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"Houdini" grossed $1.8 million at the box office.

This entry was posted in Aeroplane, Houdini (1953), The Grim Game, Tony Curtis by hhce. I also plan to do a blog on what Harry Houdini and Tony Curtis have in common? As well as describe in more detail some of the montage escapes and illusion sequences that didn’t make the cut. handcuffs, Milk Can, Overboard box, Book of Life illusion, and Water Torture Cell) for use in the 1953 movie. In future related blogs, I plan to describe some correspondence WRT trying to locate original Houdini material (e.g. And, there were two official Paramount Picture Corporation stills, 1 that showed the cremation illusion and the milk can escape respectively. See-thru lace straight jacket which unfortunately didn’t make it in the movie. In reading the scripts and shooting schedule for the movie, discovered some other illusions/routines that did not make the final cut: IRON MAIDEN ILLUSION, ELEPHANT ROUTINE, PAPER BAG ESCAPE, WINDMILL ESCAPE, CARETTE ESCAPE, FOOTBALL ESCAPE, and BURIED ALIVE ESCAPE.Īlthough there were no photos of the plane transfer, there were some LIFE photos of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis performing the Cremation Illusion and the Bullet thru Woman Illusion. Also, there were a couple LIFE photos of Janet Leigh escaping from a The RETAKES AND MONTAGES sheet also included a brief description of montage shots for the Canon, Cremation, Milk Can and others (e.g., Bullet thru Woman, needle trick, levitation, card tricks). LONG SHOT – Houdini on rope swings to wing of plane – MOVES DOWN as he lands – releases rope – climbs down (BLACK & WHITE). Note: The Milk Can did not make the cut, either.Īlso, on a RETAKES AND MONTAGES sheet dated 10/31/52 there is a brief description of a plane transfer shot taken on 10/31/52 that read as follows: Also, the Milk Can shows up for the first time on this call sheet as a montage, but the canon montage is missing on the call sheet. It was still listed as a Plane Transfer montage on a production call sheet dated: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 st, 1952, along with the Needle Trick, Levitation, Bullet thru Woman, and Cremation montage.

Note: Montages 4, 5 and 6 did not make the cut, but montages 1, 2, and 3 did appear in the movie. However, I did discover the mention of the plane transfer buried in some production 11495 department records:Īpparently, on October 21, 1952, it was listed as Montage number 5 of 6 montages: Unfortunately, there were no plane photos/footage, nor any mention of the plane to plane transfer in any of the versions of the script that I read.

#Houdini 1953 movie#

I got to look at the press book, stills, newspaper clippings, and a number of different versions of scripts for the 1953 movie starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. So last year, I decided to go to the Margaret Herrick Library Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in search of the Lost Plane to Plane Transfer.

For some time now, I have been intrigued by John’s blog at Wild About Harry titled: LIFE photos reveal cut wing walking sequence in 1953 Houdini biopic.