Today, August 18^th, 2020 marks the 100^th Anniversary of Terror Island being widely released.

To celebrate, John Cox is doing a live stream with Catalina Island Museum on their Instagram at 11:30am PST.

John Cox and I got to consult on a special exhibition at the Catalina Island Museum called Houdini: Terror Island on Magic Isle.

Having read my blog and extensive research on “Terror Island”, Julie Perlin Lee, the Executive director of the Catalina Island Museum and creator of the first ever Houdini exhibit devoted to his movies first contacted me about helping with this project back in November of 2016. We then got John Cox on board and between the three of us recruited others like Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Mark Willoughby, Arthur Moses, and Fred Pittella to loan artifacts for the exhibition.

The exhibition came to fruition in 2018 and was on view from May 5th to October 7^th. I was lucky enough to visit the Museum on multiple occasions:

• February 17th-18th (Search for Terror Island Filming locations)
• April 27th-28th (Escape to Party to Celebrate Exhibit)
• May 4th-5th (First Friday “Magic at the Museum” and Grand Opening)
• May 19th-20th (Special Screening at Art Deco Avalon Casino Theater)
• June 1st (1953 Screening of Houdini on Terror Island)
• September 16th and September 30 (Share exhibit with Family)

Reels (Parts) 3 and 4 of the existing (Library of Congress Realart) version of Terror Island are considered missing.

The exhibit showcased my work that reconstructs and describes the missing Terror Island scenes in chronological order for each part via an audio-visual presentation.

• Terror Island Part 3 (1 of 4)
• Terror Island Part 3 (2 of 4)
• Terror Island Part 3 (3 of 4)
• Terror Island Part 3 (4 of 4)
• Terror Island Part 4 (1 of 2)
• Terror Island Part 4 (2 of 2) Underwater Box Escape

The exhibit also showcased the missing Terror Island Underwater Box Escape Footage that I located on an out of print magic video,

• Search for Terror Island Underwater Box Escape Footage
• Terror Island Underwater Box Escape Footage Found

the research on locations on Catalina Island where Terror Island was filmed (Banning’s beach, Pebble Beach), and shown (Strand Theatre),

• Discovering Terror Island
• Search for Strand Theatre building and Hotel locations where Lasky Film Company Players Stayed
• Terror Island Crew Hotels and Strand Theatre back in Houdini’s day

as well as Trade Cards, Stills, and Programs from my personal collection.

• Terror Island Trade Cards – No. 57-61
• Terror Island Trade Cards – No. 62-66
• Terror Island Trade Cards – No. 67-71
• Terror Island Trade Cards – No. 72-76
• Terror Island Trade Cards – No. 77-81

On my HHCE blog, I also uncovered and shared the TI Story that was adapted from the film script,

1. A Prisoner Among Salvages
2. A Wonderful Submarine
3. An Offer Refused and One accepted
4. The Sham Fire
5. A Life in the Balance
6. Sent to a Watery Grave
7. The Rescue
8. On the Cannibal Island

working titles for TI, Japanese Actors in TI, a theory of how Terror Island’s lost reels become lost, and exactly when the Library of Congress received their print.

• What was the working title(s) for Terror Island?
• Japanese Actors in Terror Island?
• Answer: Japanese Actors in Terror Island
• What happened to the missing Terror Island Reels?

Houdini is now a permanent resident of Catalina Island.

“You’ll note the display features a video screen which plays the overboard box escape from the film. This footage is missing from the existing movie. It was uncovered last year [2018] by our friend Joe Notaro and it is not available to view anywhere else. So Houdini fans who visit the island get a rare treat!”  John Cox

H A P P Y  1 0 0  Y E A R  A N N I V E R S A R Y ! ! !