Now that I have your attention,

While going thru my Houdini magazines, I came across an article, titled, “Houdini” by Marie Hinson Blood as told to Robert Olson.  This 25-page article illustrated with photos, clippings and other memorabilia gives some Houdini inside facts from an interview with Marie Hinson Blood, the niece of Houdini.

I thought I would share one of the inside facts in this blog:

Houdini made several movies and Marie can rattle them off just like that. “The Grim Game”, “Terror Island”, “The Man From Beyond”   and “The Master Mystery”. Her father had all of these movies.  Every Saturday friends would try and get into the Hinson house to see one of the films they would show. They could only take a certain number of people, others having to wait until the next Saturday evening. They were all on reels in big tin can with covers.  One day a fire inspector came and found these films stored in the basement.  Because of their extreme danger of being highly flammable, the inspector said they would suspend all of their fire insurance if they did not get rid of these films. So, her father threw them away. [The New Tops, September 1985]

I find the order of the movies that Marie could rattle off interesting, “The Grim Game” is first and “Haldane” is not listed.

If we could only turn back the clock.

I hope I am invited to the next Saturday evening’s showing of “The Grim Game”.