tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post6496535913212913104..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Life-like Houdini figure by Casey Wong haunts MonsterpaloozaJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-19300366790031818722015-09-27T11:53:02.040-07:002015-09-27T11:53:02.040-07:00This figure doesn't look an ounce like Houdini...This figure doesn't look an ounce like Houdini. It's just scary! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9893552489685872682015-09-22T08:58:44.001-07:002015-09-22T08:58:44.001-07:00Yeah, I would have liked that as well.Yeah, I would have liked that as well.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-17084081425677684982015-09-20T15:50:05.540-07:002015-09-20T15:50:05.540-07:00Supposedly after Bess took off her ring and starte...Supposedly after Bess took off her ring and started singing, Houdini [via Fletcher] said “Thank you, darling, the first time I heard you sing that was in our first show together years ago.” Mrs. Houdini, it is said, nodded and wiped a tear from her eye. <br />That said, it was a popular song of the time and it may have been part of the Floral Sisters Act. <br />Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31570877065494857282015-09-20T15:33:05.158-07:002015-09-20T15:33:05.158-07:00Nicely done but agreed the face should have been s...Nicely done but agreed the face should have been smoothed out and those eyes need more intensity. Looks like he's spent too many days in the WTC. <br />;-)Narindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-82140182595826800552015-09-20T13:28:17.650-07:002015-09-20T13:28:17.650-07:00The figure is not so much handsome as ghoulish. Ev...The figure is not so much handsome as ghoulish. Even if Harry had lived into old age, I doubt he would have looked this haggard. <br /><br />Slightly off topic, but how did the song "Rosie, Sweet Rosabel" become known as Harry and Bessie's favorite song? The only reference I've found Is from the newspaper report of the Arthur Ford "séances", where Bess supposedly took Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90128821538468056432015-09-20T08:05:40.849-07:002015-09-20T08:05:40.849-07:00Napoleon was also a large figure with a short stat...Napoleon was also a large figure with a short stature. A nice touch would have been the use of vintage playing cards. The cards I see strewn on the floor of the platform look modern.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-64260635798906662062015-09-20T07:12:31.885-07:002015-09-20T07:12:31.885-07:00I would almost like to see this figure on the floo...I would almost like to see this figure on the floor, rather than on a platform, to show his height. I'm amazed at how large a figure Houdini was, despite his lack of stature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-71685329398894905932015-09-19T21:13:29.801-07:002015-09-19T21:13:29.801-07:00There is a resemblance but I also agree that it...There is a resemblance but I also agree that it's a macabre version of HH. The nose is a bit too wide: HH had an aquiline nose. Mr. Wong should apprentice at Madam Tussaud's, he definitely has an affinity for this type of art.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13655629154378332502015-09-19T18:38:34.960-07:002015-09-19T18:38:34.960-07:00Nice but almost looks like a zombie Houdini. Best ...Nice but almost looks like a zombie Houdini. Best to smooth out a few of those facial wrinkles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com