tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post4710144833960979314..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The lost posters of Harry HoudiniJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40150796840343824482011-02-12T07:48:39.628-08:002011-02-12T07:48:39.628-08:00Another little update. There is a better photo of ...Another little update. There is a better photo of that Salem theater display in Christopher's Houdini A Pictorial Life (page 7-8) where you read the text on that poster on the right. It is indeed an alternate version of the Prison Cell and Barrel "Transportation".John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-70363246202195924172011-02-10T11:26:19.703-08:002011-02-10T11:26:19.703-08:00Update with all this great new info: http://www.wi...Update with all this great new info: http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/02/lost-houdini-posters-found.html<br /><br />Dean -- I don't think the NYPL poster is the same one from Randi. The NYPL copy has been stuck inside the SAM scrapbook and is only now being liberated.<br /><br />Re the 24 sheets. Is that one on page 22 of Christopher's Pictorial Life (you can also see the peering John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-981630819244901592011-02-09T22:14:56.860-08:002011-02-09T22:14:56.860-08:00It was worth the wait. Thanks. :)It was worth the wait. Thanks. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-80841009531517968142011-02-09T19:27:43.479-08:002011-02-09T19:27:43.479-08:00Thanks for all the emails and links on this, every...Thanks for all the emails and links on this, everybody. I've been out all day, still out, so I haven't had a chance to look at any of these goodies or respond. I've waited 33 years to see that overboard box sheet in color -- going to need to wait a few more hours, if I can stand it. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-237093929358565822011-02-09T12:31:20.036-08:002011-02-09T12:31:20.036-08:00John, check out this link for a full color view of...John, check out this link for a full color view of the Over Board Packing Case poster. The photo is at the bottom of the page so you'll need to scroll down.<br />http://www.portaldemagia.net/zakary-belamy-el-fotografo-de-los-magos-2/Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3571324540763078582011-02-09T11:55:21.578-08:002011-02-09T11:55:21.578-08:00Is the "Jail Breaker" from the NYPL the ...Is the "Jail Breaker" from the NYPL the same one from the Randi book, I mean the actual same poster? The reason I ask, there seems to be a fair amount of damage on the NYPL one, three of the corners are missing. That doesn't appear to be the case in the Randi version, though I suppose over time it could have happened. Also, I just noticed Houdini has 'American Flag' shorts Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-43958902334293348762011-02-09T10:29:50.947-08:002011-02-09T10:29:50.947-08:00Holy cats!!! Thank you, Chuck. There is the jail b...Holy cats!!! Thank you, Chuck. There is the jail breaker poster in full color! Beautiful. And I'm thrilled to know the overboard poster is safe in the collection of Norm Neilsen. Maybe one day it will be reproduced in color or displayed somewhere. Thanks again.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-25150942354335508122011-02-09T10:14:39.566-08:002011-02-09T10:14:39.566-08:00The Jail Breaker poster is in the NYPL Library for...The Jail Breaker poster is in the NYPL Library for the Performing Arts collection (see http://refriedbean.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html for a color picture) and the overboard poster is in the Norm Neilsen collection. It is a huge poster and the colors are beautiful. It was done by Howard K Elcock, the artist who did many illustrations for Will Goldston.Chuck Romanohttp://www.chuckromanomagic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-41095824499339531062011-02-09T10:10:57.421-08:002011-02-09T10:10:57.421-08:00Great stuff. I was actually planning on writing th...Great stuff. I was actually planning on writing this exact blog myself, lol. You beat me to it and you did a great job. Among the missing posters are the 24 sheet posters. As far as I know, none of the 24 sheet posters remain and I don't think there are any photos of them either.Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13603727734114743212011-02-09T09:48:35.831-08:002011-02-09T09:48:35.831-08:00I believe the cost of these posters is in the Tasc...I believe the cost of these posters is in the Taschen MAGIC book. I can't remember at the moment, but I know they were surprisingly expensive, and magicians would order them by the 1000s. But this was THE advertising of the day. It was very important to travel with a good stock of posters. Unfortunately, those stocks were used and exhausted. They got their money's worth out if them. But John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40464765720800562482011-02-09T09:17:43.210-08:002011-02-09T09:17:43.210-08:00Good points. I always wondered how much it cost pe...Good points. I always wondered how much it cost performers to have posters made and how Houdini managed to have posters even in his days of poverty (Metamprphosis and King of Cards). Did the artists work for the printing companies? Who designed the posters?Ericnoreply@blogger.com