tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post2893051172136570483..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: No joke! Never before seen footage of Houdini and Marie BloodJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-41472837196711320792019-03-10T21:19:03.735-07:002019-03-10T21:19:03.735-07:00Thanks Jon. I don't recall you telling me abou...Thanks Jon. I don't recall you telling me about that. But oh baby! Maybe that canister was <a href="https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2019/02/whoa-was-there-water-torture-cell-movie.html" rel="nofollow">THIS</a>?John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81833539447327774882019-03-09T11:06:56.319-08:002019-03-09T11:06:56.319-08:00George Hardeen might know. Isn't he Harry'...George Hardeen might know. Isn't he Harry's son, or nephew?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55782214713105937952019-03-08T10:01:13.573-08:002019-03-08T10:01:13.573-08:00See, John. There is a possibility that footage exi...See, John. There is a possibility that footage exists of the USD performance even if it was staged for the camera. Hope springs eternal in the human breast! Did you ever hear any more about this? Where would one start to look/contact?James Criswellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27764814011289746222016-07-07T14:30:44.970-07:002016-07-07T14:30:44.970-07:00This came from Jon Oliver, so you'd need to as...This came from Jon Oliver, so you'd need to ask him where he got it. Appears to be from some stock footage collection.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-64907197511331177412016-07-07T13:56:14.905-07:002016-07-07T13:56:14.905-07:00This is a wonderful film. I'm sure Marie didn...This is a wonderful film. I'm sure Marie didn't know of its existence, she commented that the photos of she and Harry were her only lasting mementos, many times (these being the ones I had reproduced, so she could autograph them). Do you know who owns the rights to it? I'd love to use some stills in the Marie Blood book project.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288772498250894112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-79488308883379481102016-07-07T13:21:22.898-07:002016-07-07T13:21:22.898-07:00I'm the one who had the original photo reprodu...I'm the one who had the original photo reproduced, and copied. Marie would sign them at Mall shows, conventions, Magic shops and anywhere else we would appear (or she alone) for fans.<br /><br />I sold the bulk of these to a magic collector in Texas, who then resold them. Much to my very real chagrin, I think I lost the half-dozen or so I had left during flooding here last October. Jeff, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288772498250894112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36437140996714718032013-04-13T15:52:33.569-07:002013-04-13T15:52:33.569-07:00What are we waiting for? Let's contact relati...What are we waiting for? Let's contact relatives of the family to see where this film could be stored. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31070591950468660882013-04-13T05:15:15.070-07:002013-04-13T05:15:15.070-07:00Where ever it is we should put out an all points b...Where ever it is we should put out an all points bullitin to find it! Can we call relatives of Mrs hardeen and inquire? letting them know if found they are holding a fortune would motivate I am sure. this would be the find of the century and I'd pay just about anything to view this film. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-68952797380730012562013-04-10T18:37:28.932-07:002013-04-10T18:37:28.932-07:00Whoa! If you told me about that, I forgot. Sorry. ...Whoa! If you told me about that, I forgot. Sorry. (You've told me so many astounding things, I can't hold them all in my exploding head.) Wonder what happened to that film???John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-17955443452538231112013-04-10T17:44:17.113-07:002013-04-10T17:44:17.113-07:00Mr. Cox, I thought I told you about a film contain...Mr. Cox, I thought I told you about a film container at Harry Hardeen home.<br />After his death, his widow told me about several film containers out in the<br />garage with Houdini written across the tops of them.<br />One of them she thought was a film of Houdini doing the water cell.<br />She knew footage was somewhere of this, and she told me the next time I was around that I was free to go Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-85369868539750188672013-04-06T13:26:49.462-07:002013-04-06T13:26:49.462-07:00Wonderful! Thank you, John.Wonderful! Thank you, John.Tom Intervalhttp://www.houdinimuseum.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-30283638847462291642013-04-01T18:04:10.456-07:002013-04-01T18:04:10.456-07:00Yes, I thought the same thing. Wish I had a Haldan...Yes, I thought the same thing. Wish I had a Haldane script.<br /><br />Let's just say what else Jon gave me will take this blog to a whole new level, but it's going to take some work to present it correctly.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-45806093916286517002013-04-01T17:46:19.852-07:002013-04-01T17:46:19.852-07:00Incredible! I am so glad that Jon is allowing you ...Incredible! I am so glad that Jon is allowing you share these items. Looking forward to see what else you share from Jon. I would love to see a script from Haldane and read scene 463.Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40746409772021644122013-04-01T15:57:33.764-07:002013-04-01T15:57:33.764-07:00Thing is, shooting film indoors back then was much...Thing is, shooting film indoors back then was much more involved what with lighting and all, so it couldn't just be done during a performance. It would have needed to have been a special performance just for the camera. Everything we have of Houdini is outdoors, except for the Pathe film, so he might have never had it filmed. But oh if he did!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-63565610801985209722013-04-01T15:51:02.913-07:002013-04-01T15:51:02.913-07:00I'm still waiting and hoping that someone come...I'm still waiting and hoping that someone comes forward with a film of Houdini performing the WTC. You would think at some point in time his performance of his greatest escape was filmed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-1021063006938511502013-04-01T15:29:15.071-07:002013-04-01T15:29:15.071-07:00BTW, Jon said he thought the time code could be re...BTW, Jon said he thought the time code could be removed with editing software. I talked to a friend who's an editor and he thought it would take more sophisticated VFX software to remove it. I have a few more friends in editing and post production and I'm going to ask them about it. If I can get it removed, I'll replace it.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-39502082636056883612013-04-01T15:10:45.546-07:002013-04-01T15:10:45.546-07:00The answer is yes. Nothing as historically or pers...The answer is yes. Nothing as historically or personally interesting as this one and apart from one piece of film I'm not sure there's anything that's 100% unseen (meaning fragments have appeared before). Jon has been very generous in sharing some remarkable items with me and I'm still absorbing, researching, and talking with him about what I'd like to share.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31585640174514741992013-04-01T15:01:04.816-07:002013-04-01T15:01:04.816-07:00This begs the question...........does Jon have any...This begs the question...........does Jon have any other films oh Houdini that have never been seen before?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-77472589088268044122013-04-01T14:57:43.893-07:002013-04-01T14:57:43.893-07:00Oh, yes, there are two photos of Houdini and Marie...Oh, yes, there are two photos of Houdini and Marie on the set of Haldane, one she used to sign and give away. I posted that one here: <br /><br />http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2004/11/marie-h-blood-1917-2004.html<br /><br />But this appears to be from a different day. They are dressed differently.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-15889662536843334852013-04-01T14:37:11.321-07:002013-04-01T14:37:11.321-07:00I could swear there is a photo of Houdini holding ...I could swear there is a photo of Houdini holding up Marie that is a still from one of his films. It could heve been Haldane.<br /><br />Great job on this one, John!Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com