Image from Kellock book
The above photo is part of a series of extreme publicity photos that Houdini took in Hollywood while making his first feature film, The Grim Game.
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Today I share from my personal collection, an article titled, “Houdini Sucessfully Monkeys With the Buzz Saw”, that appeared in the Sunday Motion-Play Magazine Rotogravure Section (May 25th 1919)
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That was an amusing article! Thanks for putting it up! That buzz saw looks to be about a foot away from Harry–and turning. I wouldn’t want to do that!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!!
This is fantastic. In Pictorial Life, Christopher captions this photo: “Cecil B DeMille had suggested this approach to a buzz saw one day in Hollywood.” Now I know where he got that!
Much appreciated and thanks for Christopher reference!
Great, Joe—-you solved another mystery.
RE: “DeMille’s own private railing…Houdini did a handcuff stunt”:
This would appear to be depicted on page 118 in the Henning-Houdini book.
….and to my knowledge, the ONLY known photograph of Houdini handling
a pair of then modern “swing-through” (Peerless brand) handcuffs…that were
revolutionary at the time, and were the basis for all modern handcuffs made today.
Great to hear and thanks for the additional details on the handcuff stunt.