tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7950857714100191795..comments2024-03-28T03:08:20.391-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Guest blog: William V. Rauscher on Houdini and the HippodromeJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-56856696925199697122015-07-10T05:05:27.247-07:002015-07-10T05:05:27.247-07:00Houdini Has New Elephant Trick
To-morrow at the ...Houdini Has New Elephant Trick<br /> <br />To-morrow at the Hippodrome one may see a full sized, real, live elephant disappear in full view of the audience on a brilliantly lighted stage, before one's very eyes. This vanishing elephant illusion is an experiment conceived and perfected by Houdini, world renowned expert in extracation, whom Charles Dillingham has selected as a feature Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-51547836303626194662015-07-04T21:50:24.147-07:002015-07-04T21:50:24.147-07:00It is a great article. I did a post about it back ...It is a great article. I did a post about it back in 2010: <a href="http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2010/11/houdinis-secret-code.html" rel="nofollow"> Houdini's secret code</a>.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66788705318131271912015-07-04T20:59:07.668-07:002015-07-04T20:59:07.668-07:00That was a great newspaper clip! Joe Lee repeated ...That was a great newspaper clip! Joe Lee repeated a few Houdini myths but overall, he knew HH personally and does a nice job of recounting his life. The Keith Ward illustration is nice but...weird. The stage has a chess board floor and the audience is a contemporary 1948 crowd. Jenny was supposed to be wearing a giant watch on one of her legs. Lee and Ward can be forgiven for the myths and Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-87715184927182406882015-07-04T19:54:52.820-07:002015-07-04T19:54:52.820-07:00Ah ha! So he's the culprit. Probably Bill'...Ah ha! So he's the culprit. Probably Bill's source. But where did Christopher get this info?<br /><br />Unless maybe <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o_5Z3Zpfj0M/TOwkoXUQH3I/AAAAAAAAAWc/YzgIU33uYeQ/s1600/i+knew+houdini.jpg" rel="nofollow">THIS ILLUSTRATION</a> was stuck in his head.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-7837427226534855172015-07-04T19:50:10.131-07:002015-07-04T19:50:10.131-07:00I would hope so! :)I would hope so! :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40981788099623727732015-07-04T16:06:30.426-07:002015-07-04T16:06:30.426-07:00The Untold Story has Houdini firing a pistol.The Untold Story has Houdini firing a pistol.Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27432850850012504582015-07-04T11:18:19.943-07:002015-07-04T11:18:19.943-07:00Silverman doesn't mention the pistol in his de...Silverman doesn't mention the pistol in his description of the vanish, and neither does Gresham. The Untold Story is temporarily out of reach for me. Can anybody check it?Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-60628463014252653602015-07-04T07:27:36.603-07:002015-07-04T07:27:36.603-07:00Jim Steinmeyer in Hiding the Elephant mentions a “...Jim Steinmeyer in Hiding the Elephant mentions a “Drumroll” and then “he clapped his hands”, followed by “a loud crash chord”. Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-7320307935321172882015-07-04T06:40:12.364-07:002015-07-04T06:40:12.364-07:00I feel like I have heard that before, but I could ...I feel like I have heard that before, but I could find no mention of a pistol in Pat Culliton's "Notes on the Vanishing Elephant."John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-79866571399329799972015-07-04T06:05:45.076-07:002015-07-04T06:05:45.076-07:00Would it be blanks, in the gun?Would it be blanks, in the gun?John Hinson great. nephew. of Bess. and Harry. Houdininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-24924160582629274552015-07-03T21:15:16.209-07:002015-07-03T21:15:16.209-07:00Thank You for sharing this with us.
Just curious...Thank You for sharing this with us. <br />Just curious, did Houdini really fire a pistol to make Jenny the elephant disappear? Not sure I had heard that before.Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.com