tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post1753275551816802088..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini surfaces for the last timeJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-2812440121354473562022-05-02T07:36:21.641-07:002022-05-02T07:36:21.641-07:00Yeah, I've always thought the same thing. But ...Yeah, I've always thought the same thing. But he did the Examiner bldg suspended straitjacket escape around this same time and looks fine in those pics, so maybe he was just a little bloated on this day for some reason.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-5766810557648475372022-05-02T07:21:13.799-07:002022-05-02T07:21:13.799-07:00Oh, how great is that. :)
I used to go to the Amb...<br />Oh, how great is that. :)<br /><br />I used to go to the Ambassador in the '80s for a regular comic book convention. I loved exploring the hotel and having drinks in the lounge. But at that time I had no idea there was a Houdini connection. These pool photos were always misidentified as being San Fransisco in books. By the time I discovered it was LA, the Ambassador was long gone.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90784995733571354982022-05-01T19:38:54.244-07:002022-05-01T19:38:54.244-07:00In the early 70s my family lived in a bungalow at ...In the early 70s my family lived in a bungalow at the Ambassador for a month. Very strange to think that I swam in the same pool as Houdini!Jenny Lerewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-80892315267065201452022-04-28T18:35:54.482-07:002022-04-28T18:35:54.482-07:00I always thought Harry looked un-Houdini like in t...I always thought Harry looked un-Houdini like in that Ambassador Hotel diving board photo. His head and face looked blocky, and his body looked too thick. He may have been on the tail end of an eating binge.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-28418979892723598322022-04-28T10:35:26.664-07:002022-04-28T10:35:26.664-07:00Yes. Click on the first related link and you'l...Yes. Click on the first related link and you'll see that pic and others from this day.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-22871668063405993002022-04-28T10:28:33.643-07:002022-04-28T10:28:33.643-07:00There is a photo in Master Magician with an older ...There is a photo in Master Magician with an older Houdini holding a ball and chain about to dive into a pool. Was this the after picture? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com