Word: houdini
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Business Manager for Mrs. Harry Houdini Hollywood, Calif...
Then, too, there are the scales, dagger, and document used by Edmund Keane in his portrayal of Shylock in the "Merchant of Venice," a candle snuffer used by Ellen Terry, and a bronze statue of Sarah Bernhardt presented to her by the magician Houdini...
Reopening the Union Guardian: Why, it would have taken Houdini to open that bank...
...Houdini was witness to one of the exhibitions of mediumship. Having fastened Margery in a box with only her head and arms free, Houdini felt along her arm with his own hand until it had passed through the hole in the box. Then the voice of Walter, the spirit, intervened. "What did you do that for, Houdini? You--! Putting up a plant like that on a girl. There is a ruler in that cabinet...
Exclaimed Congressman Shoemaker: "For six years I lived across the street from Harry Houdini. He taught me all the tricks...