tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7402101781440134396..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Meet the amazing Chickie LeeJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-70795038221760552322016-05-21T10:59:58.631-07:002016-05-21T10:59:58.631-07:00Thank you John Cox for the research information. D...Thank you John Cox for the research information. Do you know up to what year Madame Stefanik performed the suspended jacket escape? I'm curious if Chickie Lee aka Mrs. Charlotte Johnston could have been the only one doing the act in the 1930s? Charlotte did the act at Long Point Park. Conesus Lake in 1937. In 1933 she was performing with The Great Pauline and doing acts all over LivingstonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953981607372934666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4583501400908054792015-05-11T16:48:29.600-07:002015-05-11T16:48:29.600-07:00FYI, I've now found a newspaper clipping about...FYI, I've now found a newspaper clipping about a Madame Stefanik doing a suspended jacket escape from the Union National Bank Building in Mount Carmel in December 1925.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-53954062976644899112015-02-15T08:32:26.264-08:002015-02-15T08:32:26.264-08:00One wonders how many were coming to see Houdini...One wonders how many were coming to see Houdini's escape because it was HOUDINI -- a chance to see a legend, history. Might have had a lot to do with it. I also expect Houdini advertised better and made sure he did his escape at noon or the busiest time he could find.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-46883370927789886592015-02-15T08:28:14.517-08:002015-02-15T08:28:14.517-08:00She's also pulling what I call a straitjacket ...She's also pulling what I call a <a href="http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2014/08/straitjacket-fail.html" rel="nofollow">straitjacket fail</a>.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-45671301004640112062015-02-15T07:52:22.775-08:002015-02-15T07:52:22.775-08:00Another interesting point is just a decade earlier...Another interesting point is just a decade earlier Houdini would attract thousands...the street below would be filled performing the same stunt. Here just 10 years later the public is far less interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61164427713449667702015-02-15T07:49:51.586-08:002015-02-15T07:49:51.586-08:00I must say hiwever what s by e is wearing does not...I must say hiwever what s by e is wearing does not look like a regulation straightjacket. Houdini had to reach behind him while upside down to release the buckles around his neck and the crotch strap in order to be able to pull the jacket over his head. This entailed being able to do so with his fingers through the stiff leather/canvas. The jacket pictured here I can imagine would pull quicklyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-83488179080149276842015-02-15T00:58:09.006-08:002015-02-15T00:58:09.006-08:00I've not mounted any kind of search for anothe...I've not mounted any kind of search for another, but she's the earliest I've yet encountered. Letting her wear the crown unless someone turns up an earlier performer.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-60398837371329348012015-02-14T20:23:15.421-08:002015-02-14T20:23:15.421-08:00Does anyone know if she is really the first woman ...Does anyone know if she is really the first woman to perform a suspended straitjacket escape? As far as I know the women during Houdini’s time like Minerva, Miss Undina, and Miss Trixy did not. After Houdini’s death, may require more research, but she certainly is in the running and currently has my vote.Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-45207672842293690802015-02-13T14:00:32.113-08:002015-02-13T14:00:32.113-08:00I sent this info. to friend, Diego.I sent this info. to friend, Diego.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460176017803990044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-10634927029975697892015-02-13T12:11:30.622-08:002015-02-13T12:11:30.622-08:00Great. Thanks, Bill. She actually did the knife-th...Great. Thanks, Bill. She actually did the knife-throwing act with Raboid.<br /><br />I've sent Lore your email.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-10517741827632071472015-02-13T12:04:29.476-08:002015-02-13T12:04:29.476-08:00Chickie Lee (real name: Mrs. Carl Johnson) worked ...Chickie Lee (real name: Mrs. Carl Johnson) worked with Rajah Raboid, about whom Diego Domingo has done much research. Lore should contact Diego.<br /><br />Also worked with hypnotist Dr.Robert Pauline.<br /><br />Feel free to forward my email address to Lore; I've found a couple of old newspaper articles about her that I can send.Bill Mullinsnoreply@blogger.com