tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8220416180641511390..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini gives the all clear to his imitators???John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-91704119573071749972019-02-20T00:33:16.069-08:002019-02-20T00:33:16.069-08:00Just a note that the star attractions were almost ...Just a note that the star attractions were almost never last on the bill. They were usually placed "next to closing," with the final act being something that would drive the patrons out of the theatre before the next show.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27753913342721662432019-02-19T19:09:02.153-08:002019-02-19T19:09:02.153-08:00Very interesting and surprising. Sounds like class...Very interesting and surprising. Sounds like classic misdirection, so your theory may be correct. Who needs a double fold escape when there's a WTC waiting in the wings?Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13152736664904371922019-02-19T14:01:06.670-08:002019-02-19T14:01:06.670-08:00I had no idea Murray did this. Thanks for that inf...I had no idea Murray did this. Thanks for that info!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-37265610870426348672019-02-19T13:33:28.370-08:002019-02-19T13:33:28.370-08:00Ah, dang it. I just copied that from the Variety a...Ah, dang it. I just copied that from the Variety article without thinking about the math. I'll cut it. Thanks.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36525846602238905522019-02-19T12:13:29.495-08:002019-02-19T12:13:29.495-08:00"October 7, 1911"
"first time in 28..."October 7, 1911"<br />"first time in 28 years"<br />So Houdini had been first or last on the bill since 1883?Bill Mullinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27233219764630667362019-02-19T05:11:46.781-08:002019-02-19T05:11:46.781-08:00It is highly unlikely that my mentor, Murray-The A...It is highly unlikely that my mentor, Murray-The Australian Escapologist' ever saw Houdini perform this but he may well have seen the poster sometime in his career because he divised his Under Water Triple Escape. This was the Milk Churn in a box and then all was pushed into a cage which was locked. He would escape in record time and appear at the back of the audience. Sometimes Maskar would Karl Bartoninoreply@blogger.com