Daddy Was A Mind Reader: DUNNINGER The Truth at Last is a remembrance of the great mentalist written by his daughter, Maxine Dunninger Hohneker.
Dunninger and Houdini were close friends and fellow ghostbusters. He was also the technical advisor on the 1953 biopic, HOUDINI. The book contains a chapter devoted to "Mr. Houdini" and many references throughout.
UPDATE: Having promoted (and now purchased) this book, I think it's my obligation to provide a little feedback for potential buyers. This is a self-published effort and it does indeed contain some wonderful remembrances of Dunninger by his daughter. There are some interesting Houdini tidbits as well.
But understand that's what you're getting -- remembrance and musings. This is not a professionally produced book. This is pretty much free-flowing thought, sometimes stream of consciousness, sometimes a touch bizarre (a quote from Glen Beck?). It also has several repeated passages (in the case of "Houdini The Movie" the entire chapter is printed twice), and an abundance of factual errors when it comes to Houdini. The errors don't bother me because it's the first-hand memories of Houdini and her father that I'm really interested in. But I'm just warning it might disappoint if you're expecting something a little more authoritative and professional.
- Home
- Life
- Escapes
- Magic
- Movies
- Houdini's Movies
- Les merveilleux exploits de Houdini à Paris (1909)
- The Master Mystery (1918)
- The Grim Game (1919)
- Terror Island (1920)
- The Man From Beyond (1922)
- Haldane of the Secret Service (1923)
- Velvet Fingers (1925-26)
- Medium Well Done (1937)
- Religious Racketeers (1938)
- Houdini Picture Corp.
- Film Developing Corp.
- Filming locations
- Unmade Movies
- Deconstructing Houdini '53
- Spiritualism
- People
- Beatrice Houdini
- Theo Hardeen
- Cecelia Weiss
- Mayer Samuel Weiss
- Jim Collins
- Franz Kukol
- Martin Beck
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Margery
- J. Gordon Whitehead
- Edward Saint
- Jacob Hyman
- Leopold Weiss
- Carrie Gladys Weiss
- Bernard M.L. Ernst
- Charmian London
- Jess Willard
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Sherlock Holmes
- Assistants
- Imitators
- Other magicians
- Media
- Full Bibliography
- By Houdini
- Biography
- Fiction
- Foreign
- For Kids
- Methods
- Wild About Harry Bookshelf
- 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 (1996)
- The Secret Life of Houdini (2006)
- The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini (2012)
- The Witch of Lime Street (2015)
- The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini (2019)
Noticed it says "Volume 1". This should be a very interesting read.
ReplyDeleteThis book is full of lies!!!
ReplyDeleteJust kidding.
Ha! Nice reference, dcbyron. :)
ReplyDeleteI just ordered a copy. There appear to be a lot of interesting references to Houdini the man, Houdini the movie, Bessie, and the Dunninger collection. Could be some golden nuggets in here.
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