The recording was from 1936 and was not the WNYC interview that I posted HERE. Until now, that 1939 interview was the only available recording of Hardeen's voice that I was aware, although he certainly must have done a lot of radio in his day (even Houdini was doing radio in the '20s).
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to turn up anything on the CBC Radio website. Did anyone else hear the interview? Let the hunt begin!
I just found the link. Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe Leonard Lopate Show
Past Present: How to Be an Escape Artist
Friday, June 23, 2006 -original date 1939
On today's Past Present, we'll try to learn some tricks of the trade from Theo Hardeen, Harry Houdini's brother and an accomplished magician and escape artist himself. Harry Houdini left his secrets with Theo, but Theo was instructed to have them burned after his own death. This interview originally aired on July 3, 1939 as part of WNYC's "Voice of the Theatre" program. The host is Ezra Macintosh.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2006/jun/23/past-present-how-to-be-an-escape-artist/#segment61535
This is the first interview already posted.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alexanderia. Yeah, that's the Hardeen interview that I posted before. This is new one.
ReplyDeleteThis is the whole Hardeen interview here! ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i1lMQAdS1Y
ReplyDeleteAgain, this is the 1939 Ezra Macintosh interview that we're familiar with. The one I posted about above is apparently a new one made in 1936.
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