During the making of the Grim Game, Houdini has been photographed at Lasky Studios getting cozy with:
Gloria Swanson,
Ann Forrest,
and the young lady pictured below.
Care to guess who that young lady is? Next week, I will reveal who that is, along with a very rare photo of the Hollywood starlet being swept off her feet by Houdini at Lasky Studios. You won’t want to miss it.
You got me there pal! I’d love to see that picture with the blonde.
I think everyone will enjoy seeing Houdini try some magic with the blonde.
Looking forward to this!
Me too!
Lila Lee?
http://houdini.org/houdiniswomenlilalee.html
Great guess. I believe Lila Lee and Gloria Swanson made a film together at Lasky studios around the same time that The Grim Game was being made. But I don’t think Harry got cozy with Lila Lee until the making of Terror Island in Catalina and Lila Lee was a brunette and our Hollywood Starlet is a blonde.
or Ina Claire?
http://houdini.org/houdiniswomeninaclaire.html
Another great guess. She has been associated with Houdini and appears to be a blonde, but I don’t believe she was at Lasky studios during the making of The Grim Game.
Mae Busch?
Another excellent guess! Mae Busch was definitely on the set of The Grim Game. She worked with Harry Houdini and played Ethel Delmead, a cabaret singer, selected for her beauty and winning personality to play the part of a nurse. However, she was not a blonde.
Houdini Museum guess 3
Blanche Sweet?
You are getting closer. Blanche Sweet definitely looks like our Hollywood starlet. They both were silent film stars and starred in number of Cecil B. DeMille films. Hint: Our blonde was the same height as Houdini. Blanche was taller.
You use the word star…
Mae Murray?
Not Mae Murray. Our star was one of the biggest stars of the silent era and was receiving as much, if not more fan mail than Gloria Swanson, who was a superstar of that time.
Wanda Hawley
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner. Congratulations to Bill Mullins. Due to Wanda’s petite status, she billed herself as Wanda Petit for a brief period in her career. I will post the photo of her and Houdini later this week.
Bill Mullins spends too much time on his &#$*% computer! But congratulations to him!