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Issue 27 September-October 1977 of MEDIASCENE, America’s New Magazine of Popular Entertainment focused the amber spotlight on:
the Houdini of the cinema by way of one of the rarest items we’ve ever come across, a pressbook from his first feature film, The Man From Beyond. A selection of material from that source (which appears to be missing from the half dozen or more Houdini books currently on the market) will throw a new light on a legendary figure, revealing a now-forgotten part of his spectacular life.
Below is page 15 of Issue 27, the man from beyond: a rare look at harry houdini.
…The photos and illustrations here are from the original pressbook to The Man From Beyond, an extremely rare item even among the most dedicated collections of magic memorabilia.
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Packed with information, biographies, synopses and photos, the pressbook is so rare that SUPERGRAPHICS is reproducing it in a high-quality facsimile edition, 11×16 inches in size and 20 pages, limited to 100 copies, for $10 plus .75 postage…
I am fortunate enough to have one of these in my collection. Like the original, not sure how many of these survived.
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Fantastic! I ordered one of these at that time, but I don’t remember that cool MEDIASCENE article. Took forever to arrive, but worth the wait. I still have it of course. I did not recall these were limited to only 100. I’ve never really thought about it having value. I use it for research. But I guess these are now pretty rare? Do these show up on eBay often? Thanks for this Joe. Brings me back!
The MEDIASCENE issue with the article shows up on eBay quite a bit, but I have only seen the SUPERGRAPHICS high quality limited facsimile pressbook on eBay once.
I also bought a copy from the article and still have it. Forgot only 100 were printed and that it has greater value today. I also sent in $10.00 for the forthcoming book by Steranko, “Iron Puzzles.”
I received a postcard from Steranko thanking me and that it would be sent out when completed. 40+ years and still waiting. He SHOULD do this, even today as his writing on escapes was years ahead of it’s time and still ahead of it’s time.
Well, we now know where 3 of the 100 copies are today. Thanks for sharing!