tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7679438796538749355..comments2024-03-28T03:08:20.391-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Olive Films will release Houdini (1953) on Blu-ray and DVDJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-84076002944751151882016-09-05T07:23:22.145-07:002016-09-05T07:23:22.145-07:00I actually like the jumbled letters because it giv...I actually like the jumbled letters because it gives it a bit of a circus feel. So much Houdini movie and TV advertising goes for water, straitjacket or chains. Understandable, but I'm a little tired of it. In the early production stages of the Houdini miniseries they had a logo that was cursive and used the elephant. I loved that. Evoked Houdini as magician. Wish they would have stuck with John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-30216722035596801782016-09-05T07:18:16.722-07:002016-09-05T07:18:16.722-07:00That is funny, especially when there are real upsi...That is funny, especially when there are real upside-down images they could have used. But I guess they wanted it to be very recognizably Tony Curtis. And it the chains makes it work. It's all kinda abstract.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-71672573887113340032016-09-04T23:10:15.056-07:002016-09-04T23:10:15.056-07:00The upside down straitjacket is a widely recognize...The upside down straitjacket is a widely recognized Houdini image. The jumbled letters and Curtis's pompadour give it the 1950s teen idol escape artist look.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-39628912131996835782016-09-04T20:53:52.830-07:002016-09-04T20:53:52.830-07:00Funny they photoshopped a standing Tony Curtis in ...Funny they photoshopped a standing Tony Curtis in a straightjacket and turned him upside down for their image.Kevin Connollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-73762125790395603152016-09-03T11:50:25.255-07:002016-09-03T11:50:25.255-07:00Produced by George Pal. Directed by George Marshal...Produced by George Pal. Directed by George Marshall.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-19292991782156868872016-09-03T11:32:54.824-07:002016-09-03T11:32:54.824-07:00Didn't George Pal direct this film? He also di...Didn't George Pal direct this film? He also directed The Time Machine, and what a classic film! It enchanted me as a child as it did my son when he was a child. Pal had a reputation for making great films on a tight budget.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90648549178620510162016-09-03T10:08:32.770-07:002016-09-03T10:08:32.770-07:00Oh, yeah, that is a little mystical.Oh, yeah, that is a little mystical.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-39137524514576433822016-09-03T09:34:25.096-07:002016-09-03T09:34:25.096-07:00I guess my biggest turnoff is the whole dematerial...I guess my biggest turnoff is the whole dematerialization thread running through it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02199128047843548960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-35453816755874875142016-09-03T09:24:12.063-07:002016-09-03T09:24:12.063-07:00It really only created one memorable myth, that Ho...It really only created one memorable myth, that Houdini died in the USD, and these days I rarely meet anyone that still thinks that's true, and no-one who would cling to it as the truth when told otherwise (as people did in the old days). Being trapped under the ice is the other great myth, but that's a story Houdini himself invented, so I don't blame this movie for that. And, overallJohn Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16766074019660386092016-09-03T08:27:35.080-07:002016-09-03T08:27:35.080-07:00From the 22 June 1953 LIFE Magazine
https://books....From the 22 June 1953 LIFE Magazine<br />https://books.google.com/books?id=CEgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA119&dq=Houdini%20tony%20curtis&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q&f=false<br /><br />Still not a big fan of the movie. Plays way too fast and loose with the facts to suit me, plus it created so many myths that The Great Unwashed still accept as the truth.<br /><br />I checked out the Olive Films John Simpsonhttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-simpson/59/14b/b61noreply@blogger.com