tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8876789042163405778..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Where I met a man who saw HoudiniJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-29062288065748598392019-05-27T12:12:25.012-07:002019-05-27T12:12:25.012-07:00Thanks for sharing this awesome story! On the subj...Thanks for sharing this awesome story! On the subject of memories, I'm sure you know that actors who have studied "The Method" use a recall exercise called sense memory or effective memory to reconstruct memories long in their past (to use in performance as a substitution for emotions, experiences, etc.) A director taught me this technique years ago and guided me through it many Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-50771797958724148592019-05-27T09:22:49.359-07:002019-05-27T09:22:49.359-07:00John - I applaud your mother's apprehensivenes...John - I applaud your mother's apprehensiveness & concern at the time.<br /><br />These days, "stranger danger" is instilled upon our youth; an unheard of concept back in 1980.<br /><br />It was wise to have your Dad tag along.<br /><br />On a lighter note - Great story! Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Joe Foxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-33677201495815302472019-05-26T19:31:31.231-07:002019-05-26T19:31:31.231-07:00Newman sounds a lot more like HH in this clip fro...Newman sounds a lot more like HH in this clip from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:<br /><br />https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KyR7XB0VBPMLeo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36772177366423922422019-05-26T19:16:04.802-07:002019-05-26T19:16:04.802-07:00Listen to Newman's voice in this interview. It...Listen to Newman's voice in this interview. It sounds a bit like HH's voice in the USD recording. Although that Edison recording sounds a pitch higher.<br /><br />https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Os9GRSABbnI<br /><br />Thanks for that DC 3 in 1 tour date. It could very well have been when that old timer saw HH. He must have about 75 when I saw him around 1985, so he must have been in his Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-78924400608691629522019-05-26T16:53:28.090-07:002019-05-26T16:53:28.090-07:00Cool stories.
Paul Newman??? That's interest...Cool stories. <br /><br />Paul Newman??? That's interesting.<br /><br />HH played the 3 Show in One at the Shubert Belasco Theater in D.C. for one week (Jan. 18-24) in 1926.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-10816930178347060902019-05-26T12:49:07.367-07:002019-05-26T12:49:07.367-07:00That was a great story John! I also spoke with an ...That was a great story John! I also spoke with an elderly gentleman who claimed to have met Houdini. It was back around 1985 or 86, and he was one of my dad's clients. I don't remember how Harry came up in the conversation, but he told me saw HH in the back alley of a theater in Washington D.C. loading or removing his equipment. He said something to HH, who replied to him. It must have Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com