tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post2592398780613766550..comments2024-03-28T03:39:00.025-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: FIVE fantastic unseen photos of Houdini in ViennaJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-34768775153414977202021-03-08T13:41:09.786-08:002021-03-08T13:41:09.786-08:00In one he has a great smile..rarely see anyone of ...In one he has a great smile..rarely see anyone of that era smiling in photos..Ken Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131699781171170007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-35934534051244703822021-03-07T10:41:24.042-08:002021-03-07T10:41:24.042-08:00Yeah, there's the sitting down shot. So three....Yeah, there's the sitting down shot. So three. Those are all that I know of as well. But I bet there might be more!<br /><br />In the Randi book there's that kneeling shot and written on it in what looks like Houdini's hand is a word I can't make out (might be "finished") and the date 1905.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44233186015218878092021-03-07T10:30:43.465-08:002021-03-07T10:30:43.465-08:00There's only two seminude jail cell photos tha...There's only two seminude jail cell photos that I'm aware of: the one standing cuffed to the bars and the jock strap photo where he looks like a hobbit. I think there's one more where he's sitting on a bench in the cell. Prolly from the cuffed to the bars session. <br /><br />The long white trunk photos are indeed a mystery. I love the one where he's kneeling behind a set of Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61912438843633717892021-03-07T09:47:07.099-08:002021-03-07T09:47:07.099-08:00Right. Those jail cell photos. Would love to know ...Right. Those jail cell photos. Would love to know exactly when and were those where taken. There's also the set of photos of HH in the long white trunks. Not sure of the exact date or place of that particular photo session either.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31308358652341240922021-03-06T15:31:34.176-08:002021-03-06T15:31:34.176-08:00Note how HH dropped the loincloth photos after the...Note how HH dropped the loincloth photos after the Holland 1903 photo session. The U.S. jail photos a few years later were to be the last seminude shots.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44630490648391045802021-03-06T10:50:31.179-08:002021-03-06T10:50:31.179-08:00Keep in mind the mores/sensitivities of the time: ...Keep in mind the mores/sensitivities of the time: "Nude", could mean the body mostly , but not completely exposed. (Sorry if anyone is disappointed) Even decades later, shows that featured dancers or strippers with brief bottoms or g-strings and pasties were advertised as "Nude". I have seen theater/club marquees proclaiming, "10 Dancers! 7 Nude, 3 Naked". Maybe thenDiegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379490800174666211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-56256328689771020782021-03-06T07:56:04.446-08:002021-03-06T07:56:04.446-08:00That's a great question.That's a great question.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-28036895889303416032021-03-05T22:28:57.341-08:002021-03-05T22:28:57.341-08:00I wonder what became of the original press photos ...I wonder what became of the original press photos from all the German newspaper pix we've seen so far. Did they survive the bombing in WWII and beyond?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com