tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8061263706787259780..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: 'Houdini's Lost Diaries' will be revealed TuesdayJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16903925341494676382022-10-22T10:48:17.125-07:002022-10-22T10:48:17.125-07:00Well said!Well said!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-38236273369584467262022-10-22T04:02:27.517-07:002022-10-22T04:02:27.517-07:00The need to escape can also be seen as an expressi...The need to escape can also be seen as an expression of his sense of being trapped by the common circumstances of second generation immigrants. The experience at his father’s death bed seems to have turned that need into a compulsion. Hiding one’s identity is also predictable, but in his case probably added to his difficulty keeping in touch with reality. Denying his background likely made Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-84562250904544859862021-10-01T13:16:19.118-07:002021-10-01T13:16:19.118-07:00Oh, man! Definitely wouldn't want to miss this...Oh, man! Definitely wouldn't want to miss this out. Thanks for the update.Chrishttps://www.charlottefenceinstallation.com/about-usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36057942808005343482021-09-30T10:45:31.070-07:002021-09-30T10:45:31.070-07:00You cleared that up! Thanks for that! I thought it...You cleared that up! Thanks for that! I thought it was strange to be ashamed of a dropped billing. Mama probably wouldn't have even noticed it walking into the theater lobby. I think the bridge jumps were conflated with the Milk Can to explain HH's fight to capture sagging public interested.<br /><br />Why was Bill Kalush mentioned as the custodian of the diaries? What did that mean? Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-91606987170019264702021-09-30T07:52:49.757-07:002021-09-30T07:52:49.757-07:00The being ashamed for his mother to see him entry ...The being ashamed for his mother to see him entry is from 1912 when Houdini was playing the Gayety in Washington. This was NOT a lowly theater and he was not down the bill. It was the newest and most popular theater in D.C. and they paid him a fortune. But they also featured Burlesque. THAT is what Houdini didn't want his mother to see. They didn't understand the context of this and otherJohn Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-43989337336751229762021-09-30T03:39:11.864-07:002021-09-30T03:39:11.864-07:00"Ma saw me jump" is in the Silverman bio..."Ma saw me jump" is in the Silverman bio. A new piece of information was HH's diary confession of being ashamed when he dropped down in the theater billing. He didn't want his mother to see that. His fake birthplace diary entry of Appleton, Wisconsin was also a revelation. He lied to himself in his own personal diary! Very weird.<br /><br />The talking heads didn't give me Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-11830426253621719452021-09-29T22:19:45.224-07:002021-09-29T22:19:45.224-07:00I found it well done (especially the talking heads...I found it well done (especially the talking heads -- and they guy who played the back of HH's head ...), but not exactly enlightening. I was hoping for some of the amazing details David mentions above, but got a lot of "Ma saw me jump" stuff that we more or less knew or suspected.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-46960687216025081082021-09-29T19:06:24.889-07:002021-09-29T19:06:24.889-07:00Not sure I saw any bombshell revelations. It was m...Not sure I saw any bombshell revelations. It was more of another bio documentary, albeit a good one. The payouts to bring on challengers was new to me but not unexpected. Harry had plants in the audience with handcuffs now and then when he presented the challenge handcuff act. <br /><br />I don't think the bridge jumps came about to lift sagging ticket sales. That was the Milk Can in 1908. I Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-39318471643122336952021-09-27T21:54:35.824-07:002021-09-27T21:54:35.824-07:00When we discussed this back in 2013 we wondered if...When we discussed this back in 2013 we wondered if Houdini himself had somehow returned to Russia in 1913. But I now have every week of Houdini's European tour in 1913 firmly documented and no Russia. However, there is a mysterious open month from November 18 to December 15, 1912 for which I have nothing.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-287798472451742432021-09-27T19:02:32.761-07:002021-09-27T19:02:32.761-07:00If Kukol did go to Russia in 1913 working a Houdin...If Kukol did go to Russia in 1913 working a Houdini show, this sounds like an early version of the performing troupes HH sent out to advertise his film The Man From Beyond.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36998651025293918482021-09-27T08:28:25.987-07:002021-09-27T08:28:25.987-07:00Periodically over the last few years. Periodically over the last few years. DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-43536879116693517642021-09-27T06:42:22.809-07:002021-09-27T06:42:22.809-07:00Thanks for the heads-up, John. Wouldn't want t...Thanks for the heads-up, John. Wouldn't want to miss this.Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81738815383042120812021-09-26T11:46:53.393-07:002021-09-26T11:46:53.393-07:00David did a post about that in 2013: Did Houdini r...David did a post about that in 2013: <a href="https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/11/did-houdini-return-to-russia-in-1913.html" rel="nofollow">Did Houdini return to Russia in 1913?</a>.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-29311443600558822352021-09-26T11:25:43.847-07:002021-09-26T11:25:43.847-07:00Hear, hear Lisa! Saltman in Facebook already tosse...Hear, hear Lisa! Saltman in Facebook already tossed us a table scrap from the diaries: Kukol was in Russia in 1913 with some kind of Houdini show!Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-30036272085399936302021-09-26T11:24:09.366-07:002021-09-26T11:24:09.366-07:00Whoa! When did you read the diaries, David?Whoa! When did you read the diaries, David?John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9539961197266063792021-09-26T11:23:30.157-07:002021-09-26T11:23:30.157-07:00Oh, very well put Lisa!
I have no idea what is go...Oh, very well put Lisa!<br /><br />I have no idea what is going to happen, but I'm hoping this doc is essentially advertising for the diaries and the next shoe will drop soon. Either they go to auction or they appear on Conjuring Arts. Bill Kalush is involved with this. John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-7631829666015232242021-09-26T11:06:04.921-07:002021-09-26T11:06:04.921-07:00That sounds like an excellent idea as a release fo...That sounds like an excellent idea as a release for the 100th anniversary of his death. Waiting any longer to make this information publically available takes us (it seems to me) into Weeksian territory.Lisa Cousinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-58379564143512811822021-09-25T18:10:50.539-07:002021-09-25T18:10:50.539-07:00Really looking forward to this one. I was supposed...Really looking forward to this one. I was supposed to appear in it but unfortunately got very sick just as we were about to film. The BBC team is quite competent. I've seen the diaries and spent quite a bit of time reading them and they are full of amazing details.DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-39055236157630945442021-09-25T17:00:54.547-07:002021-09-25T17:00:54.547-07:00I kinda suspected she loaned them out to Ernst for...I kinda suspected she loaned them out to Ernst for his Houdini/Doyle correspondence book. I'm on the fence about the Ernst family keeping the diaries. They took good care of the books over the generations, and preserved them well. On the other hand they kept the contents a secret with a few exceptions like allowing Silverman limited time with them. It would be great if they hired a Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-54914541992550231062021-09-25T08:02:54.049-07:002021-09-25T08:02:54.049-07:00Bess appears to have had them long enough to use t...Bess appears to have had them long enough to use them for the Kellock book. She then probably passed them to Bernard Ernst for use in his own Houdini and Conan Doyle book and he just held onto them. In his own way he was family.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3712382718015452452021-09-24T11:22:45.538-07:002021-09-24T11:22:45.538-07:00I wonder how Ernst wound up with the diaries. He w...I wonder how Ernst wound up with the diaries. He was their attorney and friend, but not family. Did she just hand them to him? We're they loaned out to Ernst but not returned? should have been kept by Bess along with the Mirror Cuffs and other remaining keepsakes and passed to the Hinsons. Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com