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Harry Houdini entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Harry Houdini Store at Amazon
oncomplete Harry Houdini credits [since 1909] at Internet Movie Database
search for books on keywords 'Harry+Houdini' {returns over 400 titles} at Amazon
Non-Fiction About Harry Houdini
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 | "The Secrets of Houdini, with 98 illustrations" [1932] by J.C. Cannell (V.P. of the British Magicians Club) Kindle Edition from Rowlands Press [4/2013] for $8.99 Dover Publns 8½x5½ pb [6/73] for $12.95 Bell Publng hardcover [8/89] for $18.00 |
 | "Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of A Strange Friendship" [1933] by Bernard M.L. Ernst [1879-1938] & Hereward Carrington [1880-1958] "The curious narrative describing the relationship between the leading exponent of spiritualism (Doyle) and his foremost opponent (Houdini)" Kessinger Publng 11x8¼ pb [9/2010] for $20.12 Kessinger Publng 11x8¼ pb [3/2003] for $23.81 Kessinger Publng 10¾x8½ hardcover [9/2010] for $30.92 Albert & Charles Boni, NYC hardcover [1972] out of print/scarce |
 | "Genii: The Conjurors' Magazine" [est. 1936]
Founded in 1936 by William Larsen, Sr.; published and edited since 1999 by author Richard Kaufman; October 1940 issue had cover and articles about 'The Houdinis'; November 1993 was a Houdini Special Issue {coded below}; January 2011 issue contains cover article 'Houdini: Art and Magic' by Brooke Kamin Rapaport; August 2011 issue contains article 'Houdini and Margery In The Spotlight' • magazine official website Aug 2011 issue - out of print/scarce 75 years of Genii Magazine issues available as .PDF files for fee - all 75 volumes for $249 |
 | "The Great Balsamo: World Renowned Magician and King of Escape Artists" [1946] by Maurice Zolotow [1913-91] a veiled tell-all fictional biography of Harry Houdini Ehrsam Press 8½x5½ pb [4/2012] for $31.99 Pyramid Books mass pb [1954] out of print/used Random House hardcover [1946] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Houdini: Magician Extraordinary" [1951] by Beryl Williams & Samuel Epstein Scholastic Book Services mass pb [1965] out of print/used Scholastic mass pb [1962] out of print/used Bailey Brothers & Swinfen hardcover [1971] out of print/used |
"Magic and Mystery: the Incredible Psychic Investigations of Harry Houdini and Joseph Dunninger" [1967]
http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Incredible-Psychic-Investigations-Dunninger/dp/B006RNDFMY/
http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Mystery-Incredible-Investigations-Dunninger/dp/0517226499/
"Houdini: A Mind in Chains - A Psychoanalytic Portrait" [1976] by Bernard C. Meyer, MD
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-mind-chains-psychoanalytic-portrait/dp/0841504482/
 | November 1993 issue of "Genii: The Conjurors' Magazine" [est. 1936] Genii Magazine for November 1993 was a Houdini Special Issue; articles by Patrick Culliton & others included 'Houdini, A Magician For The Ages'; 'Society Sketch'; 'Bahl Yahn, The Strong Man' (short story written by Harry Houdini); 'Flight of Magic'; 'Buried Alive'; 'Where The Magic Went' magazine official website • November 1993 issue - out of print/scarce 75 years of Genii Magazine issues available as .PDF files for fee - all 75 volumes for $249 |
 | "Harry Houdini: The Legend of The Worlds Greatest Escape Artist" [ages 8-12; 1994] by Janice Weaver, Illustrated by Chris Lane Harry N. Abrams 10x10 hardcover [10/2011] out of print/used Harry N. Abrams hardcover [1994] out of print/used |
"The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini" [Random House, 1994] by Ruth Brandon
"Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss - American Self-Liberator, Europe's Eclipsing Sensation,
World's Handcuff King, and Prison Breaker" biography [1996] by Kenneth Silverman
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Self-Liberator-Eclipsing-Sensation-1996-09-01/dp/B01K17L4HE/
 | "The Great Houdini (Step Into Reading Series)" [ages 7-9; 1999] by Monica Kulling, Illustrated by Anne Reas Kindle Edition from Random House BFYR [2/2015] for $4.99 Random House BFYR 9x6 pb [8/99] for $4.99 Turtleback Books library hardcover [8/99] for $13.55 |
 | "Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini" [ages 10 & up; 2000] by Tom Lalicki a look at the dramatic life of this world-famous magician & escape artist for middle readers Holiday House 10x7¾ hardcover [6/2000] out of print/used |
 | "Houdini's Box: The Art of Escape" [2001] by Adam Phillips Meditations by acclaimed essayist & psychoanalyst Phillips on the notion of escape in our society and in ourselves, citing four examples: a young girl, a grown man incapable of a relationship, poet & recluse Emily Dickinson, and Harry Houdini, master of escape Kindle Edition from Vintage [12/2010] for $4.99 Vintage 8x5 pb [8/2002] for $15.00 Pantheon 8½x5½ hardcover [7/2001] for $16.30 |
 | "Harry Houdini: A Photographic Story of A Life (DK Biography Series)" [grades 5-12; 2005] by Vicki Cobb PUB 7¾x5¼ pb [8/2005] for $0.00 DK Children 8x5½ hardcover [8/2005] for $10.09 |
 | "The Man Who Killed Houdini: An Investigation" [2005] by Don Bell Escape artist Harry Houdini died at age 52, the victim of a ruptured appendix caused by a sucker punch from one of three students visiting the performer backstage in Montréal, Québec, Canada; the purported 'killer' was a divinity student named J. Gordon Whitehead, who disappeared from the public eye for decades . . . Véhicule Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2005] out of print/used |
"Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini" [8/2006] by Sid Fleischman
http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Story-Houdini-Sid-Fleischman/dp/0060850965/
http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Story-Houdini-Sid-Fleischman/dp/0060850949/
 | "The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero" [10/2006] New York Times bestseller by William Kalush & Larry Sloman Kindle Edition from Atria Books [10/2006] for $14.99 Atria Books 9¼x6¼ pb [10/2007] for $19.99 Atria Books 9¼x6¼ deckle-edge hardcover [10/2006] for $5.97 |
 | "Harry Houdini For Kids: His Life and Adventures - With 21 Magic Tricks and Illusions" [grades 4-8; 2009] by Laurie Carlson
Kindle Edition from Chicago Review Press [2/2009] for $9.99 Chicago Review Press 8½x11 pb [2/2009] for $16.99 |
 | "A Picture Book of Harry Houdini" children's book [grades 1-3; 2009] by David A. Adler & Michael S. Adler, Illustrated by Matt Collins Kindle Edition from Holiday House [1/2015] for $6.99 Holiday House 8x9½ pb [6/2010] for $11.41 Holiday House 8½x10 hardcover [9/2009] out of print/used |
 | "Houdini: The Life of the Great Escape Artist" graphic biography [grades 3-9; 2010] by Agnieszka Jòzefina Biskup, Illustrated by Patrick Timothy Kinsella leaves out certain parts - early life, wife Bess, his sudden death in 1926 - but described as likely to spark interest in further study of Houdini and-or stage magic Capstone Press 9x7 pb [2/2011] for $7.52 Capstone Press 9x7 library hardcover [12/2010] for $20.00 |
 | "Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle & Harry Houdini" [2011] by Christopher Sandford The two entertainment giants first met during Houdini's 1920 European tour; Doyle had killed off his Sherlock Holmes character in favor of an increasingly manic pursuit of spiritualism, while Houdini repeatedly tried to reach his dead mother by séance; Houdini's lack of success and the many charlatan mediums that he encountered and debunked soon had him convinced that all séances were hokum; Houdini's 1924 exposé book "A Magician Among The Spirits" greatly offended Doyle, who came to regard Houdini as a personal traitor and an enemy of spiritualism Kindle Edition from St. Martin's Press [11/2011] for $9.99 St. Martin's Griffin 9x6 pb [2/2013] for $20.68 St. Martin's Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2011] for $34.95 |
"Houdini: A Life Worth Reading" [2014] by editors at Higher Read
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Worth-Reading-Higher-Read-ebook/dp/B00I5BB83O/ 3/2014
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Worth-Reading-Higher-Read/dp/1495372154/
 | "Harry Houdini For Kids!" [2014] by Ian D. Fraser
59-page self-published Kindle Edition [6/2014] for $2.99 |
 | "Houdini: A Extraordinária Historia Do Mago Que Ganhava A Vida Escapando Da Morte (The Extraordinary Story of The Wizard Who Made His Living Escaping Death)" for Kindle [2016] by Eduardo Caamaño
Portuguese-language Kindle Edition from Denied Books [5/2016] for $6.50 |
 | "Houdini's Final Incredible Secret: How Houdini Mystified Sherlock Holmes' Creator" [2016] by Bob Loomis author offers material not included in the book at an official Facebook page [est. 8/2016] CreateSpace 9x6 pb [8/2016] for $13.00 |
 | "The Magician and The Spirits" [ages 10 & up; 2017] by Deborah Noyes
Kindle Edition from Viking BFYR [8/2017] for $10.99 Viking BFYR 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2017] for $7.78 {sic} |
 | "Harry Houdini: A Brilliant Showman" [2018] from The Biography Collection short biography in 88 pages (see also the Houdini/Barnum double-bio just below} Kindle Edition from The History Hour [8/2018] for $2.99 The History Hour 8x5 pb [8/2018] for $10.99 |
 | "Harry Houdini & Phineas Taylor Barnum: The Greatest Showmen" [2019] from The Biography Collection Two distinct short biographies in 157 pages; there is no suggestion or record that the two men ever met: Houdini was 17 years old and just beginning his magic career the year that Barnum died Kindle Edition from The History Hour [7/2019] for 99¢ The History Hour 8x5 pb [7/2019] for $12.99 see also Spirit of America Bookstore's P.T. Barnum [1810-91] Page |
"Harry Houdini: A Biography" [9/2018] by Phil Coleman
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1720202249/
"Houdini: The Handcuff King (The Center for Cartoon Studies Presents)" [9/2019] by Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Handcuff-Cartoon-Studies-Presents/dp/1368042880/
 | " Houdini: The Life and Times of the World's Greatest Magician (Oxford People Series)" [2017] by Charlotte Montague 'based on contemporary reports & diaries, with historic photographs & period posters' Chartwell Books 10¾x7½ hardcover [8/2019] for $2.77 {sic} Chartwell Books 10¾x7¾ hardcover [9/2017] for $13.33 |
 | "The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini" [2019] by Joe Posnanski
Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster/Avid Reader Press [10/2019] for $12.99 Simon & Schuster/Avid Reader Press 8½x5½ pb [10/2020] for $17.00 Simon & Schuster/Avid Reader Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2019] for $18.69 |
 | "Houdini: The Elusive American (Jewish Lives Series)" [2020] by Adam Begley Kindle Edition from Yale Univ Press [3/2020] for $14.04 Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [3/2020] for $17.95 |
Fiction About Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini & Sherlock Holmes "Extraordinary Adventures of A Secret Police - The Missing Athlete
(Aventuras extraordinarias dum policia secreta - O athleta desapperecido)" [1911]
rare Portuguese-language edition of the 1911 pulp magazine
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Sherlock-Holmes-Extraordinary-Adventures/dp/B08928JQK3/ [May 25, 2020]
"Ragtime [1975] novel by E. L. Doctorow - Houdini plays a major role
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime_(novel)
the original Broadway production played by Jim Corti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)
"Ragtime" film [1981] played by Jeffrey DeMunn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime_(film)
"Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini in the Adventure of the Pandora Plague" [Sep 1, 1984] by Lee A. Matthias
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Houdini-Adventure-Pandora/dp/0910937044/
 | "The Houdini Box" [grades 3-5; 1991] by Brian Selznick A boy meets his hero magician Harry Houdini and receives a magical box . . . Atheneum BFYR 9½x6¾ pb [9/2001] for $9.99 Atheneum BFYR pb [9/2001] for $20.98 Knopf BFYR hardcover [3/91] for $12.80 Atheneum BFYR 9x7 hardcover [10/2008] for $19.99 Knopf BFYR 9¾x7¾ hardcover [3/91] out of print/used |
"Escapade" = Houdini & Holmes by SATTERTHWAIT, WALTER [8/1995]
http://www.amazon.com/Escapade-Walter-Satterthwait/dp/0312130686/
"Harry Houdini" series books by Daniel Stashower
http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Stashower/e/B001ITRFFU?tag=nordellbookst-20
"The Adventures of The Ectoplasmic Man" [1985] Holmes meets Houdini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Ectoplasmic_Man
"The Dime Museum Murders" [Dec 1999]
http://www.archive.org/details/dimemuseummurder00dani
"The Floating Lady Murder" [Dec 2000]
http://www.archive.org/details/floatingladymurd00dani
"The Houdini Specter" [2001]
http://www.archive.org/details/houdinispecterha0000stas
'Houdini and Nate' YA mystery series by Tom Lalicki
"Danger in the Dark: A Houdini & Nate Mystery ( Book 1) 10/2006
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374316805/
"Shots at Sea: A Houdini & Nate Mystery ( Book 2) Aug 21, 2007
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YJEXH0/
"Frame-up on the Bowery: A Houdini & Nate Mystery ( Book 3) Oct 13, 2009
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VMWBCS/
"The Pandora Plague: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, MD" [July 2009] by Lee Matthias
http://www.amazon.com/Pandora-Plague-Posthumous-Memoir-Watson/dp/1439243131/
"Houdini and Conan Doyle. [Oct 1, 2011] by Christopher Sandford
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Conan-Doyle-Christopher-Sandford/dp/0715641468/
"Houdini: Magic Mediums & Murder [Sep 7, 2014] by Craig Fraley
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Mediums-Murder-Craig-Fraley-ebook/dp/B00NER12HQ/
 | "Young Houdini: The Magician's Fire" [grades 5-8; 2014] by Simon Nicholson
young magician-trainee Harry Houdini's mentor disappears in a mysterious puff of smoke, so he and two friends band together, determined to rescue their beloved magician pal Herbie . . . Kindle Edition from Sourcebooks YR [10/2014] for $6.15 Sourcebooks YR 7½x5 pb [9/2015] for $7.99 Sourcebooks YR 8x5½ hardcover [10/2014] for $15.99 "Il Piccolo Grande Houdini: L'Ordine del Corvo Bianco (The Order of The White Crow)" Italian-language Edizioni Piemme 8x5½ hardcover [9/2015] for $13.47 |
 | "Young Houdini 2: The Demon Curse" [grades 5-8; 2015] by Simon Nicholson The Order of The White Crow demands that Harry and his two friends hasten to New Orleans, where they find the city in a panic and the mayor in a seeming zombie trance . . . Kindle Edition from Sourcebooks YR [6/2015] for $8.99 Sourcebooks YR 7½x5 pb [6/2016] for $7.49 Sourcebooks YR 8x5½ hardcover [6/2015] for $15.99 |
 | "Young Houdini 3: The Silent Assassin" [grades 5-8; 2016] by Simon Nicholson Harry, Billie & Artie are in London, England when Lady Flora Cusp, benefactor to the poor, is found shot dead in her room . . . Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5½ pb [1/2016] for $11.62 |
"Sherlock Holmes and The Houdini Birthright" [6/2015] by Val Andrews
"Who Done Houdini? (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Book 1) [Sep 1, 2015] by Raymond John
WhoDoneHoudiniHolmesRJ.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Done-Houdini-Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0878398074/
"The Door of Eternal Night (Sherlock Holmes: The Science of Deduction Book 2) [Feb 13, 2016] by Josh Reynolds
http://www.amazon.com/Door-Eternal-Night-Sherlock-Holmes-ebook/dp/B01BREDTK0/
Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini | by Conor McCreery , Anthony Del Col , et al. | Sep 23, 2015
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-vs-Harry-Houdini-ebook/dp/B01D5K8KWQ/ book 1
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-vs-Harry-Houdini-ebook/dp/B00QU7TGDE/ book 2
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-vs-Harry-Houdini-ebook/dp/B01D5KCAIG/ book 3
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-vs-Harry-Houdini-ebook/dp/B01D5KCBZS/ book 4
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-vs-Harry-Houdini-ebook/dp/B00WF7730Q/ book 5
"Holmes & Houdini: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Mystified Magician [Oct 29, 2015] by David Britland
http://www.amazon.com/Holmes-Houdini-Sherlock-Mystified-Magician-ebook/dp/B017DK12J2/
"Houdini's Final Incredible Secret: How Houdini Mystified Sherlock Holmes' Creator" [Aug 22, 2016] by Bob Loomis
http://www.amazon.com/Houdinis-Final-Incredible-Secret-Mystified/dp/1537122738/
"Holmes and Houdini" [1/2017] by I.A. Watson & Rob Davis
http://www.amazon.com/Holmes-Houdini-I-Watson/dp/0997786809/
"Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini" [8/2018] by Cynthia von Buhler
http://www.amazon.com/Minky-Woodcock-Girl-Handcuffed-Houdini/dp/1785863975/
"Sherlock Holmes Harry Houdini: Cold Facts Four" [2020] by John Pirillo
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Harry-Houdini-Facts-ebook/dp/B082DM7N47/
"Harry Houdini & Sherlock Holmes Together Again In 1908: "Auf Den Spuren Houdinis (On The Trail of Houdini)"
[May 25, 2020] by Arthur Moses
http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Houdini-Sherlock-Holmes-Together/dp/B0892HQTHR/
 | "The Great Escape (Magic Shop Series)" children's book [ages 7-9; 2014] by Kate Egan, with magician Mike Lane, Illustrated by Eric Wight Young trainee magician learns that he might be related to Harry Houdini; blurting it out at school leads to taunts from bullies . . . Kindle Edition from Feiwel & Friends [10/2014] for $4.25 Feiwel & Friends 8¼x5½ pb [10/2014] for $5.99 Feiwel & Friends 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2014] for $14.99 |
 | "Mrs. Houdini: A Novel" [2016] by Victoria Kelly The secret code that Harry Houdini agreed to convey to his wife from whatever happened after his death begins to show up in strange places, leading over several years to a strange photographer . . . a 'mesmerizing reimagining' of one of history’s greatest love stories Kindle Edition from Atria Books [3/2016] for $12.99 Washington Square Press 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2017] for $13.25 Atria Books 9x6 hardcover [3/2016] for $14.08 |
 | "The Escape Artist" A Thriller" novel [2018] #1 bestseller by Brad Meltzer A U.S. Army secret agent & mortician discovers that the body of a woman found in the wreckage of an Alaska plane crash is not that of who the paperwork says she was; an investigation leads to a mysterious secret and a conspiracy that traces back to the greatest escape artist of all, Harry Houdini Kindle Edition from Grand Central Publng [3/2018] for $9.99 Grand Central Publng mass pb [4/2019] for $7.48 Grand Central Publng 8x5¼ pb [9/2018] for $9.79 Grand Central Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2018] for $8.61 author's official website • book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Houdini Carini" children's book [ages 3-5; 2019] by Anne Zadek story imparts lessons crucial to success in any venture, and does it in a way that young readers will find natural and fun; also explains a simple card trick at book's end Kindle Edition from L.O. Annie Press [1/2019] for $1.99 L.O. Annie, Inc. 11x8½ pb [2/2019] for $4.65 L.O. Annie, Inc. 11x8½ hardcover [1/2019] for $7.10 |
 | "Escape Quest 8: Houdini Face Au Synode (Houdini Faces The Council)" [2020]  by Manuel Rozoy & Willy Dupont, Illustrated by Luca Erbetta "Les Héros . . . C'est Vous!" French-language Ynnis Editions 10½x7½ pb [8/2020] for $39.00 |
Movies & TV About Harry Houdini
incomplete Harry Houdini credits [since 1909] at Internet Movie Database
"Religious Racketeers" [July 1938] /tt0030666/
starring Mrs. Harry Houdini (as Mme. Harry Houdini)
a print of this film survives in the UCLA Film & Television Archives under the title "The Mystic Circle Murder"
"Houdini" [1953] a 1953 biographical film about Harry Houdini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini_(1953_film)
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Blu-ray-Tony-Curtis/dp/B01LAVWXU2/
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Tony-Curtis/dp/B01LAVOD4G/
"Days of Thrills and Laughter" documentary [Fox March 1961]
 | features silent comic actors Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase, Douglas Fairbanks, Oliver Hardy, Harry Houdini, Boris Karloff, The Keystone Cops, Stan Laurel, Mabel Normand, Warner Oland, 'Snub' Pollard, Ruth Roland, Mack Sennett, Al St. John & Ford Sterling Co-produced, written & directed by Robert Youngson [1917-74]; narrated by Jay Jackson V.C.I. Ent. b&w DVD [6/2010] out of prodn/used M.P.I. Home Video b&w VHS [10/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"The Truth About Houdini" TV documentary [BBC-TV 1971]
 | 51-minute TV documentary directed by David C. Rea; written by R.W. Reid; narrated by Don Davis
DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb "The Magic of Houdini" re-release [2014] |
"The Great Houdini" [1976] a biographical telefilm about Harry Houdini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Houdini_(film)
the steamy TV movie, "The Great Houdinis"
"Houdini's Secrets" [Alan Landsburg Prodns Nov 1981]
Season 6, Episode 11 of the "In Search of ..." TV series [1976-1982]
 | Co-produced, co-written & directed by Glenn Winters; co-produced & co-written by Karen Cole Winters; narrated by Leonard Nimoy; featuring Walter B. Gibson, Sidney H. Radner, with archive footage of Harry Houdini •
episode credits at IMDb
watch 9/2008 upload of episode online at YouTube: part #1 [7:14] • part #2 [7:14] part #3 [7:15] "In Search Of . . . The Complete Collection (146 Episodes)" [Alan Landsburg/History Channel 2012] Visual Ent. color DVD set [12/2012] 21 disks for $41.99 |
"Young Harry Houdini" TV movie [aired March 1987] /tt0094362/
2-hour episode of "The Magical World of Disney" [1954-97]; played by Wil Wheaton & Jeffrey DeMunn
"Houdini" TV episode [Oct 1993] /tt4037676/
Season 31, Episode 6 of the "Omnibus" TV series [BBC-TV 1967-2003]
"Houdini: The Great Escape" TV episode [1994] /tt0092322/ of the "Biography" TV series [1987-?]
http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Houdini-Great-Escape-VHS/dp/6303937349/
"Houdini" [Allumination Filmworks Oct 1996]
 | obscure 61-minute video about Houdini, no entry on IMDb; VHS release January 2007; company Allumination Filmworks of Woodland Hills, California has since then shut down {website given up} and the film library likely scattered to the winds; described as 'a riveting biography' NOTE: the review references to the animated French film are just further examples of Amazon's general lack of integrity Allumination Filmworks color VHS [1/2007] out of prodn/used |
"FairyTale: A True Story" fantasy film [Warner Bros. Oct 1997]
 | French-American fantasy drama film about the real-life photographs in 1917 purported to be of fairies in the garden of two British children,
soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies; story involves Sherlock Holmes' author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O'Toole) and master illusionist Harry Houdini (Harvey Keitel) • Directed by Charles Sturridge; written by Albert Ash, Tom McLoughlin & Ernie Contreras; starring Harvey Keitel, Jason Salkey, Peter O'Toole, Lara Morgan, Adam Franks, Guy Witcher, Joseph May, John Bradley, Anna Chancellor {as Peter Pan}, Florence Hoath, Phoebe Nicholls, Leonard Kavanagh, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann, Anton Lesser, Bob Peck, Lynn Farleigh, Sarah Marsden, Tara Marie, Alannah McGahan, Bill Nighy, Tim McInnerny, Peter Mullan, Jim Wiggins, David Calder, Anthony Calf, John Grillo, Benjamin Whitrow, Dick Brannick, Barbara Hicks, Christopher Godwin, Andrew Cryer, Paul Popplewell, David Norman, Matilda Sturridge, Anna Ramsay, Charlotte Champness, Peter Wight, Willie Ross, Ina Clough, Carol Noakes, Stephen Chapman, Bill Stewart, Don Henderson, Stuart Howson, James Danaher, Martin Gent, Anthony Collin, Tom Georgeson, Angus Barnett, Felicity Brangan, Martin L. Evans, Harry Fielder, Mel Gibson, Hal Lindes; and fairies portrayed by Suzy Barton, Ali Bastian, Anna Brecon, Sean Buckley, Lindsey Butcher, Norma Cohen, Matt Costain, Philip Fowler, Katie Gibbon, Sophie Griffiths, Sara Li Gustafsson, Tara Kemp, William Lawrance, Caleb Lloyd, Marianne Melhus, Genevieve Monastesse, Simon Penman, Briony Plant, Anna-Louise Plowman, Jane Read-Wilson, Isabel Rocamora, Tom Sturridge, Mark Tate, Hayley Tibbins
Paramount Home Video widescreen color DVD [11/2003] for $5.99 Paramount Home Video widescreen color DVD [11/2003] for $16.01 Paramount Home Video widescreen color DVD [11/2003] for $16.40 Warner Home Video color VHS [6/98] out of prodn/used Atlantic Records movie soundtrack composed by Zbigniew Preisner on CD [10/97] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [5/2012 upload; 1:37] online at YouTube |
"Houdini" [1998] a biographical telefilm about Harry Houdini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini_(1998_film)
"Harry Houdini" [1998] episode /tt1363660/ of the "E! Mysteries & Scandals" documentary TV Series []
"Documentary on the Life of Escape Artist and Magician Harry Houdini" [1999] /tt6639900/
"Houdini" TV docufilm [P.B.S./American Experience March 2000]
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Season 12, Episode 11 of "The American Experience" [since 1988] TV series; co-produced & directed by Nancy Porter; music by Claudio Ragazzi; narrated by Mandy Patinkin; featuring James Fellows, Edward Germain, Pier Guftafson, Tom Kemp, with archive footage of Harry Houdini •
credits at IMDb
P.B.S. Direct color DVD [10/2011] out of prodn/scarce watch full episode [1/2018 upload; 52:15] online at YouTube {ends at 50:15} |
 | "The Houdini Code Mystery: A Spirit Secret Solved" lecture [May 2000] lecture by Episcopal cleric and historian of magic Rev. Canon William V. Rauscher at a meeting of the Parapsychology Foundation in May 2000; audio is terrible, conclusions are suspect; seems to be a stop on the tour for his new book watch full lecture [6/2016 upload; 1:25:15] online at YouTube "The Houdini Code Mystery: A Spirit Secret Solved" [2000] by William V. Rauscher Magic Words Limited Edition hardcover [2000] out of print/scarce |
"Gallup Extreme Magic: Live On Tour" TV special [2002] /tt0983855/
Harry Houdini ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
"Houdini: Unlocking The Mystery" TV documentary [A&E/History Channel Oct 2005]
 | 2-hour TV documentary co-produced & directed by Michael Meadows; co-produced & written by Richard Brehm; hosted by magician Lance Burton; featuring magician David Copperfield, Mary Corey, Patrick Culliton, Paul Draper, Glen David Gold, Henry Muller, Sidney H. Radner, Kenneth Silverman, magician Teller, Anna Thurlow, Dorothy Young, with archive footage of Harry Houdini
A&E Home Video DVD [12/2009] for $46.90 {sic} full credits at IMDb |
"The Golden Twenties: A Lively Look At That Roaring Decade" [2006]
 | 105-minute compilation of vintage newsreels and movie clips that show advances in aviation & the automobile, the start of Prohibition (and the rise of speakeasies), the sensational Scopes 'Monkey' Trial, the sexual liberation of the flappers, the advent of radio, and famous personalities of the Roaring Twenties: Charles Lindbergh, Harry Houdini, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Babe Ruth, Knute Rockne, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover
Passport color/b&w DVD [4/2006] out of print/used |
"Houdini Lives Again Featuring Dixie Dooley" [2006]
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Lives-Again-Featuring-Dooley/dp/B0051C4W3S/
"Escapology: Volumes 1-3" + Bonus "Houdini Lives Again" 4 DVD Set by Dixie Dooley
http://www.amazon.com/Escapology-Volumes-Bonus-Houdini-Dooley/dp/B002YW2F50/
"Death Defying Acts"
a 2007 British-Australian supernatural romance film, directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones; it concerns an episode in the life
of Hungarian-American escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s; it was screened in a special presentation at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Defying_Acts
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Defying-Acts-Guy-Pearce/dp/B001F0Y9GK/
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Defying-Acts/dp/B01M748SE6/
http://www.amazon.com/GRAN-HOUDINI-EL-DVD/dp/B01GWDZOCM/ spanish
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-LUltimo-catherine-zeta-jones/dp/B0041KYDYO/ italian
"Death Defying Acts: A Novelization" [July 2008] by Greg Cox
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Defying-Acts-Novelization-Greg/dp/B005Q88P0I/
"Houdini Whodunit" episode [feb 2009] /tt1379503/ of the Murdoch Mysteries tv series [since 2008]
Joe Dinicol co-starring as Harry Houdini
"Martinka & Co.: The Magic Shop Owned By Houdini" [indep March 2013]
 | Founded in New York City in 1877 as Martinka & Company, is considered America's oldest magic shop; it was later owned by Carter the Great (1917), Harry Houdini (1919 - merged with Hornman Magic Co.), Al Flosso (1939-1976), and Ted Bogusta – real hard to connect the dots here because the Martinka website is broken (2020) • film runs 33 minutes, features magic historian Charles Reynolds and owner Ted Bogusta • not listed at IMDb
indep color DVD [3/2013] out of prodn/SOLD OUT ! watch movie promo [3/2013 upload; 1:33] online at Vimeo more info on Spirit of America Bookstore's Wizards, Sorcerers, & Magicians Pages |
"Houdini" 2-part TV miniseries [A&E/History Channel Sept 2014]
Part 1 /tt3417982/ - Part 2 /tt3859132/
Announced April 2013: History Channel is developing a two-part, four-hour period project based on the life of master illusionist Harry Houdini and his rise to fame, following the legendary illusionist and escape artist ou of poverty 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; exec produced by Gerald W. Abrams; directed by Uli Edel; written by Nicholas Meyer; starring Adrien Brody, Kristen Connolly, Evan Jones, Tim Pigott-Smith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini_(miniseries) /tt3132738/
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Disc-Extended-DVD-Digital/dp/B00LX26G0M/
"Houdini" animated movie [Dandelooo/NCircle Ent. France 2014, USA 2015]
 | Originally a French 'steampunk' animated movie called "Little Houdini"; dubbed into English for the U.S. DVD release; young Harry Houdini seems to have a talent for magic tricks, but living in the village of Appleton provides no access to learning more; then his father runs into magician The Great Tesla, who agrees to teach the boy how to perform stage magic • Directed by Cédric Babouche; written by Sydelia Guirao, Francis Launay, Maxime Le Bras, Francois Turquety; featuring voices of Nathalie Benaumé, Fanny Bloc, Marie Facundo, Thierry Kazazian, Martial Le Minoux, Bruno Magne, Marie Nonnenmacher, Bruno Magne, Jeremy Prevost •
credits at IMDb
NCircle Ent. color DVD [9/2015] for $2.95 watch official trailers online at YouTube: 11/2014 English trailer #1 [1:00] • 2/2015 subtitled French teaser #2 [0:41] |
"Doyle & Houdini" segment, with "The Poison Squad" and "The Great Imposter" [aired 10/2014] /tt4063318/
season 7, episode 4 of "Mysteries At The Museum" TV series [2010-?]
"Masters of Illusion" (2014) /tt4104170/ 23-minute episode of the "America: Facts vs. Fiction" TV series
featuring Houdini + Barnum {portrayed by Paul D'Elia}
"Harry Houdini: Magic Among The Spirits - The Sonoma County Séances"
TV documentary [Garfield Lane Prodns for P.B.S. - Hallowe'en 2015]
 | Houdini's commitment to magic as a profession and opposition to fakery led to his involvement in séances before his death in 1926 and attempts to communicate with him in séances after his death; the Houdini séances made their way to Sonoma County, California in 1964 • Produced, written & directed by Tom Wyrsch; music by Scott Moon; with archive footage of Harry Houdini DVD/Blu-ray not available • bare credits at IMDb |
"The Witch of Lime Street" [S.T.X. Ent. - in development since 12/2015]
 | 'True story inspired by real events' • Argentine Andres Muschietti will develop, produce, and direct the mystery thriller from a screenplay written by book author David Jaher; co-produced by Barbara Muschietti
credits at IMDb • 12/2015 movie deal announcement 12/2000 English-language article at C.I.C.A.P. skeptic site in Italy "The Witch of Lime Street: Seance, Seduction, and Houdini In The Spirit World" [2015] by David Jaher chronicles the thrilling rivalry that simmered and grew more intense and mysterious as Harry Houdini and a panel of investigative experts sought to debunk the psychic and spirit medium Margery Crandon, known as 'The Witch of Lime Street' Kindle Edition from Crown Books [10/2015] for $11.99 Broadway Books 8x5¼ pb [10/2016] for $17.17 Crown Books 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2015] for $16.65 |
"Houdini and Doyle" TV series [3/2016] played by Michael Weston
British-Canadian-American TV drama series loosely based on the real-world friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini_and_Doyle
"The World's Columbian Exposition" episode #11 [Jan 2017] /tt6332684/ of the "Timeless" TV series [2016-2017]
Plot involves villain's intention to bomb Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and J.P. Morgan; regular cast get mixed up with Harry Houdini
(portrayed by Michael Drayer) and a historic serial killer •
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless_(TV_series)
"The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show" [DreamWorks/DHX Media 2015-2017]
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Season 4, Episode 5 [April 2017]: "Gone Comic Gone" segment and "Harry Houdini" segment
Houdini gets too carried away in showing off his magic act . . . • Directed by Miles Thompson; written by Mike Leffingwell & Melody Iza; voices of Max Charles & Chris Parnell • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia watch full episode [7/2018 upload; 23:04] online at YouTube - available for fee or YouTube membership |
"Houdini's Last Secrets" 4-episode TV series [Science Channel 2019] /tt9324726/
hosted by George Hardeen, Theo Hardeen's grandson; filmed at Stunt Ranch, Austin, Texas
http://www.amazon.com/The-Torture-Escape/dp/B07MQ4D31S/ prime video
"Hercules Houdini Holmes" [T.A.I.F. Aug 2019]
 | Three kids find themselves in a battle with forces of darkness, armored with the ability to change into teen versions of mighty Hercules, magical Harry Houdini, and brilliant Sherlock Holmes • Co-produced & directed by Joseph Henson; starring Vyom Mathrani, Lizanne Tulip, Betty Blanco-Gomez, Zachary Bray, Chris Coon, Sumeet Dang, Aidan Davari, Gwen Gottlieb, Cameron Harris, Chris Markle, Nick Meyer, Cole Prawer, Duncan Stott, Michael Truelock
Amazon Instant Video [2019] rental HD $2.99, purchase HD $9.99 Amazon Instant Video [2019] rental HD $2.99, purchase HD $9.99 DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site watch 8/2019 official trailer [1:58] online at YouTube |
"I Am Harry Houdini" [P.B.S. KIDS - aired Nov 2019]
Season 1, episode 4 of the animated television series "Xavier Riddle and The Secret Museum" [2019-2020]
 | Follow the adventures of Xavier Riddle, his sister Yadina, and their friend Brad as they travel back in time to meet real-life historical figures, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Marie Curie, Mary Shelley, Harry Houdini, the Wright Brothers, Isaac Newton, and many others {two per half-hour episode}
starring voices of Aidan Vissers, Wyatt White & Zoe Hatz, with Liam MacDonald as young Harry Houdini • series official website • credits at IMDb DVD/Blu-ray not available • Amazon Instant Video of 4 episodes [2019] HD purchase $9.99 |
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"I Am Harry Houdini (Xavier Riddle and The Secret Museum)" [2020] by Brooke Vitale
New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos created the children's book series "Ordinary People Change the World" [2014-2021] which does not yet include a book about Harry Houdini; PBS KIDS made an animated TV series based on Metzger's books, which does include an episode on young Harry Houdini {see above}; things have now gone full circle, as Brooke Vitale is writing books based on the TV series . . . Kindle Edition from Penguin Young Readers [4/2020] for $5.99 Penguin Young Readers 8x8 pb [4/2020] for $5.99 |
Houdini projects in development {as-of 10/2020}
Untitled Houdini Project (in development) /tt0889138/
"The Secret Life of Houdini" (in development) /tt1405517/
"Houdini (I)" (in development) /tt1911657/
"The Houdini Box" (in development) /tt2353768/ based on the 1991 book by Brian Selznick
"Houdini (II)" (in development) /tt3713518/ comedy family adventure starring a small dog pHoudiniIIdog.jpg
"Harriet Houdini" (in development) /tt4506218/
 | "Son of Houdini" [SilverFox Cinema - in development since 2017] tagline: 'A film that demonstrates [that] finding true love may be the greatest trick of all' • to be produced, written & directed by Barbara Glasser; Jeremy Rishe, Joy Shatz & Phil Cappadora are rumored to be the principal cast  official movie site • latest info at IMDb [est. 2017]
based on "A Plague of Dreamers: Three Novellas" [1993] by Steve Stern the novella about an ambitious stage magician, "Hyman The Magnificent", is the basis for the "Son of Houdini" film project; the other two novellas are "Zelig Rifkin and The Tree of Dreams", about a grocer's assistant, and "Annals of The Kabakoffs", about a grandfather, father & son; all three stories take place in The Pinch - a backwater Jewish community in Memphis, Tennessee Syracuse Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [3/97] for $5.49 Scribner 8½x6 hardcover [1994] for $40.55 |
"Houdini (IV)" (in development) /tt10870042/
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stageplays, other media • image gallery • family & friends • links
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