter the material . it soes bring back memories of being a litle kid — would like to see .
were the closing credits on this site from an unaired pilot ? i don’t remember this closing theme on any of the runamuck episodes . nor do i remember seeing bobby darin in the closing credits in any of the shows .
the closing credits here are from the pilot episode as rebroadcast on comedy central at some point in the early 1990s . i had not noticed that bobby darin was listed as writing the theme song . i guess it is possible that he did provide the theme song for the pilot only for it to be replaced for the remainder of the series . and because this copy was a syndicated repeat his theme was replaced but the closing credits remained .
– tv guide noted in its teletype feature that the big names on the series were behind the cameras ; several episodes each were directed by hal march and howard duff .
– one other cast note : nina wayne ( caprice ) was the older sister of carol wayne , aka johnny carson’s matinee lady . post - runamuck , nina wayne moved to new york . for a time , whenever johnny carson took tonight back to nyc for a week , nina would take carol’s matinee lady role to johnny’s art fern .
if i conuemicatmd i could thank you enough for this , i’d be lying .
“arsenio was a big hit way back when , he exited prematurely , and aren’t we all just plain tired with jay leno and letterman .
after you do all this , you are ready to start performing in front of people for money .
by now , most people know that frank de vol wrote the theme to “the brady bunch” in collaboration with “brady” creator sherwood schwartz . maureen mc cormick also made guest appearances on screen gems hits “bewitched” ( as young endora ) and “i dream of jeannie” before attaining sitcom immortality as beautiful marcia brady .
frank devol did the music for an episode of this show called bunnies of the world unite .
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welcome to the digital archive of woodlarks campsite . below you’ll find a growing list of links that will turn you into a time traveller !
the physical archive consists of documents , photos , old cine films , annual reports , newsletters , scrapbooks , newspaper cuttings … you get the idea . some materials date back to the 1930s and are now very delicate , so we’re delighted to be able to share them with you digitally .
of course , not every page of every newsletter over the last 85 years is available , but we hope that there’s a good selection .
the starting point if you’re just browsing should be the three scrapbooks covering the first 60 years ! we must thank the the founders of woodlarks for these wonderful books .
you might then want to look at one or two of the old cine films .
right … there’s more for me to do , so i’ll leave you browsing ! please come back to the page occasionally to see what other gems have been added .
– fascinating accounts of starting up again after the war , and preparing to build a swimming pool , the cook house , and to start a residential workshop .
. the photos are numbered and a listing of dates and names for each photo can be found at the end of the album .
films are in chronological order where the dates are known . undated films are at the bottom of the list .
, primarily shot in the mid 1970s . a number of us remember these camps well , and recognise some of the boys featured .
in september 2009 we were awarded the queens award for voluntary service in recognition of all woodlarks volunteers .
movies and tv shows are certified fresh with a steady tomatometer of 75 % or higher after a set amount of reviews ( 80 for wide - release movies , 40 for limited - release movies , 20 for tv shows ) , including 5 reviews from top critics .
mark robson has made realistic use of the actual italian setting of the david westheimer novel in garmenting his action in hard - hitting direction and sharply - drawn performances .
sinatra ' s character is unusually uncompromising , even for him , and the star delivers one of his best performances .
the cinematography and the scenery both add greatly to the movie . it makes it seem so much more realistic .
a far - fetched but thrilling world war ii adventure . watch it as part of a double feature with john frankenheimer ' s the train .
an action packed prisoner of war thriller and ole blue eyes doesn ' t even sing a note .
great tale of escape - underrated and not given enuff credit - sinatra acts as good as he sings .


women in war is a 1940 american war film about the nurses of the british voluntary aid detachment ( vad ) during the battle of france .

directed by john h. auer and starring wendy barrie , elsie janis and patric knowles , it was nominated for an academy award for best visual effects ( howard lydecker , william bradford , ellis j. thackery , herbert norsch ) .

women in war

it also promotes those rules of international humanitarian law which provide specific protection for women in war .
‘women of the empire in wartime’ ( 1916 ) looks at how women took over the roles of men in industry and agriculture in canada .
professor jo fox considers the use of women as symbols , victims and homemakers in world war one propaganda .
women who worked with lumberjacks and loggers during the war were called
lumberjills .
many canadian women wanted to play an active role in the war and lobbied the government to form military organizations for women . in 1941 - 42 , the military was forever changed as it created its own women ' s forces . women were now able , for the first time in our history , to serve canada in uniform . more than 50 , 000 women served in the armed forces during the second world war .
historian matthew pinsker presents a quick rundown of women ' s involvement in the u . s . civil war .
more than 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the union and confederate armies during the civil war .
in many ways , the coming of the civil war challenged the ideology of victorian domesticity that had defined the lives of men and women in the antebellum era . in the north and in the south , the war forced women into public life in ways they could scarcely have imagined a generation before .
three young women join the newly - formed women ' s army corps ( wacs ) for varied reasons and make contributions to the war effort .
women and war : the making of a family affair by heather e . cunningham december 3 , 2014
during the civil war , however , american women turned their attention to the world outside the home . thousands of women in the north and south joined volunteer brigades and signed up to work as nurses . it was the first time in american history that women played a significant role in a war effort . by the end of the war , these experiences had expanded many americans’ definitions of “true womanhood . ”
4 , 480 nursing sisters ( as canadian military nurses were known ) served in the war - 3 , 656 in the canadian women ' s army corps , 481 in the women ' s division of the royal canadian air force and 343 in the women ' s royal canadian naval service . many of these women found themselves within range of enemy guns and some lost their lives .
at the peak of wartime employment in 1943 - 44 , 439 , 000 women worked in the service sector , 373 , 000 in manufacturing and 4 , 000 in construction .
during the second world war , the role of women in canadian society changed dramatically . canada needed women to pitch in and support the war effort from their homes , to work at jobs that were traditionally held by men , and to serve in the military . canadian women enthusiastically embraced their new roles and responsibilities and helped contribute to the success of canada ' s victory campaign .
a short selection of fictional stories based on historical fact , told by generations of americans impacted by conflict from the great war to the war in afghanistan .
set in the waning days of the u . s . civil war , the keeping room sets men upon women and soldiers upon civilians in a remote area of rural south carolina .
mma watson , keira knightley , diane kruger and lupita nyong’o are just some of the big names who have de - cluttered their wardrobes to help raise money for women for women international . the charity helps women in war - torn countries rebuild their lives , and the wardrobes for women christmas sale , which is hosted by luxury resale site
gail braybon , ‘winners and losers : women’s symbolic role in the war story’ , in gail braybon ( ed . ) , evidence , history and the great war : historians and the impact of 1914 - 18 ( oxford : berghahn , 2003 ) , 86 - 112
' women of britain say - “go !
' , a propaganda poster appealing to britain’s women to ensure their men enlist .
out of a total canadian population of 11 million people , only about 600 , 000 canadian women held permanent jobs when the war started . during the war , their numbers doubled to 1 , 200 , 000 .
poster commissioned by the british parliamentary recruiting committee , and designed by savile lumley . it was published in 1915 , by which time the war was already being referred to as ‘the great war’ .
the first movie will be simply avengers : infinity war , and will be released worldwide on in the uk on april 26 and in the us on april 27 .
women and war was first produced by retro productions at the spoon theater in may of 2010 . the performance was directed by peter zinn . the full - length as well as the one - act , continues to be produced in high schools across the country as well in canadsa .
awe inspiring . playwright cunningham is a magician delivering the internal voices of multiple generations of women who ' ve served as wives , nurses , sweethearts and officers spanning from wwi to afghanistan . women and war is essential theater . a moving and poignant scrapbook of the american war experience .
- united stages
makers follows the profound impact of betty friedan ' s
the feminine mystique
on the awakening of the women ' s movement in america in the 1950s and ' 60s . the idea that women could do anything a man could do began to take hold of american women . women like kathrine switzer , judy blume , gloria steinem and more began to challenge traditional gender roles .
women in the services filled many positions , including mechanics , parachute riggers , wireless operators , clerks , and photographers .
but many women wanted to take a more active role in the war effort . inspired by the work of florence nightingale and her fellow nurses in the crimean war , they tried to find a way to work on the front lines , caring for sick and injured soldiers and keeping the rest of the union troops healthy and safe .
while the demonstrations and sit - ins of the decade before were over , women were not one done in the 1980s and 1990s . women like geraldine ferraro , meg whitman , sally ride and more began to infiltrate male - dominated professions . as women began to gain independence in america , the issues of pay parity , sexual harassment , and violence towards women were brought to the forefront .
three young women arrive at the women ' s army corps facility in fort des moines for varied reasons and with different goals . mary savage is a war widow who wants to become an officer , farm girl stormy hart wants to become involved in motor transport , and lorna travis seeks to win the approval of her father , a major general , who has very chauvinist views on the role of women in the military . intensive training and guidance prepares the three to make a contribution to the success of the upcoming war games conducted by general travis and validate the value of the wacs to the war effort . .
scenic elements optional and can suggest war themes as interpreted by the producer / director .
today , i’m writing to the cadets at west point , specifically to the women in uniform . recently my colleague , maj . john spencer , wrote an op - ed for the la times , in which he argued that in order for women to be encouraged to join , and prepared to succeed in , combat arms branches , men in the military need to do more . i would argue that there is also a broader cultural shift necessary . the narrative about women in combat needs to change .
so much of canada ' s silk and nylon was required for the war effort that women could not find the seamed stockings that were then in style . some fashion - conscious women resorted to paint , drawing lines up the back of their legs , to simulate the look of stockings .
rcaf women ' s division . photo : library and archives canada / pa 133631
ruth harris , ‘the “child of the barbarian” : rape , race and nationalism in france in the first world war’ , past & present 141 ( 1993 ) , pp . 170 - 206
illustration from ‘canada in khaki’ , a journal published to celebrate canadians’ actions on the front and raise money for the canadian war memorial fund .
infinity war is confirmed to run for 149 minutes – just under 2 . 5 hours .
i tried for years to shop around a screenplay i wrote about the “night witches , ” the all - female squadron of soviet bomber pilots in world war ii , and i can tell you that war movies about women are not seen as money - makers . . . until they are . all it takes is one hit . maybe that will happen with “ashley’s war , ” the true story of female soldiers who accompanied special operations forces on missions during the war in afghanistan . but there are many more examples throughout history of courageous women in combat . the following list is just a tiny sliver . bringing any of these stories to the silver screen won’t in itself change the cultural narrative . but it will help .
lysistrata has planned a meeting between all of the women of greece to discuss the plan to end the peloponnesian war . as lysistrata waits for the women of sparta , thebes , and other areas to meet her she curses the weakness of women . lysistrata plans to ask the women to refuse sex with their husbands until a treaty for peace has been signed . lysistrata has also made plans with the older women of athens ( the chorus of old women ) to seize the akropolis later that day . the women from the various regions finally assemble and lysistrata convinces them to swear an oath that they will withhold sex from their husbands until both sides sign a treaty of peace . as the women sacrifice a bottle of wine to the gods in celebration of their oath , they hear the sounds of the older women taking the akropolis , the fortress that houses the treasury of athens .
contemporary commentators recognised that the war had complicated traditional conceptions of gender in the public and private spheres . the editor of women of the empire suggested that women’s contribution to the war effort would ‘mean a totally new world when peace once again holds sway the world over . it means an entire regeneration , not only of womanhood , but of manhood also , for you may be quite assured that the new woman will not rest satisfied with the old man . ’ such pronouncements cast the war as a ‘watershed’ moment in the history of women’s liberation . of course , the reality was different , and new tensions soon emerged .
the canadian women ' s army corps ( cwacs ) had 21 , 600 members .
setting : scenic elements optional and can suggest war themes as interpreted by the producer / director .
propaganda tended to depict women as guardians of the home , their gentle nature and vulnerability making them both objects of men’s affections and victims of the enemy’s barbarous acts , and yet also as resilient , active participants in the war effort .
“lysistrata” was first staged in 411 bce , just two years after athens ' catastrophic defeat in the sicilian expedition , a turning - point in the long - running peloponnesian war aginst sparta , and , after 21 years of war , there seemed as little prospect of peace as ever . the oligarchic revolution in athens , which proved briefly successful that same year , was more political fall - out from the sicilian disaster was . the name lysistrata can be translated as “releaser of war” or “army disbander” .
during the war , women extended their charitable work to the war effort . they knit socks , scarves , and mitts and prepared parcels for canadians overseas , gathered materials for scrap collection drives , and helped people displaced by the war by providing clothes and setting up refugee centres . to deal with wartime shortages , women became experts at doing more with less . they made their own clothes ( sometimes even using an old parachute to make a wedding dress ) and planted victory gardens to supply much - needed fruits and vegetables to their families and communities . in short , women - acting in the traditional role of homemakers - gave , saved , and made do .
through correspondence and monologues , in the style of reader’s theater , women and war is a collection of fictional stories based on historical fact , told by generations of americans impacted by conflict from the great war to the war in afghanistan . from housewife to worker , young bride to nurse , mother to widow , and now , young woman to soldier , these are tales of sacrifice , love , determination and hope told by those who bravely persevere on the home front and on the battlefield .
zainab jah , left , plays a prisoner and akosua busia portrays a women’s - council official in danai gurira’s drama “eclipsed” at the public theater .
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the women ' s royal canadian naval service ( wrens ) had 7 , 100 members .
during the war , many women took a wide variety of civilian jobs that had once been filled by men . canada had its own version of
rosie the riveter ,
the symbolic working woman who laboured in factories to help the war effort . women worked shoulder - to - shoulder with men in factories , on airfields , and on farms . they built parts for ships and aircraft and manufactured ammunition . they drove buses , taxis , and streetcars . this level of female participation in the workplace was a first for canada - thousands of canadian women proving they had the skills , strength , and ability to do the work that men did .
eclipsed
is the more ambitious of the plays . heralded last year off - broadway at the public theater and presented at the kirk douglas theatre in a different production in 2009 , the drama , set largely in a makeshift shelter at a rebel camp during the 2003 liberian civil war , focuses on a community of women wrestling with disastrous choices of survival .
while women weren’t officially allowed in direct combat roles , anyone wearing a combat action badge will tell you that there is no safe zone in a guerilla war . more than 11 , 000 women served in vietnam . some made history , like the us navy’s cdr . elizabeth barrett , who became the first female line officer to hold a command position in a combat zone . some paid the ultimate price , like 1st lt . sharon ann lane , who was killed when her hospital was attacked by the vietcong .
women ' s smaller physical size and manual dexterity helped them develop a great reputation for fine precision work in electronics , optics , and instrument assembly .
during the civil war , women especially faced a host of new duties and responsibilities . for the most part , these new roles applied the ideals of victorian domesticity to “useful and patriotic ends . ” however , these wartime contributions did help expand many women’s ideas about what their “proper place” should be .
the revolutionary war saw many women marching off to war alongside their husbands . one of those was margaret corbin . when her artilleryman husband was killed at the battle of fort washington , margaret took his place on the firing line . for the rest of the battle , she “manned” his cannon , firing continuously while being hit in the arm , chest , and face .
right now , half a world away , thousands of women are fighting isis as members of the ypj , the kurdish women’s defense units . they are serving in the kind of sustained land war americans haven’t seen since korea . make no mistake , these are frontline combat units , and they know what will happen if they’re captured . and yet , as one of them told the bbc , “one of our women is worth 100 of their men . ”
a report in the daily record suggests avengers : infinity war could end up being the most expensive movie made so far with a budget of $ 400m , topping the current frontrunner pirates of the caribbean : on stranger tides , which tallied in at $ 378 . 5 in 2011 .
by world war ii , women filled every combat assignment in the red army . there were tankers , like mariya oktyabrskaya , who would jump out of her t - 34 to repair it under fire . there were fighter aces like lydia litvyak , the “white lily of stalingrad” who shot down a dozen nazi aircraft . and there were snipers like lyudmila pavlichenko who scored 309 confirmed kills , more than any american sniper in any war !
many women joined war relief clubs which were formed to improve the morale of the troops overseas . these clubs packaged canvas
ditty bags
with items such as chocolate , sewing kits , and razor blades .
lysistrata , a strong athenian woman with a great sense of individual responsibility , reveals her plan to take matters into her own hands and end the interminable peloponnesian war between athens and sparta . she has convened a meeting of women from various city states in greece and , with support from the spartan lampito , she explains to the other women her plan : that they are to withhold sexual privileges from their menfolk as a means of forcing them to bring an end to the war .
the extension of the suffrage and the growing voice of women’s rights campaigners underscored a perception that ‘women prosper [ ed ] as men suffer [ ed ] ’ , another example of how war produced gendered dichotomies . as the historian gail braybon noted , propaganda tended to reinforce such divisions : ‘ [ just ] as mobilisation was polarised by gender , the men marching away , the women staying behind , so too victory and defeat . in victory , the men were to march home and the women were to cheer . in defeat , the men were killed and the women were raped’ ( braybon , 2003 : 88 , 121 - 2 ) . the reality , as braybon suggests , was more complex : relatively few women either experienced or embraced the notion of sexual , social and political liberation promised in the interwar years , epitomised by the weimar republic’s ‘new woman’ , but equally the status of women had fundamentally changed and would undergo further upheavals during the second major conflict of the 20th century .
the women ' s division , royal canadian air force ( wds ) had 17 , 400 members .
brie larson ' s captain marvel was widely expected to make her debut in infinity war ahead of her own 2019 solo movie , but that is not to be . perhaps she will finally join her fellow marvel heroes in avengers 4 .
gurira first came to attention as a writer with
in the continuum ,
a performance piece she co - created with nikkole salter that looks at aids in two far apart yet not all that different communities , one in l . a . , the other in africa . in
the convert ,
gurira explores colliding cultures and values in colonial africa .
an added twist to the gender battle arises from the fact that , although the gender roles were reversed ( with the women acting like men , to some extent , in taking the political initiative , and the men behaving more like women ) , in the greek theatre all the actors were actually male anyway . the male characters in the play would probably have worn large , erect leather phalluses .
in lysistrata there are two choruses—the chorus of old men and the chorus of old women . a koryphaios leads both choruses . the chorus of men is first to appear on stage carrying wood and fire to the gates of the akropolis . the chorus of men is an old and bedraggled bunch of men who have great difficulty with the wood and the great earthen pots of fire they carry . the men plan to smoke the women out of the akropolis . the chorus of old women also approaches the akropolis , carrying jugs of water to put out the men ' s fires . the chorus of old women is victorious in the contest between the choruses and triumphantly pours the jugs of water over the heads of the men . the commissioner , an appointed magistrate , comes to the akropolis seeking funds for the naval ships . the commissioner is surprised to find the women at the akropolis and orders his policemen to arrest lysistrata and the other women . in a humorous battle , that involves little physical contact , the policemen are scared off . the commissioner takes the opportunity to tell the men of athens that they have been too generous and allowed too much freedom with the women of the city . as the policemen run off , the commissioner and lysistrata are left to argue about the peloponnesian war . lysistrata argues that the war is a concern for women especially and she adds her two cents as to how the city should be run , drawing an elaborate analogy to show that athens should be structured as a woman would spin wool . lysistrata tells the commissioner that war is a concern of women because women have sacrificed greatly for it—women have given their husbands and their sons to the effort . lysistrata adds that it is now difficult for a woman to find a husband . the women mockingly dress the commissioner as a woman .
infinity war is a story that has been building from very early on in the existence of the mcu as the powerful objects known as the infinity stones have been coming to light .
slave women were , of course , not free to contribute to the union cause . moreover , they had never had the luxury of “true womanhood” to begin with : as one historian pointed out , “being a women never saved a single female slave from hard labor , beatings , rape , family separation , and death . ” the civil war promised freedom , but it also added to these women’s burden . in addition to their own plantation and household labor , many slave women had to do the work of their husbands and partners too : the confederate army frequently impressed male slaves , and slaveowners fleeing from union troops often took their valuable male slaves , but not women and children , with them . ( working - class white women had a similar experience : while their husbands , fathers and brothers fought in the army , they were left to provide for their families on their own . )
in october 2000 , the united nations security council passed landmark resolution 1325 on women , peace , and security , which linked women’s experiences of conflict to the international peace and security agenda , acknowledging their peacemaking roles as well as the disproportionate impact of violent conflict on women . ten years later , the u . s . institute of peace co - hosted a three - day women and war conference focused on the varied experiences of women during wartime and how to make sustained progress toward international peace and security . the event featured an extraordinary coalition of national and international participants , including u . n . and u . s . government officials , the international diplomatic communities , military personnel , academics , civil society leaders , and practitioners in the fields of security , development , and conflict resolution .
the collective experiences and accomplishments of all canadians , including those of women , during the great struggles of the second world war have provided our country with a proud and lasting legacy that will continue into the country ' s future .
nearly 20 , 000 women worked more directly for the union war effort . working - class white women and free and enslaved african - american women worked as laundresses , cooks and “matrons , ” and some 3 , 000 middle - class white women worked as nurses . the activist dorothea dix , the superintendent of army nurses , put out a call for responsible , maternal volunteers who would not distract the troops or behave in unseemly or unfeminine ways : dix insisted that her nurses be “past 30 years of age , healthy , plain almost to repulsion in dress and devoid of personal attractions . ” ( one of the most famous of these union nurses was the writer louisa may alcott . )
with all that , it will be no surprise that infinity war is on track to be the longest mcu movie yet .
the kurdish fighters facing off against isis clearly recognize the valuable contributions women among their ranks have to make . it’s time to make sure the american cultural narrative about women in direct combat roles reflects these contributions , too—both current and historical . seeing depictions of women in combat action is an important step toward encouraging more women to join newly opened combat arms branches . as maj . gen . tammy smith recently reminded her followers on twitter , “if i can see it i can be it . ” hollywood isn’t the solution . but it can and should be part of it .
“lysistrata” is a bawdy anti - war comedy by the ancient greek playwright aristophanes , first staged in 411 bce . it is the comic account of one woman ' s extraordinary mission to end the peloponnesian war , as lysistrata convinces the women of greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace . some consider it his greatest work , and it is probably the most anthologized .
in the years before the civil war , the lives of american women were shaped by a set of ideals that historians call “the cult of true womanhood . ” as men’s work moved away from the home and into shops , offices and factories , the household became a new kind of place : a private , feminized domestic sphere , a “haven in a heartless world . ” “true women” devoted their lives to creating a clean , comfortable , nurturing home for their husbands and children .
first billed as a two - part movie , with avengers : infinity war – part 1 being followed a year later by avengers : infinity war – part 2 , the latest seems to be that marvel is drawing a more rigid line between them .
i have to agree with james b . the marine corps did an extensive study of this issue as part of the dod examination of placing women in front line combat roles in 2015 . their recommendations were discounted and ultimately ignored by the administration .
a chorus of bumbling old men arrives , intent on burning down the gate of the acropolis if the women do not open up . however , before the men can make their preparations , a second chorus of old women arrives bearing pitchers of water . an argument ensues and threats are exchanged , but the old women successfully defend their younger comrades and the old men receive a good soaking in the process .
“war paint” instead takes a more considered approach to its subjects , aiming to embrace the complexities of its protagonists and subject matter .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
women and war was first produced as a full - length play by retro productions at the spoon theater in may of 2010 . the performance was directed by peter zinn . this one - act was developed with the theater department at owensboro high school , owensboro , kentucky headed by carolyn greer and the rose curtain players .
thanos wants unite them in the infinity gauntlet in order to
rebalance the universe
– which involved erasing half of all life in existence . these plans also involve the invasion of black panther ' s home , wakanda , in order to get his hands on the remaining stones .
jack hilton cunningham is a playwright and an mfa graduate in theatre design from brooklyn college in 1968 . he has designed scenery and costumes for opera and theatre in educational , regional , and off - as well as off - off broadway in new york city . his first play ,
the enormous cast will apparently allow for a set piece that will dwarf even captain america : civil war ' s iconic airport battle .
in women and war , correspondence and monologues are used intermittently . the correspondence between characters places the audience in specific time frames and allows the audience a real sense of the relationships between characters . the characters are portrayed in their isolation , seeking an outlet for the expressions of their love and concern for their loved ones . monologues are utilized to reveal what is truly going on in the mind of a character regarding the story they have to share . correspondences and monologues are interwoven to create “through lines” of conflict , dramatic and situational irony .
the biggest challenge in telling any version of arden and rubinstein’s true - life story , sensationalized or not , was the fact that by all accounts , the two women were never in the same room together . “there was no suggestion of a dramatic story that you could put on the stage , ” korie recalled . “how do you write a musical about two women who never met ? how do you write duets for people who are in different locations ? “
in world war i , when the russian army was crumbling , women stepped forward to fill the growing void . one of the new all - female units was known as the “battalion of death , ” the members of which not only stood their ground under fire , but shamed their male comrades by charging past them into battle .
canada ' s elsie gregory macgill was the first woman in the world to graduate as an aeronautical engineer . she worked for fairchild aircraft limited during the war . in 1940 , her team ' s design and production methods were turning out more than 100 hurricane combat aircraft per month .
this publication looks at the ways in which women can be affected by conflict and the actions taken by the international committee of the red cross ( icrc ) to take their specific needs into account .
world war ii brought a lot of suffering and hardship to thousands of people . families were broken up as men were sent to the front lines to fight , some never to return . children were sent out of the cities to stay with strangers , away from the bombing . the peaceful routine of everyday life was shattered . but out of the terrors and hardship of war , a new role for women began to emerge which was to change their position in society forever .
the women are dubious and reluctant at first , but the deal is sealed with a long and solemn oath around a wine bowl , and the women agree to abjure all sexual pleasures , including various specifically mentioned sexual positions . at the same time , another part of lysistrata ' s plan ( a precautionary measure ) comes to fruition as the old women of athens seize control of the nearby acropolis , which holds the state treasury , without which the men cannot long continue to fund their war . the word of revolt is spread and the other women retreat behind the barred gates of the acropolis to await the men ' s response .
jo fox ( frsa , frhists ) is professor of modern history at durham university . she is a specialist on the history of propaganda and war . her publications include film propaganda in britain and nazi germany : world war ii cinema ( berg , 2007 ) and ( with david welch ) justifying war : politics , propaganda and the modern age ( palgrave , 2013 ) . she is a national teaching fellow ( 2007 ) and the director of communications for the royal historical society . jo fox is currently researching the history of rumour in the first and second world wars .
hundreds of women fought in this conflict , most of them disguised as men . one of them was mary galloway who , at sixteen years old , took a bullet in the neck at antietam . she lay in a ditch for a day and half , refused treatment from male surgeons , and was finally saved by another pioneering woman , clara barton .
a magistrate reflects on the hysterical nature of women and their devotion to wine , promiscuous sex and exotic cults , but above all he blames the men for the poor supervision of their womenfolk . he needs silver from the treasury for the war effort , and he and his constables try to break into the acropolis , but are quickly overwhelmed by groups of unruly women with long , strange names .
suffragettes seized upon the mobilisation of women to argue that active female participants in the war effort were more worthy of citizenship than were male pacifists or conscientious objectors . but the image of such women was far from clear - cut . female nurses , who risked their lives to care for the troops at the front , were still described in gendered terms ( as carers , sisters or ‘angels’ ) , while munitions workers were simultaneously depicted as capable of demanding physical labour and as compromising their maternal instincts . how to reconcile the paradox that the same women who made the bullets and shells , responsible for the deaths of so many , would also be the mothers of the next generation ?
modern adaptations of the play are often femininist and / or pacifist in their aim , but the original play was neither particularly feminist nor unreservedly pacifist . even while apparently demonstrating empathy with the female condition , aristophanes still tended to reinforce sexual stereotyping of women as irrational creatures in need of protection from themselves and from others . certainly , it seems clear that aristophanes was not actually advocating real political power for women .
from a purely cosmetic standpoint , the broadway musical “ war paint ” seems to have all the makings of an over - the - top season of the fx series “ feud ” : two powerful , successful , ferociously competitive women , locked in an unrelenting rivalry and played by actresses who are storied broadway performers with a high quotient of gay fandom .
girl , whose name seems to be a casualty of war , has the advantage of some education . she reads to the women a book about bill clinton ' s presidency , a melodrama that captivates them , especially when
monica , his no . 2
enters the story .
from a purely cosmetic standpoint , the broadway musical “war paint” seems to have all the makings of an over - the - top season of the fx series “feud” : two powerful , successful , ferociously competitive women , locked in an unrelenting rivalry and played by actresses who are storied broadway performers with a high quotient of gay fandom . but audiences at [ … ]
dark though its subject matter is , “eclipsed” has moments of warmth and even humor , as the women try to buoy one another’s spirits and maintain some modicum of civilization . a running gag — though the term seems frivolous in this context — finds the new arrival reading from a biography of bill clinton . the women become engrossed in the scandal surrounding monica lewinsky , and naturally refer to her as “wife no . 2 . ”
with the outbreak of war in 1861 , women and men alike eagerly volunteered to fight for the cause . in the northern states , women organized ladies’ aid societies to supply the union troops with everything they needed , from food ( they baked and canned and planted fruit and vegetable gardens for the soldiers ) to clothing ( they sewed and laundered uniforms , knitted socks and gloves , mended blankets and embroidered quilts and pillowcases ) to cash ( they organized door - to - door fundraising campaigns , county fairs and performances of all kinds to raise money for medical supplies and other necessities ) .
in june 1861 , they succeeded : the federal government agreed to create “a preventive hygienic and sanitary service for the benefit of the army” called the united states sanitary commission . the sanitary commission’s primary objective was to combat preventable diseases and infections by improving conditions ( particularly “bad cookery” and bad hygiene ) in army camps and hospitals . it also worked to provide relief to sick and wounded soldiers . by war’s end , the sanitary commission had provided almost $ 15 million in supplies–the vast majority of which had been collected by women–to the union army .
this is an ensemble piece , not a star vehicle , but nyong ' o can ' t help standing out even as the girl becomes a fully fledged member of this unenviable community of war - ravaged women . her plight is terrifying , and nyong ' o makes the tragedy achingly personal .
eclipsed ,
by the u . s . - born , zimbabwean - raised danai gurira , represents the first time a broadway play has been written and directed by and cast entirely with women . that these are black women makes this milestone only that much more remarkable .
white women in the south threw themselves into the war effort with the same zeal as their northern counterparts . the confederacy had less money and fewer resources than did the union , however , so they did much of their work on their own or through local auxiliaries and relief societies . they , too , cooked and sewed for their boys . they provided uniforms , blankets , sandbags and other supplies for entire regiments . they wrote letters to soldiers and worked as untrained nurses in makeshift hospitals . they even cared for wounded soldiers in their homes .
the antagonist of
eclipsed
is the hell that liberia has become for women . but unlike
ruined ,
lynn nottage ' s more brechtian - inspired drama about congolese sex workers whose lives have been similarly warped by war , gurira ' s drama occasionally meanders , losing momentum and character sharpness .
lysistrata restores some order after the fracas , and allows the magistrate to question her about her scheme and the war . she explains to him the frustrations that women feel at a time of war , when the men make stupid decisions that affect everyone and their wive ' s opinions are not listened to . she expresses pity for the young , childless women , left to grow old at home during the best years of their lives , while the men are away on endless military campaigns , and she constructs an elaborate analogy in which she shows that athens should be structured as a woman would spin wool . to illustrate her points , lysistrata and the women dress the magistrate up , first as a woman and then as a corpse . eventually , he storms off to report the incident to his colleagues , and lysistrata returns to the acropolis .
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“these women were captains of industry , ” frankel said . “if we were writing about henry ford and the head of chrysler , you wouldn’t be looking for cutting , campy , wink - wink scenes in a cigar lounge . ”
but according to stone , if audiences go in expecting to see a catfight , that’s fine — up to a point . “if that intrigues people , okay , ” he said . “but then what we also must do is deal with other more serious issues : what these women sacrificed in order to succeed , how they created an industry , and became the first women in this country running multinational corporations named for them , all by creating a movement that both empowers and enslaves other women , ” he added . “the shows that really work are the ones that give audiences what they want , and then give them what they don’t even know they want , what they don’t expect . ”
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is a short selection of fictional stories based on historical fact , told by generations of americans impacted by conflict from the great war to the war in afghanistan . from housewife to worker , young bride to nurse , mother to widow , and now , young woman to soldier , these are tales of sacrifice , love , determination and hope told by those who bravely persevere on the home front and on the battlefield .
the reward of a more diverse range of storytellers is a richer variety of stories , and
eclipsed ,
which stars oscar winner lupita nyong ' o (
12 years a slave
) , tells a harrowing tale of women and war in africa that brings a new globalism to the comfortably parochial great white way . ( and , yes , it ' s about time to retire that old moniker . )
in the play’s most searing scene , she admits to maima with confusion and horror the role she played in the violent serial rape of a young woman after a battle . ms . nyong’o delivers this harrowing monologue with a disoriented sense of helplessness and shame that cuts to the bone . and with maima’s violent , contemptuous reaction to her confession , “eclipsed” reaches even deeper into the unrelenting darkness in which the women are forced to exist .
by the 1970s , feminism had taken root in all aspects of american life from politics , pop culture , and the economy . women like marlo thomas and billie jean king were changing the world . young women no longer wanted to follow the footsteps of their mothers— they wanted a career , sexual liberation and more . amid the sexual revolution the issue of legal abortion became hotly contested through roe v . wade .
women have fought and served with distinction throughout history . but that fact does not mean it is prudent to include them as an integral part of combat units . should not our goal , our standard be to field the most effective and deadly force we can ? the historical examples cited are mostly situations of desperation or necessity . i don’t think these citations adequately make the argument for including women in combat roles .
this appeal to the women of britain by the imperial maritime league is redolent of the famous poster convincing potential recruits to enlist : while their loss is keenly felt , mothers , wives , and daughters sanction the departure of their menfolk to the battlefields of flanders in order to defend their honour and way of life . propagandists exerted pressure on prospective volunteers by urging that women and children were under threat and required their protection , as the reports emanating from the occupied territories of rape , torture , and mutilation seemed to confirm . equally , women themselves were called upon to mobilise , to assist in the care of troops at the front , to fill roles on the home front vacated by the nation’s soldiers , and to work in factories producing munitions for them to fire .
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from left , pascale armand , lupita nyong ' o and saycon sengbloh in
eclipsed .
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in october 2000 , the united nations security council passed landmark resolution 1325 on women , peace , and security , which linked women’s experiences of conflict to the international peace and security agenda , acknowledging their peacemaking roles as well as the disproportionate impact of violent conflict on women . ten years later the u . s . institute of peace co - hosted a three - day conference celebrating the landmark resolution . with an eye toward translating the promise of resolution 1325 into concrete action , this event focused on the varied experiences of women during wartime and how to make sustained progress toward greater global peace and security . the event featured an extraordinary coalition of national and international participants , including un and us government officials , the international diplomatic communities , military personnel , academics , civil society leaders , and practitioners in the fields of security , development , and conflict resolution .
lupita nyong’o , the oscar winner and radiant darling of red - carpet - watchers , is not really the star of “eclipsed , ” danai gurira’s shattering drama about women’s suffering during the liberian civil wars . although the character played by ms . nyong’o , called only “the girl” in the program , occupies its dramatic center , ms . gurira’s play is not a star vehicle but an ensemble piece , with terrific roles for five women .
steve rogers expected to dump his captain america title after going rogue in civil war , perhaps to become ' nomad ' instead . and the russos have teased more
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gurira plunges us into the routines of these women . when they ' re not submitting to the general ' s lust , they cook , clean , gossip and bicker .
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it should be remembered that this was a time when women did not have the vote , and when men had ample opportunities to whet their sexual appetites elsewhere . indeed , the very idea that a woman could have enough influence to end a war would have been considered quite ridiculous to the greek audience members . interestingly , when establishing the rules of the sex ban , lysistrata also makes allowance for cases where the woman is forced to yield , in which case they should do so with an ill grace and in such a way as to afford the minimum of gratification to their partner , remaining passive and taking no more part in the amorous game than they are absolutely obliged to .
the twentieth century saw us stepping onto the world stage , but we did so from behind the safety of two oceans . that safety allowed the luxury of sexism . we didn’t deploy women in direct combat roles because we didn’t have to . other countries didn’t have a choice . the most notable example in those two global conflicts was mother russia , who called on her daughters to save her .