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Houdini's Fabulous Magic by Walter B. Gibson and Morris N. Young. Chilton, NY, 1960. Excellent reference for Houdini's escapes and some methods (includes the Water Torture Cell). The Houdini Birth Research Committee's Report, Magico Magazine (reprint of report by The Society of American Magicians), 1972. Concludes Houdini was born March 24 ...
Houdini's Escapes Harcourt, Brace 1930; Houdini's Magic Harcourt, Brace 1932; Houdini's Fabulous Magic Chilton Books 1961; The Book of Secrets (1927) The World's Best Book of Magic; Professional Magic for Amateurs; Blackstone's Secrets of Magic; Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks; Thurston's 200 Tricks You Can Do (1926) Thurston's 200 More Tricks ...
Houdini performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell. The Chinese Water Torture Cell is a predicament escape made famous by Hungarian-American magician Harry Houdini.The illusion consists of three parts: first, the magician's feet are locked in stocks; next, he is suspended in mid-air from his ankles with a restraint brace; finally, he is lowered into a glass tank overflowing with water and the ...
Hungarian-American escape artist and illusionist, Harry Houdini on a diving board, preparing for a ball and chain pool escape at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, 28th April 1923.
Houdini's feats helped to define the basic repertoire of escapology, including escapes from handcuffs, padlocks, straitjackets, mail bags, [4] beer barrels, and prison cells. A succession of performers have added new ideas and created variations on old stunts, but it is common for even the best contemporary escapologists to be dubbed modern day ...
Opened in October 2012, [3] the Houdini Museum of New York contains several hundred pieces of ephemera, most of which belonged to magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Of the museum's many pieces, Houdini's 1907 escape coffin (in which Houdini was sealed with six-inch nails and subsequently escaped), the "robot" from Houdini's 1919 silent ...
Much of “Houdini” is an homage to “Without Me”: It starts with the same “guess who’s back” refrain; revives his Rapboy superhero costume; and mirrors the original video’s comic ...
The Grim Game is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Harry Houdini and Ann Forrest. [1] The basic plotline serves as a showcase for Houdini's talent as an escapologist, stunt performer and aviator. As the story unfolds, a series of Houdini's trademark set-piece stunts and escapes are performed.