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A Reconstruction of Houdini's Famous Show Exposing Séance Fraud
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THE MAGICIAN HARRY HOUDINI SPENT A considerable amount of time working to expose the fraudulent séance mediums of his time. He toured the country with a lecture and show that exposed spiritualism, and demonstrated the tricks used by fraudulent spiritualits, including those of Margery-one of the most famous mediums of the first half of the 20th century. Since Margery was part of Boston high society she did not charge money for her séances and attendance was by invitation only. Supported by people of power and influence, she was without a doubt one of Houdini's most difficult challenges to ...
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Fleischman, Sid. Escape! The story of the great Houdini.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt
; FLEISCHMAN, Sid. Escape! The story of the great Houdini. Read by Taylor Mali with the author...notes. JS Mall narrates this biography of Houdini in an easygoing manner, matching the author...magician himself since boyhood, an admirer of Houdini, and having been befriended by Bess Houdini...
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The Man Who Killed Houdini--an Investigation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch
; The Man Who Killed Houdini--An Investigation Don Bell Vehicule...com. ISBN 1550651870 $17.95 260 pp. Houdini died of a ruptured appendix nine days...the connection between the punch and Houdini's death was debatable; as it was debated...
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Houdini.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Poetry
; HOUDINI Each escape involved some art, some hokum, and at least a brief incomprehensible exchange between the man and metal during which the chains were not so much broken as he and they blended. At the end of each such mix he had to extract himself. It was the hardest part to get right routinely: breaking back into the ...
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The geese.(poem)
Magazine article from: Poetry
; ...winter afternoon in Moscow, the American, Houdini, was professionally stripped and searched...vee of black geese overhead; but then Houdini clowned one opened leg-cuff onto his head...entirety, is woven out of secrets. That Houdini was a Jew, in Russia, in 1903, recklessly...
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Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America. (Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History
; Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the...deconstructionist and linguistic readings of historical texts. Now in Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man Kasson turns his attention...pioneer Eugene Sandow (1867-1925), the escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926) and the author of Tarzan of ...
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El Gran Houdini y Bruce Lee, dos muertes.(TT: The great Houdini and Bruce Lee, two deaths.)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Proceso
; ...popular, el espectacular mago Harry Houdini murió en plena actuación...243; el actor Tony Curtis en la cinta Houdini, dirigida por George Marshall en 1953. En realidad, la muerte del gran Houdini no sucedió así. El 22 de...
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The Man Who Killed Houdini: An Investigation.(Here I Sit)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Catholic New Times
; The Man Who Killed Houdini, an Investigation by Don Bell Montreal, Vehicule Press, 2004, 260 pp Harry Houdini was the most famous magician of the twentieth...during the halcyon days of vaudeville, Houdini regularly played to standing-room-only...
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Houdini Periodical Bibliography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: MBR Bookwatch
; Houdini Periodical Bibliography Arthur Moses H&R Magic Books...Humble, TX 77396 9780972793889, $40.00 www.magicbookshop.com Houdini Periodical Bibliography is a bibliographic listing of every...article concerning famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Covering articles published from 1898 to ...
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Houdini had it easy.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Security Management
; Harry Houdini, the great escape artist of the early...looks at how UK, companies stage this Houdini-like action. Among the issues addressed...protecting assets, personnel, and information. Houdini had it easy. He only had to get out of...
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Sun and Side Effects partner to add Solaris support to Houdini animation software.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Telecomworldwire
; ...Effects partner to add Solaris support to Houdini animation software (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Software have teamed up to make Side Effects' Houdini 3D animation software package available...Solaris Operating Environment. By combining Houdini with Sun Solaris the partners hope to...
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