John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. Lovecraft collection, Lovecraft (Howard P.) collection, 1894-1971 University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections World War I Draft Registration Card for Harry Handcuff HoudiniĪmerican Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) Records of the Selective Service System (World War I). 1917-1962.īoston Public Library, Central Library in Copley SquareĮdward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk). Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana, 1836-2000.Īdams, Bertram Ernest. Scraps-clippings : magicians, programs, etc., from 1915-1918 / Harry Helms. Letter : Chicago, Ill., to Mary Edwards Lincoln Brown, Springfield, Ill., 1924 Feb. Harry Houdini letter to Leone Cass Baer, 1915 October 30 The Houdini deception : a Sherlock Holmes adventure / by Paul De Meo & Danny Bilson. Manuscripts and Archives Divisionĭe Meo, Paul. Wilson of the Sphinx papers, circa 1905-1926 predominant 1921-1926. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Harry Houdini letter to Leone Cass Baer, 1915 October 30. Letters, 1923.Ĭampbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library Katharine Amend Kellock Papers, 1924-1969 Society of American Magicians records, 1916-1918 1920. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries Young Harry Houdini / by James Orr and Jim Cruickshank. George Pierce Baker papers, 1878-1958 (inclusive). V & A Department of Theatre and Performanceīaker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. Larry Turnbull Circus Scrapbooks and Audio Recordings, c.1930s-1980s He was also a keen aviator and aimed to become the first man to fly a powered aircraft in Australia. Houdini made several movies but quit acting when it failed to bring in money. He was also quick to sue anyone who imitated his escape stunts. As President of the Society of American Magicians, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists. While many suspected that these escapes were faked, Houdini presented himself as the scourge of fake spiritualists. Another stunt saw him buried alive and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of near-breakdown. In 1904, thousands watched as he tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned by London's Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as "Harry 'Handcuff' Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. (He died soon after the deal.Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz Ma– October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American escape artist, illusionist, stunt performer and mysteriarch, noted for his escape acts. Weeks showed Schmidlin two film cans that he thought contained The Grim Game, and after two hours of discussions, Weeks agreed to sell the film for an undisclosed price. Weeks, a 95-year-old retired juggler, had obtained the film from the Houdini estate in 1947. His credits include such landmark restorations as The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894-95), Greed (1924), London After Midnight (1927), Touch of Evil (1958) and Elvis: That’s the Way It Is - Special Edition (1970).įollowing up on a lead from Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz, owners of The Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pa., Schmidlin last year headed to Brooklyn to visit Larry Weeks, who was believed to have the only known complete copy of The Grim Game. Rick Schmidlin discovered, produced and supervised the reconstruction of the film, working on behalf of TCM. 'Sound of Music' Stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer to Reunite at TCM Classic Film Festivalīrane Zivkovic, who teaches film and music composition at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, will conduct a live performance of his new score for The Grim Game at the TCM festival, which this year takes place March 26-29 in Hollywood.
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