Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926)


* March 24, 1874 Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
 as Erich Weiss
 October 31, 1926 Detroit, Michigan, USA



Vintage magazines


Boy's Cinema, nr. 3, 27 December 1919
Boy's Cinema, nr. 18, 10 April 1920
Mon Ciné, nr. 11, 4 May 1922


Books on Harry Houdini


Ruth Brandon
The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini
London, 1993

J.C. Cannell
The Secrets of Houdini
London, 1932

Books with substantial mentioning of Harry Houdini


Gregg Felsen Tombstones Gregg Felsen
Tombstones, 75 Famous People and Their Final Resting Places
Berkeley, California, 1997

Books with an entry on Harry Houdini


Anthony Slide (ed.) Selected Vaudeville Criticism Anthony Slide (ed.)
Selected Vaudeville Criticism
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1988