tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post5834122505172524923..comments2024-03-28T03:08:20.391-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Mystifier, Fourth Quarter 1996John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-79400753075668407272019-03-07T18:17:31.798-08:002019-03-07T18:17:31.798-08:00He was so proud of that story.He was so proud of that story.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-10636013351159510192019-03-07T17:22:40.128-08:002019-03-07T17:22:40.128-08:00Jay Marshall attended an HH show as a child and fe...Jay Marshall attended an HH show as a child and fell asleep. He didn't remember much.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-77645069754950222019-03-06T17:00:37.858-08:002019-03-06T17:00:37.858-08:00Good points. Audience's tastes for performers ...Good points. Audience's tastes for performers and acts of any kind also go through their own unique cycles and people get jaded, especially on the heels of a world war when everything else has changed. Performers sense when it happens but they also need time to adjust and rethink their acts and personas accordingly. Maybe the 3 people Penn talked to had encountered Houdini's show at such Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-84280776212698227022019-03-06T13:43:47.153-08:002019-03-06T13:43:47.153-08:00It would be interesting to know what performances ...It would be interesting to know what performances they saw. His Vaudeville act or full evening show?<br /><br />By the 1920s, Houdini was already a kind of living legend. I actually think this is one thing the movie career really helped cement. Not that the movies were big successes, but via their advertising and omnipresence, Houdini became an icon well outside of Vaudeville. He returned to John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-12115986369638236272019-03-06T12:15:25.271-08:002019-03-06T12:15:25.271-08:00I suppose there was so much hyperbole and buildup ...I suppose there was so much hyperbole and buildup in Houdini's press that some people were bound to feel their expectations weren't met. Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.com