tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8592247704829112639..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Dan Cupid–Magician. A story by Harry HoudiniJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66624744747184504912020-05-01T16:51:19.179-07:002020-05-01T16:51:19.179-07:00Yep, I'm afraid all the typos pointed out were...Yep, I'm afraid all the typos pointed out were my own errors. I read the text into the computer and it self generated. Then I had to go and fix up all the things it heard incorrectly. Missed a bunch apparently. But the crazy sentence constructions are all as they are, and, yes, the kind of thing you get from HH.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-85712249167034316852020-05-01T16:38:56.219-07:002020-05-01T16:38:56.219-07:00I've always assumed "Dan Cupid" just...I've always assumed "Dan Cupid" just means Love.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-2823073196522702282020-05-01T16:37:21.221-07:002020-05-01T16:37:21.221-07:00I will have to check these and make sure they are ...I will have to check these and make sure they are not my own transcription errors. They might be.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-25655389402048801542020-05-01T14:33:19.024-07:002020-05-01T14:33:19.024-07:00Some other post-comment thoughts:
- The Hotel Cec...Some other post-comment thoughts:<br /><br />- The Hotel Cecil is mentioned at the end. My brain thought instantly of the infamous Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. But given that they're in London in the story - is he referring to the Hotel Cecil that was once there on the Strand, built 1890-96? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Cecil_(London)<br /><br /><br />- Why is it titled "Dan Cupid&gingertimeladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639685707649104207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89077890347845276252020-05-01T14:14:57.186-07:002020-05-01T14:14:57.186-07:00I noticed there were a number of interesting error...I noticed there were a number of interesting errors in the text, which I assume were simply copied verbatim, as this is a direct transcription of the original text.<br /><br />Some were odd homophone confusions. Ex. at the end of the first paragraph: "...sounded like the death now of his long cherished hopes" - where "now" should be "knell", for "death knell&gingertimeladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639685707649104207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-63670010651981930272020-04-13T16:05:21.326-07:002020-04-13T16:05:21.326-07:00Houdini wrote it. He undoubtedly had an editor, bu...Houdini wrote it. He undoubtedly had an editor, but, it is not ghost written. Houdini wrote it.Patrick Cullitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914675318079872930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90573552320796400152020-04-12T11:05:40.108-07:002020-04-12T11:05:40.108-07:00Nice, this cleared up a mystery from a post I did ...Nice, this cleared up a mystery from a post I did on Two series of Children’s Good Night Stories by Harry Houdini?: http://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.com/?p=3501<br />I now know for sure that the short story I was looking for was “Dan Cupid-Magician” and its true connection to McClure (copyrighted "C.H. Sutcliffe" who ran the McClure Newspaper Syndicate). Thank you, John!<br />Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.com