Houdini
August 22 / 7:30 pm & August 23 / 2:00 pm
Starring Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, & Torin Thatcher
From his beginnings as a “wildman” carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world’s most captivating magician and escape artist.
A talented amateur magician, Tony Curtis performed most of his own tricks in this film.
The movie contains several factual errors, the most telling of which is the dramatization of Harry Houdini’s death. In the film he almost drowns in the torture tank trick and dies on the stage in the arms of his wife. In real life he was punched in the stomach by a college student who had heard that Houdini could withstand any blow without harm. This did, indeed, rupture his appendix. He later collapsed on stage, was taken to the hospital and died there.
Houdini
Saturday, August 22, 7:30PM
Sunday, August 23, 2:00PM
1953 | No Rating | 1 Hr. 46 Min.