Joe Posnanski’s new book The Life And Afterlife Of Harry Houdini officially hit the shelves yesterday. Bookpage has a review on the new biography and Literary Hub has an excerpt focused on Houdini’s arrest for fraud in Germany.
Joe Posnanski’s new book The Life And Afterlife Of Harry Houdini officially hit the shelves yesterday. Bookpage has a review on the new biography and Literary Hub has an excerpt focused on Houdini’s arrest for fraud in Germany.
We are coming up on the anniversary of Houdini’s death and Jewish Museum of Milwaukee has a new exhibit featuring the life and career of the world’s most famous magician featured in this WISN piece.
Also, the Curiosity blog has an exploration of Harry’s infamous friendship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Company O Theatre is presenting Barry Killerby’s The Last Act Of Harry Houdini at London’s Cockpit from October 29 until November 2 with a special late night performance on October 31, the anniversary of Houdini’s death. Tickets are available here.
Long feared lost but restored by TCM in 2015, Houdini’s The Grim Game (1919) will be screening tonight at the Sierra Madre Playhouse in (where else) Sierra Madre, California. If you are in the area, this is an extremely rare opportunity to see Harry Houdini’s silent adventure film the way it was meant to be seen: on the silver screen.
Born on this day (March 24) in 1874, Harry Houdini is still the most recognized name in magic even though he died almost a century ago. We think Houdini would have been thrilled to realize he was still dominating magic after all these years!
The footage above is not a “real” escape but footage from one of his movie serials… do not forget, Houdini was a real star who made movies, printed dozens of articles (mainly ghostwritten by others, but that was a widely accepted practice at the time) and performed live. In fact, to continue celebrating Houdini’s birthday you may want to check out Under the Pyramids, an article where Houdini tells the true tale (or maybe that should be tall tale) of spending the night in an Egyptian pyramid. It was actually penned by famed pulp horror author HP Lovecraft and you can read the text on this site dedicated to Lovecraft’s works.
Houdini’s life is getting renewed interest thanks to the new Science Channel show Houdini’s Last Secrets and Maryland Public Television recently visited the Jewish Museum of Maryland to learn more about their special Houdini Exhibit, which closes next Monday!
The Science Channel’s new series Houdini’s Last Secrets premieres on Sunday, January 6. You can read more about the show over on the Wild About Harry site; site owner/author John Cox will be part of the show.