Touching on many milestones of the magician’s life and career, we first encounter Houdini as a side-show alley performer who meets and falls in love with Bess. Arguably the image most film-goers would conjure up, is that of Tony Curtis in this highly enjoyable film. ANNOUNCING "John Garfield: The Original Rebel" Blo.Harry Houdini has been the subject of many a biopic over the years, materialising in the form of Harvey Keitel, Guy Pearce and even Wil Wheaton.To this day, in Houdini's memory, October 31st is celebrated as International Magic Day. Although Houdini didn't die onstage at a Halloween performance, as this film would have you believe, he did, indeed, die on Halloween, 1926, several weeks after his last stage performance.He later collapsed on stage, was taken to the hospital and died there. In real life he was punched in the stomach by a college student who had heard that Houdini could withstand any blow without harm. In the film he almost drowns in the torture tank trick and dies on the stage in the arms of his wife. The movie contains several factual errors, the most telling of which is the dramatization of Harry Houdini's death.A talented amateur magician, Tony Curtis performed most of his own tricks in this film.Three years before this film was made, 20th-Century Fox was negotiating with Houdini's family to make a picture called "The Life of Houdini" and starring Burt Lancaster in the title role.
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