tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post5273816389143698787..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: LINK: The Strange Life of a Different HoudiniJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59296686305180401892011-12-13T13:34:40.318-08:002011-12-13T13:34:40.318-08:00Probably when Martin Beck booked him on the Orpheu...Probably when Martin Beck booked him on the Orpheum circuit in 1899. Although we know Bessie refused to work the dime museums, so he was doing a single there. His King of Cards sheet shows us he sometimes performed a single, just as Bessie sometimes did a solo song act. I expect they did whatever the house wanted/needed.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-65642127498271274312011-12-13T13:25:47.569-08:002011-12-13T13:25:47.569-08:00It wasn't until I read Culliton's material...It wasn't until I read Culliton's material that I realized the implications of calling the early act the Brothers Houdini. It does mean that the other guy has a right to call himself Houdini. It's also a reminder that Houdini worked with partners for quite a while -- the Hymans, Dash, Bess. When was it first billed as a single act?Ericnoreply@blogger.com