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Lot 35

HOUDINI, Harry (1874-1926). Movie still from Houdini?s film...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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HOUDINI, Harry (1874-1926). Movie still from Houdini?s film, The Man from Beyond. [White Studio, 1922]. 9 x 7 ??. Tape reinforcement to margins, tape on front of photo, some ink color correction, toned, chipped, numerous inkstamps, ink notations, sticker residue on verso (including an ownership stamp from ?World-Famed French Wizard Fred Beckman?. In this silent film, Houdini portrays Howard Hillary, a man discovered frozen in Arctic ice who is brought back to life. This film was seen as a sort of apology to Houdini?s erstwhile friend, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930); Houdini and Doyle had a falling out over spiritualism, which Doyle believed in, but Houdini did not. At the end of this film, there was a caption, ?You must believe? in which one of the character?s spirits migrates into another body, which Doyle later praised.