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    Harry Houdini

    Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer

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  1. Houdini is a 1953 American Technicolor biographical film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal and Berman Swarttz, directed by George Marshall, that stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. The film's screenplay, based upon the life of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, was written by Philip Yordan, based on the book Houdini by ...

  2. The Grim Game was Houdini's first full-length movie and is reputed to be his best. Because of the flammable nature of nitrate film and their low rate of survival, film historians considered the film lost. One copy did exist hidden in the collection of a private collector only known to a tiny group of magicians that saw it.

  3. www.imdb.com › title › tt0045886Houdini (1953) - IMDb

    From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.

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    • Biography, Drama, Romance
    • George Marshall
    • 1953-07-02
  4. The famed magician and escape artist rises to stardom while haunted by the loss of his mother.

    • George Marshall, Michael D. Moore
    • Tony Curtis
  5. Houdini's first exhibited film appears to have been a short called Houdini Defeats Hackenschmidt. The film played in England in 1905 and Boston in 1906, but is now lost. His earliest surviving narrative film is Les merveilleux exploits de Houdini à Paris, made in 1909 for Film Lux.

  6. Apr 3, 2014 · Houdini also launched a movie career, releasing his first film in 1901, Merveilleux Exploits du Célébre Houdini Paris, which documented his escapes.

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  8. www.imdb.com › name › nm0396378Harry Houdini - IMDb

    The great American escape artist and magician Houdini (immortalized by a memorable performance by Tony Curtis in the eponymous 1953 film) was born Erich Weiss on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, though he often gave his birthplace as Appleton, Wisconsin, where he was raised.

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