tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post9167619191253459703..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini in 1900John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-51605269639242609482016-05-29T12:21:50.200-07:002016-05-29T12:21:50.200-07:00Exactly! That is why I also love this book and con...Exactly! That is why I also love this book and consider it my Houdini bible. Silverman doesn't take anything at face value and often speculates on the reasons why HH would behave in a certain way.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-50951534807019200212016-05-28T09:14:40.988-07:002016-05-28T09:14:40.988-07:00I think you're right. That's why I love th...I think you're right. That's why I love that book so much. No sacred cows. If he couldn't independently verify it, it didn't go in the book.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-17626231433519134122016-05-28T08:51:25.724-07:002016-05-28T08:51:25.724-07:00I think Professor Silverman was the first to downp...I think Professor Silverman was the first to downplay the role of the Scotland Yard story in Houdini!!!. That something possibly happened there before the Alhambra debut.<br /><br />I love that postcard of the S.S. Kensington. Nice touch.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-57668994826031494372016-05-27T21:10:57.713-07:002016-05-27T21:10:57.713-07:00I wouldn't say there's on consensus on tha...I wouldn't say there's on consensus on that, no. I don't think anyone has really pressed the issue except for me in the post that I linked to above. We debated it pretty good in the comments.<br /><br />The Cirnoc thing certainly does sound like a set-up. Hard to tell. I believe even Pat Culliton, who has a real nose for these set-ups, isn't sure about Cirnoc.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-58109697656173542202016-05-27T17:53:41.576-07:002016-05-27T17:53:41.576-07:00So the current consensus is that the Scotland Yard...So the current consensus is that the Scotland Yard episode was a fabrication?<br /><br />I think Cirnoc was a plant to help HH jumpstart his European career. HH wasn't going to take a chance and have his Alhambra debut without some fireworks. <br /><br />Finding challengers to challenge him was in and of itself a challenge.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com