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- Houdini His Life Story (1928)
- Houdini The Man Who Walked Through Walls (1959)
- Houdini The Untold Story (1969)
- The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini (1993)
- Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss (1997)
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- The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini (2012)
- The Witch of Lime Street (2015)
- The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini (2019)
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Eminem drops his own "Houdini"
Friday, May 31, 2024
Harry (and Banjoe!) on the Highwire
As a young boy of seven, Harry is desperate to do something incredible – but what? A visit to the circus provides the answer when he sees the daring tightrope walker thrilling the audience. From that moment on, all Harry wants to do is to walk the tightrope. But how?His first try, on the family clothesline, ends in disaster but Harry’s not about to give up yet. He starts practising in his every spare moment and in every location he can think of. Will he get to the other side or will he fall? (And will his pet chicken Banjoe be able to keep up?)
Thursday, May 30, 2024
🎶 Dunninger, Hoo-dee-nee, and Doug! 🎶
The quiet commotion that we share
There's something like tingling in the darkness
There's something electric in the air
'Cause there's one thing I know turns a man of sixty
Back into a child of six:
Watching Dunninger, Houdini
Or Doug—the magic man
Up to his old tricks
You go spend an evening at the movies
And smile at the shadows on the screen
You turn on a radio or record
And dance to a voice you've never seen
But thеy don't make you gasp like a silly schoolboy
Or giggle likе a bunch of hicks
Not like Dunninger, Houdini
Or Doug—the magic man
Up to his old tricks
Clap clap
Pop up the dusty flowers
Hooray, hoorah
Break out the bowl of goldfish and the scarves
Ooh…ahhh
Saw the beautiful lady in half again…
Wasn't that illusion fun?
Not if you know how it's done
It may not be the world's most esteemed profession
But if sure beats law or politics
So here's to Dunninger, Houdini
And Doug—our magic man
Up to his old tricks
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
The Inner Me rocks Houdini
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
LINK: Happy National Vaudeville Day!
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Monday, May 27, 2024
The Water Torture Cell captured in 1913
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Saturday, May 25, 2024
Houdini's grave is in trouble
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Deconstructing Houdini '53: Genie in a Bottle
Houdini at Villa Frikell, the real "Von Schweger" home. |
The real Otto, Franz Kukol. |
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Just Wild About Harry: Houdini in Detroit, May 28
Harry Houdini played Detroit 19 times between 1894 and 1926. Local audiences witnessed nearly all of his increasingly dangerous signature tricks first hand, and saw his star rise from the bottom of show bills to very top. Tour Houdini’s Detroit and discover the macabre link between the city and history’s most famous magician.” It is led by Jeremy Dimick, Director of Collections and Curatorial at Detroit Historical Society.
Monday, May 20, 2024
Did Houdini escape from Scrubs?
Sunday, May 19, 2024
See 'From Russia With Love' in a Houdini theater
Friday, May 17, 2024
Houdini gives Lila Lee a thrill
Morning World Herald, Nov. 19, 1922. |
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