HOUDINI - Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh - DVD - N&S - Never played

Description: TONY CURTIS JANET LEIGH TORIN THEATCHER IAN WOLFE MICHAEL PATE ANELA CLARK and STEFAN SCHNABER star in HOUDINI DVD - NEW and SEALED - NEVER PLAYED!! - M-rated - 106-minutes - Colour - 1953-release - Drama, Biography - REGION ALL - PAL - Original Oz releaseIn this fictional account of the great magician's life, Houdini meets his wife Bess while performing sideshow . The demure Bess rebuffs his advances but is soon attending all of his shows and they are married after a whirlwind romance. His first attempt at performing on stage with Bess as his pretty assistant is less than successful and he decides to take a regular job in a lock factory. His escape from a straight jacket at the annual magicians dinner gets him a ticket to Europe where he becomes a great success, even meeting a challenge to escape from London's reputedly escape-proof jails. Back home he stages a series of death defying escapes but turns to mysticism after his beloved mother's death. He eventually returns to great acclaim but dies on stage after accidentally aggravating an inflamed appendix.If it wasn't for the movies and the books on Harry Houdini's life he would fall into a category of un-interesting performers who only could do one thing - performHe lived in a time where his talents were in great demand and despite the fact that this film is not historically accurate, it is lovingly presented by Paramount a **Color Film** in a time where Black and White films were still commonplace, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh at the peak of their building careers and George Marshall a veteran director of close to 120 filmsThey knew what they were doing when the movie partially fictionalized Houdini's life possibly because he was a one note person, a magician, an escape artist, a performerThe movie is excellent!! and that is all that matters, if I am not mistaken almost every remake has fictionalized his life in one way or another, this movie is a true gem!!

Price: 16.95 AUD

Location: Kingsgrove, New South Wales

End Time: 2024-11-26T21:00:11.000Z

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