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In 1909, Houdini made a film in Paris for Cinema Lux titled Merveilleux Exploits du Célèbre Houdini à Paris (Marvellous Exploits of the Famous Houdini in Paris). [64] It featured a loose narrative designed to showcase several of Houdini's famous escapes, including his straitjacket and underwater handcuff escapes.
Houdini returned to film in 1916 when he served as a special-effects consultant on the Pathé thriller, The Mysteries of Myra. While his magic career soared, Houdini signed a contract with B.F. Rolfe of Octagon Films, in 1918, to star in a movie serial called The Master Mystery.
Houdini: With Adrien Brody, Kristen Connolly, Evan Jones, Tim Pigott-Smith. Follow the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin.
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Sep 2, 2014 · This is a fiction seemingly lifted from a 1987 Disney movie called Young Harry Houdini. However, it is true that his interest in magic was inspired by the autobiography of Robert-Houdin, and that he took his name from the famous French conjurer.
Houdini's story is natural for movies, and for many years following his death Hollywood worked on bringing the story of life to the silver screen. RKO, Columbia Pictures and Paramount all had movies in development throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
Houdini is a two-part, four-hour History Channel miniseries written by Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel. It premiered on September 1, 2014. The series stars Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini and features the life of the legendary illusionist and escape artist from poverty to worldwide fame.
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When Houdini came to Hollywood in 1919 to make a movie for Famous Players Lasky-Paramount, it's possible he may have rented a guest house across the street at 2435 Laurel Canyon Blvd. After Houdini's death, his widow Bess moved into that same guest house and lived there for several years.
