Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins Part IV
Sat, Jul 25, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 398A
Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini ?The?Grim?Game? Airplane Photographs.?
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini ?The?Grim?Game? Airplane Photographs.?Circa 1919.??Uncommon group of five possibly unpublished photographs of Houdini and others on the set of ?The?Grim?Game,? one of Houdini?s films.??One photo shows Houdini standing next to the Curtiss ?Jenny? camera airplane piloted by Al Wilson; Lt. David E. Thomson, pilot; Robert Kennedy, Houdini?s stunt double; and Lt. Christopher Pickup, pilot of second airplane. Other photos show various images of pilots, cameraman, director, and co-star Ann Forrest. During the filming of a sequence, the planes collided in mid-air but managed to land safely, in what was likely the first airplane collision ever filmed. The damage to the one of the airplane?s wings is clearly visible in three of the photos. Very good.
