Houdini soon brought his show to Ireland and performed in Cork’s Opera House, some evidence also exists of him performing in ...

Harry Houdini, full-length portrait ... drawing crowds for both vaudeville acts and the newest films of the era. Though it is not well-documented which specific vaudeville acts performed there ...

The famed escapologist had a reputation for death-defying stunts. But his rise to fame and sudden death both came with some ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899, it was Houdini's ability to escape from handcuffs which caught his attention. Although Houdini was hardly ...

Library of Congress Jack London and Harry Houdini were two of the most remarkable ... same year Ehrich Weiss was breaking into big-time vaudeville -- Jack London began publishing a series of ...

Before the silver screen, there was vaudeville—the vibrant form of ... in San Diego’s entertainment scene when magician Harry Houdini arrived in 1907. Fresh off his growing fame as “The ...