![]() The living history performance of Harry Houdini is made possible through the support of The Jacob & Hilda Blaustein Fund for the Enrichment of Jewish Education of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. Learn about booking the performance for a school group here. Notes As noted by Milbourne Christopher, the editor of Magazine of the Society of American Magicians, in a January 1954 Variety item, Houdini contains many inaccuracies about the magician's life. HARRY HOUDINI by Kjartan Poskitt (illustrations by Geraint Ford) is an interesting biography about the life of Ehrich Weisz, better known as Harry Houdini. Learn about booking the performance for an adult group here. Harry Houdini's real name was Weiss, and he is played here by Tony Curtis, whose real name is Schwartz. ![]() Living History Program performances are available for schools, public and private events and can take place at the Museum or outside venues. Performed by professional magician/performer David London, the performance lasts for 40 minutes. Following the performance, audience members will have the opportunity to meet and ask questions with “Harry Houdini” and then with David London. JMM presents its newest living history character and exhibit Inescapable: The Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini. Harry Houdini died on Halloween, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan from peritonitis. In the 1920’s, with the rise in popularity of spiritualism, Houdini dedicated himself to exposing frauds who claimed to be psychics, fortune tellers or mediums who can talk to the dead. Harry Houdini was a popular magician, escapologist, stunt performer, film producer, actor, amateur aviator, and an investigator of spiritualists. He became internationally known for his sensational handcuff and straitjacket escapes. One of his favorite magicians was a Frenchman named Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. Houdini performed with Bess for decades, traveling across the country many times. In the 1890’s, Houdini performed his act on Coney Island where he met his wife, Bess Rahner. He performed small magic acts and card tricks for extra money and eventually quit his job at the necktie factory and changed his name to Houdini. After passing through the immigration center at Castle Gardens, Erik Weisz became Ehrich Weiss.Īs a teenager, Ehrich worked as a messenger boy in New York and later in a necktie factory. Although the autobiography of Harry Houdini might claim that he was born in Wisconsin, it is known that his real name was Erich Weiss and that he was born. Two years later, Rabbi Weisz brought the rest of the family to Appleton, Wisconsin where he became the Rabbi of a synagogue there. His father, Meyer Samuel Weisz was a Rabbi who left for America in 1876. Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary in 1874. Harry Houdini is performed by professional magician/performer David London. ![]()
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