tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476836446638612873.post3212117673419140350..comments2024-03-15T03:29:22.351-05:00Comments on Carnegie: Magic Detective: A New Twist on the End of HOUDINI by Tony CurtisCarnegiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476836446638612873.post-15838808413765476222013-11-11T10:56:55.901-06:002013-11-11T10:56:55.901-06:00Interesting story! I had not heard that. I can t...Interesting story! I had not heard that. I can tell you that all of the screenplays that I read had Houdini doing the water cell on Halloween and then dying afterward. That said, the 1st preliminary green screenplay dated April 23, 1952 has Houdini getting punched in his dressing room by a college student and then later that evening performing the Water Torture Cell and then being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance with Bess at his side, where the dying Houdini says: “I’ll come back, Bess --- I’ll find a way”Joe M. Notarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970584480382993678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476836446638612873.post-61210451078759159102013-11-07T23:09:15.984-06:002013-11-07T23:09:15.984-06:00I am in agreement with both of you! I totally beli...I am in agreement with both of you! I totally believe he said it, but like John, I'm very skeptical, and for the same reason, I don't think they relied upon audience testing back then the same way they do today. I do appreciate the input though!Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476836446638612873.post-25319821482514105152013-11-07T21:57:14.751-06:002013-11-07T21:57:14.751-06:00Dorothy Dietrich worked with Tony Curtis on the Ho...Dorothy Dietrich worked with Tony Curtis on the Home Box Office special "The World's Greatest Escapes" in which she was billed as Special Guest Star. Over the years they kept in touch. He was supposed to appear at The Houdini Museum in Scranton, to be booked along with an art exhibit at the Jewish Community Center. Sadly he died that year. He was not only a great actor but a great showman putting together some of the great star studded inside parties in Hollywood. As I recall he talked at one time to Dorothy about his Marilyn Monroe statement that kissing her was like kissing Hitler. He said it was just a flip line that he knew at the time would make a great sound bite and probably garner publicity. This Houdini statement could have been just such a thing. If you watch the movie, it is a great example of old time excellent screen writing, with each scene built upon the last leading to the exciting ending. However there seems to be a set of scenes that may have been cut about his bad luck on Halloween.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050872272972797606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476836446638612873.post-68581712933615287382013-11-07T18:00:48.985-06:002013-11-07T18:00:48.985-06:00Interesting! But I'm skeptical. I'm not su...Interesting! But I'm skeptical. I'm not sure they did huge reshoots based on audience testing back then, and the whole second have of the movie is set-up for his death in the cell. I believe Joe Notaro has read the script. He'd be the man to ask.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.com