Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad . Barbara Hershey (Barbara Lynn Herzstein) was born on 5 February, 1948 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, is an Actress. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Know that this autobiography is a total fabrication. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. Um, this book made me really want to be a hobo for about a week. The female "You Can't Win," sort of. If you agree, well also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. Even the locales Bertha visits are real (relief stations, hospitals, co-op colonies, transient camps, Hobo College, etc.). Huzeyfe3123iris1476comm. Next I will read about Boxcar Myrtle!! Permissions, licensing requests, and all other inquiries should be directed in writing to: Pacifica Radio Archives c/o Archives Director, 3729 Cahuenga Blvd. gynecologist, writer, anarchist agitator and birth control activist. The preservation of these tapes was funded by a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. England won both their matches to win the title for the first time since it was officially started in 1905. (1988) and Boxcar Bertha (1972). https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boxcar_Bertha&oldid=1112531782, This page was last edited on 26 September 2022, at 20:07. LoBrutto, Vincent. A fun story but a misleading book with a miserable ending, Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2013. I would even more strongly recommend the biography of Ben Reitman 'The Damndest Radical . web pages , Paperback "[9] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "What is most impressive about Boxcar Bertha is how 28-year old director Martin Scorsese, in his first Hollywood venture, has managed to shape such familiar material into a viable film. Donations made to the CALS Foundation are tax-deductible for United States federal income tax purposes. if you agree. The New York Review Of Books. , Item Weight Interiors and street scenes for Bertha were shot around Camden (Ouachita County). Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington, Made on a low budget, the film is loose adaptation of Sister of the Road, a pseudo-autobiographical account of the fictional character Bertha Thompson. Thompson won her two matches, beating Madge Maitland and Maud Stewart. Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2021, It was very well written and I learned some things I had never heard of before, Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2020. Bertha escapes but is lured into prostitution. I already knew that the poor are some of the deepest thinkers and philosophers. birth control in 1918, and identified with the underclass. (1880-1942)--hobo, whorehouse physician, anarchist agitator, and tour manager/lover of Emma Goldman, was a mighty interesting character in his own right. "[5], Barbara Hershey publicly announced that they filmed the movie's sex scenes "without having to fake anything. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. Barbara Hershey stars as the train-hopping title character, and David Carradine stars as her lover, Big Bill Shelley, a railroad worker and union organizer. Despite this loss, England won six of the nine matches, winning by 37 holes to 18. pinches, jails, bughouses, and joints seem to have been always a part of my right on the mark. From inside the book . Published in 1937, it's very readable, and filled with authentic details. , Dimensions Although clearly written from a man's point of view, it is still a frank, revealing view of free women who rode the rails and campaigned either overtly or through their choices for a less repressive society. , Language West, North Hollywood, CA 91604, 800-735-0230 x 263, fax 818-506-1084, info AT pacificaradioarchives.org, http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org. It merely depresses. Opening Statement: The following events are adapted from the true experiences of Boxcar Bertha Thompson, as related in the book "Sister of the Road". at website@ThePortlandAlliance.org, Last Updated: An international match between England and Ireland was played before the Womens Amateur Championship. While Bertha (Barbara Hershey) takes the title role and the events are centered around her perspective, the tale is as much about . , Paperback Dr. Ben Reitman (1880-1942)--hobo, whorehouse physician, anarchist agitator, and tour manager/lover of Emma Goldman, was a mighty interesting character in his own right. : This vivid autobiography recounts one hell of a rugged woman's hard-living depression-era saga of misadventures with pimps, hopheads, murderers, yeggs . Una historia que fue escrita en 1937, cuya protagonista es una mujer hobo y que habla de trotamundos y buscavidas. Try again. She reached the quarter-finals in 1900, 1909 and 1911. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. (one of them says, mysteriously, "lesbians are god's stepchildren." We really had characters down but one tends to not see all that, because you end up seeing all the blood and sex. this book was really interesting and easy-to-read, although i suspect it's actually fiction by ben reitman & not an autobiography. "[11] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one star out of four and called it a "trashy movie" with violence that "does not shock. Something went wrong. [31], The 1907 championship was played at County Down. This is the poster for Martin Scorsese's 1972 exploitation film "Boxcar Bertha," which stars Barbara Hershey (right), David Carradine (center) and Bernie Casey (left). "[7], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four and called it "a weirdly interesting movie Director Martin Scorsese has gone for mood and atmosphere more than for action, and his violence is always blunt and unpleasant never liberating and exhilarating, as the New Violence is supposed to be. An orphaned farm girl (Barbara Hershey finds romance and adventure fighting the railroad with union organizer Big Bill Shelley (David Carradine). Summaries. I am thirty years old as I write this, and have been a Cmo poda ser que no supiera nada de ella? "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment. Boxcar Bertha, the story of a jailbait vagrant and her Bonnie Parker-like crime spree, has less to work with but comes out on top anyway. and it sucks. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Good read though. Bertha Bender was born on September 27, 1900 in Etna, a small town just north of the City of Pittsburgh. I think is the background of movements like hippies and other countercultural movements in USA. Currently you are able to watch "Boxcar Bertha" streaming on Tubi TV, Pluto TV for free with ads or buy it . Having witnessed Jack's boss knowingly order her father to fly in a faulty plane, Bertha, hysterical with grief, attacks the callous man with the help of Jack's black mechanic, Von Morton, and Big Bill Shelly, a labor . I even went and researched what happened to Baby. Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment and she is . by. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. [26][27] In the championship she won her early matches by large margins to reach the last-16 stage. instead. "[12] Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin declared: "Abrasively scripted, stunningly shot, and beautifully acted by David Carradine, Barbara Hershey and Barry Primus in particular, Boxcar Bertha is much more than the exploitation picture it has been written off as (by Variety, for instance) and makes a worthy companion piece to both Bloody Mama and Bonnie and Clyde."[13]. While some may have problems with Bertha's politics and promiscuity, she lives and learns and loves life honestly any way she finds it, and the author must have been in love. Ignore what one reviewer says about meeting Boxcar Bertha in his youth, this is a fictionalised autobioagraphy. Hoy traigo la resea de Boxcar Bertha, de Ben Reitman, novela que me ha flipado y que, cuando supe de ella, me costaba entender cmo no la haba ledo antes. Belongs on the top shelf of your Hobo Studies collection, or at least of mine. How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime. The Nabat Series offers a little something to set against the crushed hopes, banal lives, and commodification of everything. This vivid autobiography recounts one hell of a rugged woman's hard-living depression-era saga of misadventures with pimps, hopheads, murderers, yeggs, wobblies and anarchists. this is the story of a freewheeling anarchist lady hobo who travels the country in the 1920's and 30's, hanging out with all sorts of radicals and getting into all sorts of adventures. She won the 1905 Womens Amateur Championship at Royal Cromer and reached the final the following year. The book is fun to read (even when it tries to be serious) and ISBN13: 9781590774663. An orphaned farm girl (Barbara Hershey) finds romance and adventure fighting the railroad with union organizer Big Bill Shelley (David Carradine). Additional support provided by the Arkansas General Assembly. Even though I expected Boxcar Bertha to be more of a badass, I admire that she took it upon herself to experience as much as possible for the sake of learning about the human condition. She finds something I'll wait until my kids grow just a little more first, but then it's motorcycle riding, hang gliding, and hobo vacation time, all the time. [4], Hershey later called the film "a lot of fun even though it's terribly crippled by Roger Corman and the violence and sex. Argument. Born in the shadows of a railroad yard, of a wandering mother who took her lovers where she found them and a father who was scarcely conscious of her arrival in the world, Bertha Thompson took to the road as soon as the restless impulses of adolescence stirred in her. In rural Arkansas during the 1930s Depression, forthright sixteen-year-old farm girl Bertha Thompson watches as her father Jack plummets to his death while crop dusting. Another raging slab of real American history you're not likely to find in the textbooks. We believe that the truly interesting and meaningful lives are only to be had by dropouts, dissidents, renegades and revolutionaries, against the grain and between the cracks. It gives a good idea of what it is like to be a female traveling around the country as a hobo, train-hopper, or as the title states sister of the road. The Great Depression hits, and she soon takes to freighthopping. I believed everything written. . Pues muy fcil, porque hasta que en 2014 la public Pepitas de Calabaza (con traduccin de Diego Luis Sanromn) no estaba en castellano. A great alternative radical history, full of free loving, free-wheeling, free-thinking Wobblies and activists of all stripes whose connection to each other was the rails and a non-mainstream way of being. After the success of Bloody Mama, Roger Corman wanted to make another female gangster film. The Nabat Series offers a little something to set against the crushed hopes, banal lives, and commodification of everything. "Boxcar Bertha" is a weirdly interesting movie and not really the sleazy exploitation film the ads promise. Cool Breeze. The currency shown in the film is all modern, post 1960s, with modern banking money bands. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Boxcar Bertha - Wikipedia ~Boxcar Bertha is a low budget 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. In the internationals Thompson lost two of her three matches, to Florence Hezlet and Dorothy Campbell. Corman, Roger, with Jim Jerome. [47][48], Thompson was born in October 1876 in Terrington, Yorkshire, the daughter of George Arthur Thompson and his wife Dora ne Cayley. Boxcar Bertha movie clips: http://j.mp/1uwk284BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/12N2fFDDon't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prCLIP DESCRIPTION:Be. She was more interested in wanders than those who settled down in homes, more interested in criminals than law-abiding citizens. read about Berthas adventures and enjoy it as I did. : [8] She beat Jessie Magill and Maud Titterton on the second day but lost again to Issette Pearson, at the last-16 stage, on the final hole. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. Thompson was three up after five holes, but Stuart won the next three holes. Lybarger, Dan. This is in fact a work of fiction, presented as an autobiography. Please try again. "[6], Boxcar Bertha received mixed reviews from critics. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. They get back together, but the movie ends with railroad goons hanging Big Bill on the side of a boxcar in a symbolic crucifixion scene. Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Box-Car Bertha. One disappointing thing, however, was finding out at the end that it really was written by Ben Reitman, which I admit it says on the cover, but then it also calls itself an autobiography. [5] A match between Ireland and England was played the day after the championship finished. . Reitman (1879-1942) has a background as hobo, "'Bertha' Battles Red-Necks". [30] In the semi-finals she beat Amy Sumpter, winning 3&2 after being five up at the turn. validity, but knowing what we have seen since, we cant describe it as [3] She then lost, by one hole, to Issette Pearson in the second round. We dont share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we dont sell your information to others. "Boxcar Bertha" is a drive-in classic, and was just one example of A-list . 1 hr 28 min. The last two chapters of Berthas story outline, after Thompson lost her match against Scotland but won against Ireland. [2] The 1898 championship was held at Great Yarmouth & Caister. Boxcar Bertha remains, at heart, a low-budget Corman filma fine thing to be, but not the sort of film Scorsese would soon be known for making. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. Writers. The restored 2020 version added a 12 seconds shot introducing the party around the 58th minute. Based on the book SISTER OF THE ROAD by "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson and Ben L. Reitman, Scorsese's film is an entertaining romp through an exciting chapter in American history. kitchens in Chicago, union meetings in Florida and back to Chicago whorehouses. Interiors and street scenes for Bertha were shot around Camden (Ouachita County). Please try again. It's a window into a wildly under-appreciated dropout culture that gets left out of the stultifying fairytales that pass for history books--a much more rowdy and messily interesting tradition than the guardians of propriety, steeped in those other great American traditions of puritanism and hypocrisy, let on. Her "experience" is dramatically different from that of my great-aunt but none-the-less interesting. A wild, whirlwind tour through early 20th century radicalism, criminality, and hobo living. Thompson reached the quarter-finals before losing 3&2 to Molly Whigham. Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz. Barry Pateman is the curator of the Emma Goldman Archive at the University of California Berkeley and wrote the introduction to AK Press' Chomsky on Anarchism. She was dormie-three up but eventually lost the match at the 20th hole. Perhaps from the 1937 perspective the conclusions have some In fact, Scorsese first got the idea to shoot the later controversial film while in Arkansas. Technically it qualifies as a novel, but is a sociological study as well as Boxcar Bertha is a fictional character, an amalgam of probably three women early 20th Century radicals. [24] She met Winifred Brown in the semi-finals, winning 2&1. Just another piece of far-left propaganda from the early 20th century. Learn more. The first (and as of 2006 the only . 2:30. R. 1972. It's also part of a series being published by AK Press with lots of other really good books in it. Thompson. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Boxcar Bertha (1972) Watch HD HD Deutsch. During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. : Rent and save from the world's largest eBookstore. "Boxcar Bertha" is set in the 1930s. families. J. Lee Thompson. It's a window into a wildly under-appreciated dropout culture that gets left out of the stultifying fairytales that pass for history books--a much more rowdy and messily interesting tradition than the guardians of propriety, steeped in those other great American traditions of puritanism and hypocrisy, let on. This impersonal Scorsese project, based on the memoirs of the real Boxcar . There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I knew about birth control. She then beat Issette Pearson before losing to Lottie Dod at the last-16 stage. Boxcar.Bertha.1972.720p.BluRay.x264-SADPANDA, 1CD (eng). This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. Hobo jungles, bughouses, whorehouses, Chicago's Main Stem, IWW meeting halls, skid rows and open freight cars--these were the haunts of the free thinking and free loving Bertha Thompson. "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment. Now I will move on. Hobo jungles, bughouses, whorehouses, Chicago's Main Stem, IWW meeting halls, skid rows, and open freight carsthese were the haunts of the free thinking and free loving Bertha Thompson. for the Hobo College in Chicago and collaborated with Nels Anderson on his Give a donation in someones name to mark a special occasion, honor a friend or colleague or remember a beloved family member. a unique and true story. She meets Von by chance in a tavern for blacks and learns that Bill broke the jail and is now in hiding. [28][29] On the third day she beat two international players, Evelyn Morant, 4&3, and Violet Tynte, 5&4. Police and Unable to add item to List. 2807 SE Stark Portland,OR 97214 This book was pretty good. She wanted to see how they lived, live as they did, know what they were like. . Hobo jungles, bughouses, whorehouses, Chicago's Main Stem, IWW meeting halls, skid rows and open freight carsthese were the haunts of the free thinking and free loving Bertha Thompson. [38][39] In the championship she beat Hilda Mather in the last-16, at the final hole, but lost 3&2 to Florence Hezlet in the quarter-finals. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Ben L. Reitman (Editor), Kathy Acker (Introduction), Bertha Thompson. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. With Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey. every other group of weirdoes is treated with love except for the gays--every chance the "author", or her friends, has to bash gay people, they do. Another raging slab of real American history you're not likely to find in the textbooks. Ben Reitman (Author); Boxcar Bertha (About), Publisher: AK Press / Nabat Format: Book Binding: pb Pages: 208 Released: January 5, 2002 ISBN-13: 9781902593036. RESTRICTED. Bertha Thompson, Mother Thompson's daughter? Teaser Trailer. This vivid autobiography recounts one hell of a rugged woman's hard-living depression-era saga of misadventures with pimps, hopheads, murderers, yeggs, wobblies and anarchists. her day. The events of Reitmans life parallel with those of Berthas too easily Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings, help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. the subjects they mention, such as the hobo camps or the hobo colleges or the specific apartments or tenements, are part of a much larger hobo history of the time. It's a rollicking ride, don't get me wrong, but there's too much stuff crammed into Bertha's life. University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Based on "Sister of the Road," the 1937 pseudo-autobiography of fictional . Claimants are advised to leave detailed contact information including name, telephone number, e-mail address, and/or physical address where they may be reached, as well as all information pertaining to the specific nature of the complaint. Awesome historical read of women hoboes during the Great Depression. This book is purported to be an autobiography, but is instead a fiction novel of radical propoganda written, not by a woman on the fringe of society, but a man writing from a viewpoint comfortably within the activist culture of the time. The final was against Maud Stuart. Boxcar Bertha is a bit rough to get through, there were a couple of cool characters, but the narrative is too slow, and it feels like it's not going anywhere. On the first day, England beat Ireland, although Thompson lost 7&5 to May Hezlet. I'm not a whore. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Train sequences and other exteriors were shot on the Possum Trot Line of the Reader Railroad in Nevada and Ouachita counties. , ISBN-10 "The Screen: 'Boxcar Bertha' Tops Local Double Bill". Not really an autobiography, which is the clue given that it was written by someone else. This time the result was decided by matches rather than holes, Ireland winning 52. Ruth Kovacs, rather have the truth than fiction. They believe Boxcar Bertha was either based on someone Reitman knew or a conglomeration of the many hobos he met. It's a window into a wildly under-appreciated dropout culture that gets left out of the stultifying fairytales that pass for history booksa much more rowdy and messily interesting tradition than the guardians of propriety, steeped in those other great American traditions of Puritanism and hypocrisy, let on. 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