Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Paperback edition of Fleischman’s ESCAPE! shoots down spy theory

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A trade paperback edition of Sid Fleischman's carefully researched 2006 book ESCAPE! The Story of the Great Houdini is released today...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Houdini musical headed to Broadway in 2010

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Danny Elfman Tony Award-winning producer Scott Sanders and Tony nominated architect/set designer David Rockwell announced plans today to...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Stone Temple Pilots rock the Houdini Estate

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The fabled "Houdini Estate" in Laurel Canyon was the site last night for a reunion concert by Stone Temple Pilots. I can person...

Houdini The Movie Star DVD collection released today

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Kino International's new DVD box set collection of Houdini’s silent films, Houdini The Movie Star , is released today. "Houdini...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Paramount’s Houdini (finally!) coming to DVD

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Great news! The 1953 Paramount movie HOUDINI starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh is finally coming to DVD. Movies Unlimited shows the DV...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Houdini props sell in Vegas auction

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Several rare Houdini’s props and posters were sold at The Pugliese Pop Culture Collection auction (advertised as the finest collection focus...
Sunday, March 16, 2008

So when do we start digging?

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It was a year ago that a frenzy of media announced that the body of Houdini would be exhumed and tested to see if he was, yes, poisoned...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Death Defying Acts premiers down under

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The new film Death Defying Acts, starring Guy Pearce as Houdini and Catherine Zeta-Jones as a Scottish psychic, had its world premiere at ...
Thursday, March 6, 2008

Kid Houdini graphic novel in June

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Fantastic news for fans of the excellent online comic, Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits . Chemistry Set has announced that an in-pr...
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

The Houdini exhumation is back in the news

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After a year of silence, the Houdini exhumation is suddenly back in the "news." Hmmm... Here's the report in full from the Dai...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Death Defying Acts photos hit the net

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A wave of photos of Catherine Zeta-Jones in Death Defying Acts have hit the net. Under headlines proclaiming “Zeta-Jones Strips for Houd...
Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Houdini musical in Montreal, Feb 10

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A new musical entitled Houdini opens at the The Leonor and Alvin Segal Theatre in Montreal, February 10 through March 2, 2008. The play i...
Friday, January 18, 2008

HOUDINI'S MOVIES COMING TO DVD!

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Great news for fans of Houdini’s silent movie career (like myself)! On April 8, 2008, Kino International will release ALL of Houdini’s s...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Houdini Chronicles

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Houdini certainly seems to be popular with poets these days. Last year we got two Houdini inspired books of poetry ( Sleeping With Houdini...