WILD ABOUT HARRY

I'm very sad to learn that the great John Bengtson has passed away. John was a giant among film historians and THE man when it came to f...

Last month I spent an incredible six days at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin, which holds the largest public c...

While there are several stories about Houdini and Hollywood luminaries like Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle, and Gloria Swanson, his only enco...

Exciting news for silent movie buffs and fan of Hollywood history. The famous alley off Cahuenga Blvd in Hollywood has now been officially n...

On November 18, 1918 Houdini made a quick personal appearance at the Merrimack Square movie theater in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was on his ...

Our great friend John Bengtson who runs the phenomenal blog Silent Locations  has mounted an official campaign to name the the famous alley ...

John Bengtson of the fantastic Silent Locations blog (and books) has a great post today about how my recent post about Houdini's 191...

It was 100 years ago today that Harry and Bess Houdini celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary with a gala dinner at the Alexandria...

How the heck did I not know until now that Houdini is in the new film Holmes & Watson with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly? The followi...

A new children's biography covering the lives of Houdini and Charlie Chaplin has been published in Indonesian. Charlie Chaplin & Har...

An original photo of Houdini and Charlie Chaplin sold on eBay this week for $550. The photo shows the two men in Los Angeles in 1915 when Ho...

One of the best sequences in  The Grim Game  is Houdini's suspended straitjacket escape and fall from a seven-story building. After ...

Today is the last day of the Los Angeles Conference on Magic History , so I thought I'd put this one up for attendees who might want to ...