tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8213953761553315946..comments2024-03-28T03:39:00.025-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The search is on for someone who saw HoudiniJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61953073548636313632022-04-18T07:23:32.166-07:002022-04-18T07:23:32.166-07:00If you click the photos here they'll enlarge t...If you click the photos here they'll enlarge to their full size.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-56745290803287284502022-04-17T22:16:17.370-07:002022-04-17T22:16:17.370-07:00I wondered about those other two theaters on the w...I wondered about those other two theaters on the wall. You have to enlarge the photo to see the lettering on the front door. The photos are always larger on your Facebook posts. Much more clarity and detail.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-48525132420685511142022-04-17T15:58:56.104-07:002022-04-17T15:58:56.104-07:00Oh, good catch!
I'm betting it's the Prin...Oh, good catch!<br /><br />I'm betting it's the Princess Theater in Chicago. Houdini played there for a whopping 8 weeks in 1926. And note the mentions of the Apollo and Garrick theaters in the background. Both Chicago theaters.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-32962425805115219402022-04-17T15:57:00.022-07:002022-04-17T15:57:00.022-07:00Ah, yes, I understand now. Good thinking.Ah, yes, I understand now. Good thinking.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36647841895980181562022-04-17T15:30:16.788-07:002022-04-17T15:30:16.788-07:00The word "Princess" is on the front glas...The word "Princess" is on the front glass door. Could this be the Princess Theater in Montreal?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89199673748660629722022-04-17T09:17:30.364-07:002022-04-17T09:17:30.364-07:00I actually didn't mean that they would have be...I actually didn't mean that they would have been working in the theatre at the time Houdini was performing, but that they might have been more likely to be in a theatre seeing him and to remember the experience (as people who gravitate to the theatre tend to do at an early age). I also thought of the residents of the Actors Fund home in Englewood (I think there's a counterpart to that in Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-80657091681790693692022-04-17T08:59:10.781-07:002022-04-17T08:59:10.781-07:00
If it helps, here are the cities HH played his 3 ...<br />If it helps, here are the cities HH played his 3 Show in One in 1925-26: Cumberland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Youngstown, Dayton, Columbus, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Syracuse, Cleveland, Baltimore, Newark, Providence, Hartford, New York, Washington, D.C., Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Reading, York, Chicago, Akron, Harrisburg, Paterson, Boston, Worcester, Albany, Schenectady, Montreal, Detroit.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-38962010845795980392022-04-17T08:56:27.403-07:002022-04-17T08:56:27.403-07:00Interesting thought. But anyone who was working ag...Interesting thought. But anyone who was working age in Houdini's day would be over 110, so it gets tricky. I do think our best chance is one of these kids. Someone who was around 6.<br /><br />I've just found a fresh account of one of these shows in Indianapolis and it says special buses were arranged to bring kids from poorer areas (which weren't served by streetcars) to the theater.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-65609322261397906562022-04-17T08:30:12.730-07:002022-04-17T08:30:12.730-07:00Forgot to mention -- Norman Lloyd was the actor wh...Forgot to mention -- Norman Lloyd was the actor who appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's "Saboteur," and whose character famously fell from the Statue of Liberty. He also appeared on "St. Elsewhere," and in a zillion other things.Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59946866254593381952022-04-17T08:25:50.914-07:002022-04-17T08:25:50.914-07:00John, the first thought that came to mind when I r...John, the first thought that came to mind when I read this was "What actors are over 100 and still living?" Then the first name that came to mind was Norman Lloyd (who, alas, passed away last May at age 106!). I thought someone in the business MIGHT be more likely to have seen and remember seeing Houdini. Lloyd was born in 1914 -- he easily could have seen him! I did an internet searchTom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44675747961154318192022-04-16T13:03:12.294-07:002022-04-16T13:03:12.294-07:00Thanks! It looks like the kids are staring at some...Thanks! It looks like the kids are staring at something off camera that has their attention. I'm wondering if it's Harry. Or maybe they're filing into the theater, which would explain their attention at something up ahead. Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-888681556374668012022-04-16T10:48:51.284-07:002022-04-16T10:48:51.284-07:00This is indeed the lobby of a theater, likely Chic...This is indeed the lobby of a theater, likely Chicago, during one of these special kids matinees from the 3 in 1 tour. I don't know if Houdini is cropped out. John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-45212584137776246232022-04-16T09:32:16.566-07:002022-04-16T09:32:16.566-07:00This is an interesting photograph! Is HH in the pi...This is an interesting photograph! Is HH in the picture but cropped out? This looks like a theater lobby photo of a matinee 3 in 1 show.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com