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WILD ABOUT HARRY: THURSTON'S STRANGELY FAMILIAR WINDOW CARD Thurston's strangely familiar window card. When Houdini launched his "3 Shows in One" in 1925, Howard Thurston was touring with the 19th season of his own full evening magic spectacular. Houdini was certainly looking to emulate Thurston's success, and eventually hired away one of Thurston's assistants to help buck up the magic portion ofhis show.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: BARRY SPECTOR WILL END HIS 278 MAGIC Barry Spector will end his 278 magic wands with #150. Barry Spector's amazing creations using wood salvaged from Houdini's New York home (278) have become renowned, and it all started with his very first work; a magic wand. Over the past two years Barry has made and sold wands on request, but he's now decided to end the run at 150. WILD ABOUT HARRY: ROGER DREYER LAUNCHES "HOUDINI REVEALED Last year The Houdini Museum of New York moved to a "top secret" location in New Jersey. Now owner Roger Dreyer has launched a new webpage called Houdini Revealed. Here Roger shares museum artifacts and memorabilia. He's also posted the first in a series of biographical Houdini videos below (I'll add more as they becomeavailable). Enjoy.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: EXCLUSIVE HOUDINI IN KANSAS POSTER OFFERING Our friend Don Creekmore is hard at work on his upcoming book about Houdini's early tours of Kansas, Escaping The Sunflower State.Now Don is offering an exclusive "Escaping The Sunflower State 1897-1898 Tour Poster" to help fund his ongoing research. Below are details. WILD ABOUT HARRY: PRE-ORDER 'DAVID COPPERFIELD'S HISTORY This new book just appeared for pre-order on Amazon. Release date is October 26, 2021. No need to explain why this is a must buy! An illustrated, illuminating history of magic from the world’s most successful magician, capturing its most audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form’s most famous artifactshoused at
WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOW HOUDINI PLANNED TO (NOT) GO OVER It's not surprising that Houdini would not plan to actually go over the Falls. That would be suicide. But it is a little surprising that he would entertain the idea of an outdoor stunt that would be a fake -- more magic trick than escape. It's also interesting to see that he that considered a "failure" would be just as effective an outcome. WILD ABOUT HARRY: THIS IS J. GORDON WHITEHEAD This is J. Gordon Whitehead. This is the only known photo of Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead, the McGill University student who punched Houdini in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal on October 22, 1926. Whitehead's blows either started, contributed, or covered-up ( lots of debate about this) the appendicitis that would take Houdini WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE HOTEL SHELTON POOL IN COLOR The Hotel Shelton pool in color. This is an image of the Hotel Shelton swimming pool in the 1950s. This is where Houdini famously spent 91 minutes submerged in an air-tight "coffin" containing only a few minutes of air. What I like about this image is that it shows us thepool in color.
WILD ABOUT HARRYLIFEESCAPESMAGICMOVIESSPIRITUALISMPEOPLE When the bar closed in 1992 (a casualty of the AIDS epidemic), the windows were offered for sale for $325,000. According to the blog Gourmet Ghosts, Steve Spill at the nearby Magicopolis magic theater bought them. Two years later he sold them to a collector who put them in a stained glass museum in Washington, D.C. WILD ABOUT HARRY: GROWING UP WITH HOUDINI BY DAVID J. MULLER Growing Up With Houdini by David J. Muller. David Muller, son of the late Henry Muller, has written a new book called Growing Up With Houdini. It's a wonderful work that tells the story of the Muller family and, of course, his father's Houdini Magical Hall of Fame. The first part of the book relates the incredible story of how the Mullerfamily
WILD ABOUT HARRY: THURSTON'S STRANGELY FAMILIAR WINDOW CARD Thurston's strangely familiar window card. When Houdini launched his "3 Shows in One" in 1925, Howard Thurston was touring with the 19th season of his own full evening magic spectacular. Houdini was certainly looking to emulate Thurston's success, and eventually hired away one of Thurston's assistants to help buck up the magic portion ofhis show.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: BARRY SPECTOR WILL END HIS 278 MAGIC Barry Spector will end his 278 magic wands with #150. Barry Spector's amazing creations using wood salvaged from Houdini's New York home (278) have become renowned, and it all started with his very first work; a magic wand. Over the past two years Barry has made and sold wands on request, but he's now decided to end the run at 150. WILD ABOUT HARRY: ROGER DREYER LAUNCHES "HOUDINI REVEALED Last year The Houdini Museum of New York moved to a "top secret" location in New Jersey. Now owner Roger Dreyer has launched a new webpage called Houdini Revealed. Here Roger shares museum artifacts and memorabilia. He's also posted the first in a series of biographical Houdini videos below (I'll add more as they becomeavailable). Enjoy.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: EXCLUSIVE HOUDINI IN KANSAS POSTER OFFERING Our friend Don Creekmore is hard at work on his upcoming book about Houdini's early tours of Kansas, Escaping The Sunflower State.Now Don is offering an exclusive "Escaping The Sunflower State 1897-1898 Tour Poster" to help fund his ongoing research. Below are details. WILD ABOUT HARRY: PRE-ORDER 'DAVID COPPERFIELD'S HISTORY This new book just appeared for pre-order on Amazon. Release date is October 26, 2021. No need to explain why this is a must buy! An illustrated, illuminating history of magic from the world’s most successful magician, capturing its most audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form’s most famous artifactshoused at
WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOW HOUDINI PLANNED TO (NOT) GO OVER It's not surprising that Houdini would not plan to actually go over the Falls. That would be suicide. But it is a little surprising that he would entertain the idea of an outdoor stunt that would be a fake -- more magic trick than escape. It's also interesting to see that he that considered a "failure" would be just as effective an outcome. WILD ABOUT HARRY: THIS IS J. GORDON WHITEHEAD This is J. Gordon Whitehead. This is the only known photo of Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead, the McGill University student who punched Houdini in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal on October 22, 1926. Whitehead's blows either started, contributed, or covered-up ( lots of debate about this) the appendicitis that would take Houdini WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE HOTEL SHELTON POOL IN COLOR The Hotel Shelton pool in color. This is an image of the Hotel Shelton swimming pool in the 1950s. This is where Houdini famously spent 91 minutes submerged in an air-tight "coffin" containing only a few minutes of air. What I like about this image is that it shows us thepool in color.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: WHO IS HOUDINI? (PHOTOPLAY, JUNE 1920) I like how the reporter talks about meeting Houdini at the Mission Innin Riverside, CA.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: ROGER DREYER LAUNCHES "HOUDINI REVEALED Last year The Houdini Museum of New York moved to a "top secret" location in New Jersey. Now owner Roger Dreyer has launched a new webpage called Houdini Revealed. Here Roger shares museum artifacts and memorabilia. He's also posted the first in a series of biographical Houdini videos below (I'll add more as they becomeavailable). Enjoy.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: CONFIRMED: 'HOUDINI DEFEATS Back in 2010 I went wild for the new book Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century by Matthew Solomon. This excellent book contained several revelations about Houdini's film work, foremost of which was the discovery that something called Houdini Defeats Hackenschmidt was shown during Houdini’s March 1906 engagement at Keith’s Theater in WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOW HOUDINI PLANNED TO (NOT) GO OVER It's not surprising that Houdini would not plan to actually go over the Falls. That would be suicide. But it is a little surprising that he would entertain the idea of an outdoor stunt that would be a fake -- more magic trick than escape. It's also interesting to see that he that considered a "failure" would be just as effective an outcome. WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI DESCRIBES HIS SPIRITUALISM Houdini's spiritualism lecture tour of 1924 does not get much coverage in books. In fact, exactly what his lecture consisted of has never really been clearly spelled out. Yes, Arthur Moses gives a detailed description of Houdini's slide show in his book, Houdini Speaks Out. But Houdini's slide show made up only 30 minutes of what was a full WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE REAL STORY OF HOUDINI AT SCOTLAND YARD? Houdini frequently sent back to the U.S. stories of his European adventures and victories. However, when Houdini returned to the U.S. in 1905, he began to tell the story of his Scotland Yard visit as a legit challenge, the very thing this article says he was WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE ILLICIT LOVES OF HARRY HOUDINI Daisy White - This first rumored Houdini mistress worked as both a "box jumper" (a magician's assistant) and behind the counter at Martinka Magic Shop in New York City (which Houdini once owned). Word of a Houdini-Daisy affair was common gossip in magic circles in Houdini's time and after. Maurice Zolotow, who took an active interest in Houdini's personal life and penned a veiled tell WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI FOUND AT THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY Gary Frank finds Harry in San Jose. The Winchester Mystery House is one of the best examples of Spiritualism run amok. The owner, Sarah Winchester, heiress of the Winchester rifle fortune, was told by her spirit guides that if she kept adding to her house she wouldn't die. The result is a sprawling 160 room maze-like mansion with stairwaysthat
WILD ABOUT HARRY: THIS IS J. GORDON WHITEHEAD This is J. Gordon Whitehead. This is the only known photo of Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead, the McGill University student who punched Houdini in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal on October 22, 1926. Whitehead's blows either started, contributed, or covered-up ( lots of debate about this) the appendicitis that would take Houdini WILD ABOUT HARRY: SOLD! HOUDINI STRAITJACKET CAPTURES The Houdini straitjacket which first surfaced on the popular TV show Pawn Stars sold today at Christie's in London for $46,980 (including buyers premium). The straitjacket -- which Houdini used for several of his outdoor suspended escapes -- was given to Paul J. Campbell, a salesman for Fleetwood Coffee, by Houdini's brother, Theo. Hardeen, in late 1927 or early 1928. WILD ABOUT HARRYLIFEESCAPESMAGICMOVIESSPIRITUALISMPEOPLE When the bar closed in 1992 (a casualty of the AIDS epidemic), the windows were offered for sale for $325,000. According to the blog Gourmet Ghosts, Steve Spill at the nearby Magicopolis magic theater bought them. Two years later he sold them to a collector who put them in a stained glass museum in Washington, D.C. WILD ABOUT HARRY: GROWING UP WITH HOUDINI BY DAVID J. MULLER Growing Up With Houdini by David J. Muller. David Muller, son of the late Henry Muller, has written a new book called Growing Up With Houdini. It's a wonderful work that tells the story of the Muller family and, of course, his father's Houdini Magical Hall of Fame. The first part of the book relates the incredible story of how the Mullerfamily
WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI DESCRIBES HIS SPIRITUALISMHARRY HOUDINI STORYHARRY HOUDINI WIKIPEDIADEATH OF HARRY HOUDINIHARRY HOUDINI EARLY LIFEHARRY HOUDINI INFOHARRY HOUDINI VIDEOS Houdini's spiritualism lecture tour of 1924 does not get much coverage in books. In fact, exactly what his lecture consisted of has never really been clearly spelled out. Yes, Arthur Moses gives a detailed description of Houdini's slide show in his book, Houdini Speaks Out. But Houdini's slide show made up only 30 minutes of what was a full WILD ABOUT HARRY: PRE-ORDER 'DAVID COPPERFIELD'S HISTORY This new book just appeared for pre-order on Amazon. Release date is October 26, 2021. No need to explain why this is a must buy! An illustrated, illuminating history of magic from the world’s most successful magician, capturing its most audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form’s most famous artifactshoused at
WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI IN 1917DID HARRY HOUDINI HAVE CHILDRENHARRY HOUDINI S DEATHHARRY HOUDINI INFO Held at Grand Central Palace, Hero Land was a 60 day grand bazaar of entertainment venues that drew a crowd of over 250,000 and raised over a half-million dollars for war relief charities. In December Houdini signed a contract to join the Hippodrome revue show "Cheer Up", which was playing its 1917-18 season. WILD ABOUT HARRY: OWN AN AUTHENTIC BRICK FROM HOUDINI'S 278 Own an authentic brick from Houdini's 278. The owners of Houdini's New York brownstone (278) have renovated the garden level to include a new door and deck into the backyard. To accomplish this, they had to remove a window and part of a brick wall. This wall is actually visible in several images of Houdini (see below). WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE REAL STORY OF HOUDINI AT SCOTLAND YARD? Houdini frequently sent back to the U.S. stories of his European adventures and victories. However, when Houdini returned to the U.S. in 1905, he began to tell the story of his Scotland Yard visit as a legit challenge, the very thing this article says he was WILD ABOUT HARRY: DR. LEOPOLD WEISS Houdini's youngest brother Dr. Leopold David Weiss was born on September 3, 1879 in Appleton, Wisconsin. "Doc" established himself as New York's first radiologist. WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI 'GRIM GAME' POSTER SETS NEW Houdini history was made today when an original one-sheet poster for Houdini's 1919 silent feature, The Grim Game, set a new auction record for a Houdini poster when it sold for $67,166.00 at Bruce Hershenson's Emovieposter.com. The bidding started at $1.00 and received 56 onlinebids.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: IS RACHEL A WEISZ? Yesterday it was announced that Rachel Weisz has been nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for her performance in The Deep Blue Sea.Not only did I develop a mad crush on Rachel after The Mummy (Universal horror being a side passion of mine), not only is she married to 007/Daniel Craig himself (my other blog: The Book Bond), but there is also the Houdini thing. WILD ABOUT HARRYLIFEESCAPESMAGICMOVIESSPIRITUALISMPEOPLE When the bar closed in 1992 (a casualty of the AIDS epidemic), the windows were offered for sale for $325,000. According to the blog Gourmet Ghosts, Steve Spill at the nearby Magicopolis magic theater bought them. Two years later he sold them to a collector who put them in a stained glass museum in Washington, D.C. WILD ABOUT HARRY: GROWING UP WITH HOUDINI BY DAVID J. MULLER Growing Up With Houdini by David J. Muller. David Muller, son of the late Henry Muller, has written a new book called Growing Up With Houdini. It's a wonderful work that tells the story of the Muller family and, of course, his father's Houdini Magical Hall of Fame. The first part of the book relates the incredible story of how the Mullerfamily
WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI DESCRIBES HIS SPIRITUALISMHARRY HOUDINI STORYHARRY HOUDINI WIKIPEDIADEATH OF HARRY HOUDINIHARRY HOUDINI EARLY LIFEHARRY HOUDINI INFOHARRY HOUDINI VIDEOS Houdini's spiritualism lecture tour of 1924 does not get much coverage in books. In fact, exactly what his lecture consisted of has never really been clearly spelled out. Yes, Arthur Moses gives a detailed description of Houdini's slide show in his book, Houdini Speaks Out. But Houdini's slide show made up only 30 minutes of what was a full WILD ABOUT HARRY: PRE-ORDER 'DAVID COPPERFIELD'S HISTORY This new book just appeared for pre-order on Amazon. Release date is October 26, 2021. No need to explain why this is a must buy! An illustrated, illuminating history of magic from the world’s most successful magician, capturing its most audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form’s most famous artifactshoused at
WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI IN 1917DID HARRY HOUDINI HAVE CHILDRENHARRY HOUDINI S DEATHHARRY HOUDINI INFO Held at Grand Central Palace, Hero Land was a 60 day grand bazaar of entertainment venues that drew a crowd of over 250,000 and raised over a half-million dollars for war relief charities. In December Houdini signed a contract to join the Hippodrome revue show "Cheer Up", which was playing its 1917-18 season. WILD ABOUT HARRY: OWN AN AUTHENTIC BRICK FROM HOUDINI'S 278 Own an authentic brick from Houdini's 278. The owners of Houdini's New York brownstone (278) have renovated the garden level to include a new door and deck into the backyard. To accomplish this, they had to remove a window and part of a brick wall. This wall is actually visible in several images of Houdini (see below). WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE REAL STORY OF HOUDINI AT SCOTLAND YARD? Houdini frequently sent back to the U.S. stories of his European adventures and victories. However, when Houdini returned to the U.S. in 1905, he began to tell the story of his Scotland Yard visit as a legit challenge, the very thing this article says he was WILD ABOUT HARRY: DR. LEOPOLD WEISS Houdini's youngest brother Dr. Leopold David Weiss was born on September 3, 1879 in Appleton, Wisconsin. "Doc" established himself as New York's first radiologist. WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI 'GRIM GAME' POSTER SETS NEW Houdini history was made today when an original one-sheet poster for Houdini's 1919 silent feature, The Grim Game, set a new auction record for a Houdini poster when it sold for $67,166.00 at Bruce Hershenson's Emovieposter.com. The bidding started at $1.00 and received 56 onlinebids.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: IS RACHEL A WEISZ? Yesterday it was announced that Rachel Weisz has been nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for her performance in The Deep Blue Sea.Not only did I develop a mad crush on Rachel after The Mummy (Universal horror being a side passion of mine), not only is she married to 007/Daniel Craig himself (my other blog: The Book Bond), but there is also the Houdini thing. WILD ABOUT HARRY: THURSTON'S STRANGELY FAMILIAR WINDOW CARD Thurston's strangely familiar window card. When Houdini launched his "3 Shows in One" in 1925, Howard Thurston was touring with the 19th season of his own full evening magic spectacular. Houdini was certainly looking to emulate Thurston's success, and eventually hired away one of Thurston's assistants to help buck up the magic portion ofhis show.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE HOUDINI FOOTAGE YOU WERE NEVER In 2018, two remarkable reels of Houdini film footage were discovered in the vaults of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library in Los Angeles. I had the great pleasure of debuting this footage alongside Lance Watsky, Manager of Media Archives & Licensing at Sherman Grinberg, during a special Magic Castle "Behind the Bookcase" event last year. WILD ABOUT HARRY: PRE-ORDER 'DAVID COPPERFIELD'S HISTORY This new book just appeared for pre-order on Amazon. Release date is October 26, 2021. No need to explain why this is a must buy! An illustrated, illuminating history of magic from the world’s most successful magician, capturing its most audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form’s most famous artifactshoused at
WILD ABOUT HARRY: BARRY SPECTOR WILL END HIS 278 MAGIC Barry Spector will end his 278 magic wands with #150. Barry Spector's amazing creations using wood salvaged from Houdini's New York home (278) have become renowned, and it all started with his very first work; a magic wand. Over the past two years Barry has made and sold wands on request, but he's now decided to end the run at 150. WILD ABOUT HARRY: DR. LEOPOLD WEISS Houdini's youngest brother Dr. Leopold David Weiss was born on September 3, 1879 in Appleton, Wisconsin. "Doc" established himself as New York's first radiologist. WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI FOUND AT THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY Gary Frank finds Harry in San Jose. The Winchester Mystery House is one of the best examples of Spiritualism run amok. The owner, Sarah Winchester, heiress of the Winchester rifle fortune, was told by her spirit guides that if she kept adding to her house she wouldn't die. The result is a sprawling 160 room maze-like mansion with stairwaysthat
WILD ABOUT HARRY: THE ILLICIT LOVES OF HARRY HOUDINI Daisy White - This first rumored Houdini mistress worked as both a "box jumper" (a magician's assistant) and behind the counter at Martinka Magic Shop in New York City (which Houdini once owned). Word of a Houdini-Daisy affair was common gossip in magic circles in Houdini's time and after. Maurice Zolotow, who took an active interest in Houdini's personal life and penned a veiled tell WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI MAGICAL HALL OF FAME WAS IN Here's other discovery I made while browsing The Conjuring Arts Research Center's Ask Alexander search engine, but this one is a little depressing. It appears The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagara Falls, Canada, was already in a state of disrepair as early as1978.
WILD ABOUT HARRY: MARGERY'S CURSE Margery's Curse. Houdini's most famous spirit medium exposure was that of Mina Crandon a.k.a. "Margery". Margery had passionate and powerful supporters in the spiritualist community, and their series of cantankerous seances in July 1924 made headlines across the country. Even after the seances -- and after Margery was denied the Scientific WILD ABOUT HARRY: THIS IS J. GORDON WHITEHEAD This is J. Gordon Whitehead. This is the only known photo of Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead, the McGill University student who punched Houdini in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal on October 22, 1926. Whitehead's blows either started, contributed, or covered-up ( lots of debate about this) the appendicitis that would take HoudiniWILD ABOUT HARRY
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* Auction reporting policy * Sources & acknowledgments FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021 THE HOUDINI FOOTAGE YOU WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO SEE (2/2) In 2018, two remarkable reels of Houdini film footage were discovered in the vaults of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library in Los Angeles. I had the great pleasure of debuting this footage alongside Lance Watsky, Manager of Media Archives & Licensing at Sherman Grinberg, during a special Magic Castle "Behind the Bookcase" event last year. Now I'm thrilled to be able to share this film with everyone.Reel One
contained footage that is generally known, but in such great first generation quality that much of it seemed new. Today I bring you REEL TWO which really is all new. In fact, it's the Houdini film you were never supposed to see. But I'll get to that. While I've embedded it below for convenience, this is HD quality so I encourage you to watch it on YouTube where you can enlarge it for best results. Okay, you might be asking yourself, "What the heck was that?" That's what we were all asking when we first saw this reel at the Magic Castle back in 2018. My first thought was that this might be part of the film Houdini shot during his 1920 European tour. But the point ofthose street shoots
were
to showcase European locations and landmarks, and there's nothing like that here. It's also striking that this footage reveals the use of an obvious stuntman on safety wires. So is there anything in the footage itself that can help us explain it? The warehouse location could be anywhere and there's nothing distinctive about Houdini's appearance. But the footage does contain periodic flash frames with strange markings on them. Or maybe not so strange. Because when I turned this image upside down and held it up to a mirror, I saw the following:CLIMBING
ROLL I
SEC. II
H.H.
While the writing itself doesn't really tell us much, these identification frames do match similar frames on the Reel One footage of _Haldane of the Secret Service_ and _The Man from Beyond_. So that suggests this footage is from the Houdini Picture Corporation era and was likely shot in 1921. Then Joe Notaro made a breakthrough observation that _The Man From Beyond_ features a scene of Houdini's Howard Hillary using bedsheets to climb down the side of a large stone wall (a location that's yet to be identified, by the way). This also shows Houdini using bedsheets as a rope. So could this be an unused version of that same stunt? I took a good look at the scene in the movie and what clinched it for me was the matching wardrobe, right down to his bow-tie being undone. So, yes, I believe what we are seeing here is the complete and uncut footage for an unused version of this same stunt from _The Man From Beyond_. And the idea here is actually superior! I love how Houdini/Hillary uses the window shutters as a means to swing his way across the length of the building in order to reach the drain pipe. That's an idea that would hold up today. However, it just doesn't work here. It is clearly a stuntman on visible wires who is never able to sell the window shutters idea. None of this could be cut together to make a convincing scene. So it's likely Houdini screened this footage and realized they had to do the entire thing over again, dropping the shutter idea, changing the location, and shooting from a greater distance to better conceal the stuntman and safety lines. So think about it. This is footage Houdini probably only ever viewed once, and might have even ordered it destroyed. Not only was it unusable, but it clearly reveals that he did not always do his own stunts, and we don't want that! Yet somehow this reel of film survived in pristine condition for 100 years and here we are able to watch it today thanks to our friends at the Sherman Grinberg Film Library.Fantastic.
_This footage is available to license for use. If interested, contact Lance Watsky via the Sherman Grinberg Film Library website. _
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 WATCH SHERMAN GRINBERG'S HOUDINI FOUND FOOTAGE (1/2) In 2018, two remarkable reels of Houdini film footage were discovered in the Sherman Grinberg Film Library in Los Angeles. Last year I had the pleasure of debuting this footage alongside Lance Watsky, Manager of Media Archives & Licensing at Sherman Grinberg, as a special Magic Castle "Behind the Bookcase" event. Those who saw it agreed it waswild stuff!
Today I'm thrilled to finally be able to share this footage with everyone. This comes courtesy of Lance Watsky and the Sherman Grinberg Film Library. I'm starting with REEL ONE. While I've embedded it below for convenience, this is HD quality so I encourage you to watch it on YouTube where you can enlarge it forbest results.
This first reel is made up of footage that will be familiar to some. But the _quality_ is what makes it so remarkable. For comparison, check out the way this footage is normally seen compared to the Sherman Grinberg footage (below). Yes, this is the same shot! This is just an example of how much quality matters and how it can reveal details we never knew were there. The quality also helps us identify and date some of these clips for the first time. Mostly notably is the footage of Houdini and magician Harry Kellar. From the now visible landmarks, this appears to be New York's Times Square in November 1917. Kellar was in town to participate in a benefit that Houdini was producing at the New YorkHippodrome.
In the photo below you can see the landmarks that appear in the footage, such as the _Variety_ office, Loews New York, and even the subway construction crane Houdini would use for a suspendedstraitjacket escape
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November 5, 1917, to promote the Hippodrome show. Houdini and Kellar are exiting the front door of the Hotel Astor (red arrow). It's only a single frame, but there's the crane! The Kellar footage continues at Hardeen's home in Flatbush, where the Houdinis were living at this time.
How do we know this is Hardeen's house? Check out the now very visible address on the steps behind them! Below is a full breakdown of Reel One with some insights this footageprovides.
> 00:00:13 - Houdini is tied to a table by monks. Shot in 1921 on the > set of _Haldane of the Secret Service _(Houdini Picture Corp., > 1923). Not part of the movie. One of the monks is Houdini's chief > assistant, Jim Collins.>
> 00:02:00 - Houdini and magician Harry Kellar exit the Astor Hotel > in Time Square, New York, and get into a car being driven by > Houdini’s brother, Theo Hardeen. November 1917.>
> 00:02:26 - Harry Houdini taking bows in 1917.>
> 00:02:35 - Close shot of magician Harry Kellar in 1917. Notice his > vanishing eye glasses.>
> 00:02:41 - Houdini, Bess Houdini, and Harry Kellar greeting each > other in front Theo Hardeen’s home at 394 East 21st Street, > Flatbush, New York (the Houdinis were living with the Hardeens at > this time). 1917.>
> 00:02:45 - Harry Kellar shows Houdini how to tie a knot. Filmed at > 394 East 21st Street, Flatbush, NY. 1917.>
> 00:03:11 - Houdini, Theo Hardeen, and Harry Kellar in front of > Hardeen’s Flatbush home performing the Kellar Rope Tie. 1917. Dog > seen in background is Houdini’s dog, Bobby.>
> 00:03:34 - Houdini performs a stunt on the set of _The Man From > Beyond _(Houdini Picture Corp., 1922). Filmed in 1921. This does > not appear in the final movie.>
> 00:04:32 - Houdini and director Burton King review the script on > the set of _The Man From Beyond _(Houdini Picture Corp., 1922). > Filmed in 1921. Note the cameraman writes scene number 54 on the> slate.
>
> 00:04:49 - Bess touches up Houdini's makeup on the set of _The Man > From Beyond _(Houdini Picture Corp., 1922). They share a shy kiss. > Filmed in 1921.>
> 00:05:15 - Overboard box escape from _The Master Mystery_ (Octagon > Films, 1918). This footage appears in Episode 5. __>
> 00:05:33 - Close shot of Houdini’s handcuffed hands. Date > unknown. This shot is sometimes seen inserted into Houdini’s short > film, _The Merveilleux Exploits du Célébre Houdini à Paris > _(Films Lux, 1909).>
> 00:05:43 - Houdini in water holding handcuffs. Red bathing suit. > Date unknown. Likely filmed to be inserted into existing footage of > past bridge jumps.>
> 00:06:12 - Houdini in water holding handcuffs. White bathing > trunks. Date unknown. Likely filmed to be inserted into existing > footage of past bridge jumps. Next up is REEL TWO which contains footage that has never appeared anywhere before. It's "the Houdini film you weren't supposed to see." _Thanks again to Lance Watsky. This footage is available to license for use. If interested, you can contact Lance via the Sherman Grinberg Film Library website .__
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TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2021 MARGERY PAMPHLET ORIGINAL VS. REPRODUCTION We are all aware of that pesky Parson's Theater reproduction program from the 1970s that will sometimes appear at auction as an original. Now it looks like that has a successor. Yesterday a reproduction of Houdini's Margery pamphlet, which were sold by the Houdini Historical Center in 1996 for $4.50, sold in anonline Invaluable
auction for $649 (including premium). Unless the buyer has a thing for reproductions, I've gotta think they believed it was an original. Wittingly or unwittingly, the auction did not clarify this. Like the Parson's program, this booklet does not identify itself as a reproduction. But it's pretty obvious when you put it side by side with an original. The yellow cover and the lack of "Price, One Dollar" are instant tells, as is the smaller dimension. So bidders beware! Original (left) and reproduction (right). Speaking of sketchy auction items, check out this Houdini photo on eBay "signed" two weeks after he died. So Houdini did come back! It currently has eight bids.RELATED:
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MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 HOUDINI PLANNED TO RESUME THE WATER TORTURE CELL IN DETROIT Here is a remarkable letter from the collection of Wayne Wissner dated October 19, 1926. Houdini is writing from Montreal to George Atkinson, manager of the Garrick Theater in Detroit, with suggestions on how to heat the water for his Water Torture Cell. Houdini explains in detail how he's heated the water in the past, which is interesting in itself. (The backstage Bunsen burners sound fantastically dangerous considering the number of theatre fires during this era.) But what I find most exciting is this letter pretty much confirms that Houdini planned to resume doing the Water Torture Cell in Detroit. This would be a mere two weeks after breaking his ankle while doing the escape in Albany. Houdini's Detroit engagement was to be two weeks, so possibly he planned to resume it during his second week, giving the ankle a little more time to mend. Of course, fate intervened.Click to enlarge.
Wayne has been sharing his letters on Kevin Connolly's CONJURINGHISTORY Facebook
Group. He previously published them in a collection called _The Houdini Correspondence File_.
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SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021 'HOUDINI UNBOUND' LIVE STREAM PERFORMANCE TODAYThis
is super late notice, but the Don't Go Into The Cellar! Theatre Company will live stream their production of HOUDINI UNBOUND today at 9PM UK time on Facebook Live. The performance is free to view, but they also have a Go Fund Me pagewhere
you can donate the cost of a ticket. For more details and to link to the performance check out the HoudiniUnbound EVENT PAGE
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SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021 278 MYSTERY FRAGMENT Our friends at Houdini's 278 have discovered this mysterious fragment in the basement of the house. Similar fragments were also found in the floors between the basement and kitchen. It's very thick, so it's unclear if this is a poster fragment or from some sort of prop. But it's a fun little mystery, so I thought I'd share. If you have any guesses or recognize this pattern, sound off in the comments! Below are links to more 278 finds.RELATED:
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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 MERLIN MCFLY'S STAINED GLASS HOUDINI WINDOW In the 1980s there was a popular "singles bar" in Venice Beach, California, called Merlin McFly's. The decor was magic themed and included nine large stained glass widows featuring images of famous magicians, including Houdini! I lived right down the road in neighboring Marina del Rey, but somehow I never went inside and never got a photo. Then one day the windows were gone. My memory of what the Houdini window looked like has dimmed, so I was excited to find this photo on the website of custom finisher PatBarrow
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who did the woodwork for Merlin McFly's. It's even better than Iremember!
The windows were created in 1979 by the Bonny Doon Studioin Santa Cruz, CA.
Along with Houdini there was Harry Kellar, Blackstone, Merlin, Aladdin, a fire eater and more. According to the _Los Angeles Times_,
McFly's became not just "a magnet for Westside singles, soon also began drawing stained glass enthusiasts from throughout the country." When the bar closed in 1992 (a casualty of the AIDS epidemic), the windows were offered for sale for $325,000. According to the blogGourmet Ghosts
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Steve Spill at the nearby Magicopolis magic theater bought them. Two years later he sold them to a collector who put them in a stained glass museum in Washington, D.C. So, presumably, the Houdini stained glass window survives today. Here's a little side note. The 1977 movie _Looking for Mr. Goodbar_ is about a woman's odyssey in the world of singles bars, much like Merlin McFly's. In one scene she's in a bar that has a Houdini poster on the wall. In fact, it's the same poster that the stained glass window was partially modeled on. The movie was made before the window so this can only be a coincidence. But I guess Harry is conducive to hooking up! Below are links to some other bars and eateries with Houdini decor.>
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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 'HOUDINI' BY AVIVA (VIDEO) Seems like every year we get a new pop single called "Houdini." This year's entry is by Australian born, LA-based emo pop artist AViVA.Enjoy.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021 THE GREAT GREY MYSTERY MYSTERY Here's a page from the December 1918 issue of _Film Fun_, a New York based movie magazine. Some nice shots here of Q the Automaton from Houdini's _The Master Mystery_. But what's odd is they refer to the title of the serial as "The Great Grey Mystery."Click to enlarge.
By December 1918 the first chapters of _The Master Mystery _had been released to theaters, so I don't know why the magazine uses this title, nor where it came from. As it says; "It's a Mystery." Speaking of the Automaton, last year some side panels from the 2017Houdini Pinball
machine sold on eBay. On one side you can see the Automaton andhis...Automawoman?
Below are a few more links for the Automaton aficionado.RELATED:
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The Master Mystery (1918) TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021 DAVID COPPERFIELD RECEIVES S.A.M. "ALLIANCE OF HARRY HOUDINI" AWARD Society of American Magician's President Joel Zaritsky recently presented David Copperfield with the "Alliance of Harry Houdini Gold Tier" award commemorating his 50 year of membership in the S.A.M. As you can see in the video, the honors were bestowed in the Houdini section of David's International Museum and Library of the ConjuringArts in Las Vegas.
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MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021 THE AMERICAN GAIETY GIRLS FOREVER While doing research on Houdini's short-lived Burlesque troupe the _American Gaiety Girls_, I was excited to stumble on this ad and photo. But then I realized this is from 1915, so these are not the "Gaiety Girls" of Houdini's time. But it's interesting to see that the name lived on, and this is a pretty fun ad. Oh you kid! For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, from October 1895 to April 1896 Houdini and Bess traveled as part of a burlesque show called the _American Gaiety Girls_. Houdini actually co-managed the company, and I've seen at least one reference to it being called "Harry Houdini's American Gaiety Girls." But Houdini's sensibilities weren't suited to burlesque (reviewers called it "a good, clean show," which likely disappointed true fans of the genre) and the company failed after its business manager, Fred Harvey, was arrested for misappropriating funds. Below are two ads for the _American Gaiety Girls_ from Houdini's time that give a good idea of what the show featured (including theHoudinis).
_The Boston Globe_, March 29, 1896. _The Fall River Daily_, Dec. 6, 1895.RELATED:
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SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2021THE TWO HARRYS
Mark
Cannon has published a new book about magician and Civil War veteran Harry Cooke called _Lincoln's Scout: The Diary of Horatio Cooke Soldier, Spy, Escape Artist_. Houdini greatly admired Cooke and the two men became friends in 1919. The book covers their friendship and includes images of Houdini's letters to Cooke, Cooke's inscribed copy of _A Magician Among the Spirits_, Cooke's presentation padlock and case constructed for Houdini, photos of Houdini and Cooke together at Cooke's home in LosAngeles and more.
You can purchase _Lincoln's Scout: The Diary of Horatio Cooke Soldier, Spy, Escape Artist_ at Amazon.comand Amazon.co.uk .
_Houdini and Cooke pic from The Magic Detective._
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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 'THE GREAT HOUDINIS' WATER TORTURE CELL IN THE WILD As long as we're on the topic of Houdini biopic props, here's an image I found of the Water Torture Cell from _The Great Houdinis_ on display in a shopping mall in 1977. What's notable here is the cell still has the artificial front that the production added to conceal star Paul Michal Glaser's height and make the cell look a little more menacing. The cell survives today,
but it has lost this front piece which made it so identifiable. This clipping is from the June 19, 1977 _Cedar Rapids Gazette_.Click to enlarge.
As you can read, the cell was being passed off as Houdini's original, which of course it is not. You can read more about that littledeception here
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Below is the cell as seen in the movie.RELATED:
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2021 THE STEEL STRAITJACKET Near the end of _Houdini_ (1953) we see Tony Curtis' Houdini challenged to escape from what the movie calls "a steel straitjacket." It's a terrific escape performed by Curtis without a cut. The "steel straitjacket" was provided by _Houdini_'s technical advisor Joseph Dunninger, who claimed it was used by Houdini himself. Below is a photo of Dunninger with the jacket from the July 26, 1967 _MiddletownJournal_.
The steel straitjacket was purchased along with the rest of the Dunninger collection by Henry Muller in 1967 to supply his Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagara Falls, Canada. The jacket was displayed as the "Armoured Breast Plate" (it was no longer on display when I went to the museum in 1990). After the catastrophic fire of 1995 the steel straitjacket was housed in a warehouse along with the rest of the surviving collection. One person who remembered seeing the straitjacket in the museum was magician and collector Rob Allen from Niagara Falls, New York. "I always remember seeing it on display there," says Rob. "I would always stop and look at it as I thought it was the most intriguing piece among the Houdini escaped pieces." Following the fire, Rob purchased some items from Henry's warehouse. But there was one item he always coveted. In a November 2007 issue of _Magicol,_ Rob remembered: > After my first purchase from Henry, I met him numerous times, often > taking things he owned to sell at Yankee Gatherings and Magic > Collectors' Weekends. It was fun for me and I finally told Henry > during one of our meetings that I wanted to buy the Steel > Straitjacket although I couldn't afford to pay for it at that time.>
> "Rob, it's yours," he said. "It won't leave the warehouse. When you > have the money you can come pick it up.">
> That day finally came. If I had not arranged to buy it, the Houdini > Steel Straitjacket would have been shipped with the rest of the > warehouse contents to Hollywood, where the items were auctioned by > Butterfield & Butterfield in November 1999. Happily, Rob still owns the steel straitjacket today. Here's a photo he shared. Still looks fantastic! But the question remains. Did Houdini really use this? Like the iron overboard box from the movie--also supplied by Dunninger who also claimed it was Houdini's--I've never seen any photo or read any reference to Houdini doing this particular escape. But how great would it be if one day we did find a photo of Houdini in this now iconicrestraint?
Until then, we'll have to be satisfied with the scene from the movie (this is copyrighted so may have ads). Enjoy. _Thanks to Joe Fox for his help with the post, and a big thanks to Rob Allen for showing us the steel straitjacket today._RELATED:
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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 LINK: I WAS AN ASTROLOGER – HERE'S HOW IT REALLY WORKS, AND WHY IHAD TO STOP
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was 95 years ago today that Houdini resumed his testimony before a Congressional committee in Washington in support of a bill that would outlaw fortune telling in the District of Columbia. So I thought this was a good day to share this link to an excellent article from the UK's Guardian website. It doesn't have anything to do with Houdini directly, but it's an eye-opening confession and explanation of the type of deception Houdini was battling in D.C.Click here
or on the headline and have a read at The Guardian.RELATED:
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