Let's start with one of my
all time favorite posters for either brother. If Houdini ever created a poster
depicting a bridge jump, I've not see it. But it would be tough to do better
than this one. This appeared on the back of the July 1945
Conjurers Magazine "Hardeen Memorial Issue". How I would love to see
this in its original color.
Next is a terrific trade ad from the July 7, 1907 issue
of Variety announcing Hardeen's return to America. There's
a lot to love here, including a nice mention of trailblazing agent Jenie
Jacobs. But I especially enjoy those lines at the bottom.
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Finally, I couldn't resist running Hardeen through the MyHeritage AI app which is all the rage at the moment. What little film of
Hardeen that exists comes from much later in his life, so here we see him
come to life in his early Handcuff Kings days.
Happy birthday Dash!
Houdini scholars and magic historians owe Hardeen a debt of gratitude. He did not destroy his brother's collection as was stipulated in HH's will and instead chose to pass it down to Radner and his protege Douglas Geoffrey.
ReplyDeleteJust too bad he never got that book written.
DeleteWhat book? Was he working on an autobiography?
DeleteThis one.
DeleteThanks! Forgot about that!
DeleteI agree. Thank you Theo! Although I'm sure he faced Houdini's rath in the afterlife.
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