Friday, August 23, 2024

The very best steel

As promised, here's what was inside the mystery box that I posted on Tuesday. This is a beautiful reproduction of the famed Steel Straitjacket as seen in the Tony Curtis Houdini (1953) biopic. This was a gift from Richard Sherry and Dayle Krall of Sherry and Krall Magic. Richard made a small number of these working replicas. This one he painted for me to better match the jacket in the movie. I love it!


Dunninger owned the original Steel Straitjacket and provided it to the production. Today, it is in the collection of Rob Allen (who let me put it at last year's Milbourne Christopher Awards). Richard created his replicas earlier this year and still has a few left if you want to add one to your own collection. Details can be found HERE.

Thank you, Richard and Dayle! I will treasure this.

4 comments:

  1. I remember when the Houdini movie came on TV, all of us went crazy for the steel straitjacket. Even though I never saw it in any Houdini books that I read then, I still thought it was cool.

    Where did the idea come from? Was this something Houdini did, or was it created for the movie?

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    1. Dunninger supplied the steel straitjacket from his collection to the filmmakers. He claimed it was Houdini's.

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  2. *his hands on the drape* “Excuse me. Sorry.” *gets out* LOL

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  3. Well you have the jacket, all you need now is a pair of matching pants.

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