Boys Cinema ran every week from Dec 1919 (n1) to May 1940 (n1063). Houdini appeared in 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923 issues:

1. Jan 17, 1920. v1 n6. “Houdini the Handcuff King”  cover & p26.  (HHCE Collection)
2. Feb 21, 1920. v1 n11. “Houdini”  p12+.  (HHCE Collection)
3. Jan 8, 1921. v3 n57. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
4. Feb 5, 1921. v3 n61. photo  p26. (HHCE Collection)
5. Feb 19, 1921. v3 n63. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
6. May 7, 1921. v3 n74. “The Grim Game”  p14. (HHCE Collection)
7. May 14, 1921. v3 n75. “Terror Island”  cover & p2+.  (HHCE Collection)
8. June 25, 1921. v4 n81. “The Grim Game”  p14+. (HHCE Collection)
9. July 30, 1921. v4 n86.  “The Marvelous Houdini” (photo feature)  p14+.  (HHCE Collection)
10. March 4, 1922. v5 n117. Houdini card on cover.  (HHCE Collection)
11. March 25, 1922. v5 n120. Houdini cover with Famous Heroes Card # 4 insert. (Missing)
12. Jan 13, 1923. v6 n162. “Houdini In The Man From Beyond”  p14+.  (Arthur Moses Collection)

This week I share Houdini’s appearance in Boys Cinema Feb 5, 1921. v3 n61 from my personal collection.  Houdini was one of the sixty-four famous film stars in the Goggles competition that ran for 8 weeks, with the answers that showed up in the May 14, 1921 v3 n75.

He showed up in Set No. 3.

Boys Cinema ran every week from Dec 1919 (n1) to May 1940 (n1063). Houdini appeared in 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923 issues:

1. Jan 17, 1920. v1 n6. “Houdini the Handcuff King”  cover & p26.  (HHCE Collection)
2. Feb 21, 1920. v1 n11. “Houdini”  p12+.  (HHCE Collection)
3. Jan 8, 1921. v3 n57. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
4. Feb 5, 1921. v3 n61. photo   (HHCE Collection)
5. Feb 19, 1921. v3 n63. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
6. May 7, 1921. v3 n74. “The Grim Game”  p14. (HHCE Collection)
7. May 14, 1921. v3 n75. “Terror Island”  cover & p2+.  (HHCE Collection)
8. June 25, 1921. v4 n81. “The Grim Game”  p14+. (HHCE Collection)
9. July 30, 1921. v4 n86.  “The Marvelous Houdini” (photo feature)  p14+.  (HHCE Collection)
10. March 4, 1922. v5 n117. Houdini card on cover.  (HHCE Collection)
11. March 25, 1922. v5 n120. Houdini cover with Famous Heroes Card # 4 insert. (Missing)
12. Jan 13, 1923. v6 n162. “Houdini In The Man From Beyond”  p14+.  (Arthur Moses Collection)

This week I share Houdini’s appearance in Boys Cinema Feb 21, 1920. v1 n11 from my personal collection. Learn about the fake crash staged in The Grim Game, the 6 week training and rehearsals required for one scene, Houdini being one of the first men to take up flying, and the risk he took throwing himself under a passing car.

Boys Cinema ran every week from Dec 1919 (n1) to May 1940 (n1063). Houdini appeared in 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923 issues:

1. Jan 17, 1920. v1 n6. “Houdini the Handcuff King”  cover & p26.  (HHCE Collection)
2. Feb 21, 1920. v1 n11. “Houdini”  p12+.  (HHCE Collection)
3. Jan 8, 1921. v3 n57. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
4. Feb 5, 1921. v3 n61. photo   (HHCE Collection)
5. Feb 19, 1921. v3 n63. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
6. May 7, 1921. v3 n74. “The Grim Game”  p14. (HHCE Collection)
7. May 14, 1921. v3 n75. “Terror Island”  cover & p2+.  (HHCE Collection)
8. June 25, 1921. v4 n81. “The Grim Game”  p14+. (HHCE Collection)
9. July 30, 1921. v4 n86.  “The Marvelous Houdini” (photo feature)  p14+.  (HHCE Collection)
10. March 4, 1922. v5 n117. Houdini card on cover.  (HHCE Collection)
11. March 25, 1922. v5 n120. Houdini cover with Famous Heroes Card # 4 insert. (Missing)
12. Jan 13, 1923. v6 n162. “Houdini In The Man From Beyond”  p14+.  (Arthur Moses Collection)

This week I share Houdini’s appearance in Boys Cinema Jan 17 1920 v1 n6 from my personal collection.

Some of his legendary feats (e.g., escaping from an European Prison Cell that the warden forgot to lock, breaking his own packing case escape record while filming the Master Mystery with a broken wrist, leaping handcuffed in freezing weather from Belle Island Bridge in Detroit, diving with Fiji natives for coins while handcuffed, being trapped under ice in Pittsburg) and his reason for going into pictures are told on this page.

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