Son of Houdini
SilverFox Cinema presents
Cast and Crew
Son of Houdini
MAJOR CHARACTERS
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HYMAN WEISS – intense, charismatic, driven, handsome, angular young man 20/24 (tbd)
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STUART ROSEN – sensitive, soulful, shy, with crippling stage fright - 14/16 (tbd)
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MIRIAM ROSEN – village beauty - 18/20 (tbd)
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Ghost of HARRY HOUDINI - (Duffy Hudson - see below)
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
Male
UNCLE SHARKEY - (David Proval - see below)
MR. ROSEN - (Jeffrey Alan Solomon - see below)
BERNIE SAPERSTEIN - (Phil Cappadora - see below)
MICKEY GRABER - (Austin Carnes - see below)
HERMAN BLEN - young man with large snake - (tbd)
DR. DREYFUS - (tbd)
IKE TAUTENBLATT - (Tuck Milligan - see below)
MR. BLOCKMAN - (tbd)
CORDELLE - (tbd)
RUFUS - (Nigel Brown - see below)
MR. KLOTWOG - (tbd)
TWO OLD WORSHIPPERS - (tbd)
BIRNBAUM KID - rambunctious 6-year old - (tbd)
MR. FORBITZ - (Chris Mulkey - see below)
REPORTER - (tbd)
RABBI FEIN - (tbd)
SHARPIE - placing bets at The Market Square (tbd)
BETTOR - (tbd)
EUGENE - (Yokel #1 - Tuck Milligan)
CLARENCE - (Yokel #2 - tbd)
BERL WEISS - Hyman's father as a young man - (tbd)
Female
AUNT FRIEDA - (Lousine Shamamian - see below)
MRS. ROSEN - (Carol Kane - see below)
RACHEL - (Miriam's friend) - Joy Shatz - see below)
CLARA - (Rachel's sister) - (tbd)
MRS. ELSTER (accordionist) - (Rachelle Garniez - see below)
MRS. DREYFUS - (tbd)
MRS. ALTFELDER - (Jeanna Schweppe - see below)
MRS. PINSKY - (tbd)
PEARL KLOTWOG - (tbd)
FEMALE CONGREGANT - (tbd)
TWO OLD WORSHIPPERS - (tbd)
CHANA SARAH WEISS - Hyman's mother as a young woman - (tbd)
EXTRAS (some can overlap)
Idle Hour Cinema Audience
Rosen's Deli Customers (#1 & #2) - (tbd)
Market Square Observers
Synagogue Members
Harahan Bridge Participants
Police Officer at the Harahan Bridge
Charity Ward Patients
ANIMALS
QUEEN ESTHER - BLOCKMAN's SALVAGE cart horse
LARGE SNAKE - Herman Blen's pet
Stuart: (Narrative Voiceover) "I wished there was something I could do for my sister... but once the machinery for a Jewish wedding is set in motion, no power on earth could turn it around." ms. p. 76
TBD
HYMAN: “Do you realize that Houdini’s last name was: Weiss! The same as mine! Ehrich Weiss! And that the name of his first partner was Jack Hyman! If Houdini had a son, he might have named him Hyman Weiss!” ms. p. 15
TBD
TBD
MIRIAM: Hymie, you want to do amazing feats. Try growing up, why don’t you. Find a girl, get married—it’s about time have little Hymies, raise them to be magicians for all I care...
MRS. ROSEN: “You know, Miriam, you’re not getting any younger… The longer you wait around, there’ll be fewer men to choose from… You remember what happened to your Great Auntie Annie…” ms. p. 40
Carol Kane
MR. ROSEN: “What’s the matter, mister? You got ants in your pants.” ms. p. 90
Jeffery Alan Solomon
AUNT FRIEDA: “You’ll see: he’ll be someday a credit to the Jewish race.” ms. p. 11
Lousine Shamamian
UNCLE SHARKEY: “Credit? Credit we don’t take on North Main Street. Cash’n carry’s the name of the game.” ms. p. 11
David Proval
MR. FORBITZ: “Where you been, boychick? You don’t know the meaning of the word ‘amateur’? ms. p.31
Chris Mulkey
BERNIE SAPERSTEIN: “You know, Miriam, I’m a born family man… I have great plans for Saperstein’s! Maybe expand… you know, open another store… There’s no telling where this could go!” ms. p.40
Phil Cappadora
IKE TAUTENBLATT: “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow! You cataracts and hurricanes, spout till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!” ms. p. 20
Tuck Milligan
MRS. ALTFELDER: “That’s a good one! A Yiddisha Bessie Smith!” ms. p. 2
Jeanna Schweppe
MRS. PINSKEY: “What if I sing, “St. Louis Blues,” you, know, that new Bessie Smith…” ms. p. 2
TBD
MR. BLOCKMAN: “How could I turn you away, Hymie? Who knows? You might be Elijah…” ms. p. 47
TBD
RACHEL: Miriam's friend and co-conspirator in a trick of Hyman's that finally works
Joy Shatz
MICKEY GRABER: (wooing Miriam on stilts) “When forty winters shall besiege they brow…”
ms. p. 39
Austin Carnes
EUGENE: “So, Hyman the Magnificent, you’re finally getting baptized!” ms. p. 55
Tuck Milligan
RUFUS: Spoon-feeds Hyman some broth like a caring grandfather. ms. p. 57
Nigel Brown
CORDELLE: sitting atop BLOCKMAN SALVAGE cart, as it is being pulled down North Main by Queen Esther, tosses handbills that read: "THE DAREDEVIL AND IMPETUOUS PACKING CASE PLUNGE!" showing a crude drawing of Hyman the Magnificent inside a packing crate, (as they scatter among the dead leaves). ms. p. 63
TBD
RABBI FEIN: "When your fears no longer control you, you will know a great happiness ..... Maybe that is what it means to be a man ....." ms. p. 38
TBD
MRS ELSTER: (accordion player)
Rachelle Garniez
FEMALE CONGREGANT:“I didn’t know anyone could die in shul...” ms. pg. 88
TBD
Ghost of HARRY HOUDINI: "You can't do any tricks that you haven't thoroughly first rehearsed!" ms. pg. 28
Duffy Hudson
CREW
Associate Producer: Robbie LeMieux
Music: Eve Sicular
Production Design: Daphne Hayes
Set Design: tbd
Location Scout: tbd
Rights and Permits: tbd
Costume Design: tbd
Research: tbd
Dresser: tbd
Hair and Make-up: tbd
Post Production Supervisor: tbd
Graphics & Title Art: tbd
Director of Photography: Barry Markowitz (See MISS MEADOWS, Written and Directed by Karen Leigh Hopkins)
Still Photography: tbd
Publicity and Public Relations - tbd
Legal: tbd
Accounting: tbd
Insurance: tbd
CATERING BY: tbd
All positions of CAST and CREW contingent upon funding, agreements, and scheduling.