I find it interesting and grandly satisfying that-although not Jewish myself-an industry once trivialized as a fad and not a smart career move, left jobs relegated to those deemed lesser has now become one of the most coveted, most successful of all career paths across the entire globe. He worked on other films and even owned his own movie studio, bearing his name, for a while. Harry Houdini was also a film star! Using his mastery of escape, he starred in The Master Mystery, also called " The Houdini Serial ", a 15-episode murder mystery serial in 1918. Harry Houdini in "The Master Mystery" | Photo courtesy of the Breman Museum This exhibition will disappear after Sunday, August 11, so do not delay! If you make it in time, you'll get to see some of the actual handcuffs Houdini used in his performances! There are a limited number of actual artifacts from his life, understandably, but I think you'll love the ones that you get to see! Houdini in Handcuffs, 1899 | Photo courtesy of the Breman Museum Read to the end for some fantastic programming associated with this exhibition! ![]() He was veiled, yet transparent.to say that Harry Houdini was complicated would be an understatement! He was curious, incredibly intelligent, a proud athlete, a television and cinema actor, as well as a purist, a philanthropist, and a debunker. Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz on Tuesday, March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary, to parents Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz and Cecelia Steiner, was unequivocally more than the world's greatest and most famous escape artist.
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