![]() ![]() poster of famous American magician Howard Thurston, 1915. Copyright: Mike Caveney's Egyptian Hall Museum Photograph of the Mexican magician Professor Herrmann sawing a lady in half, 1923. Houdini had to escape from a glass pond full of water. The Chinese Water Torture Cell was no different. Spirit photograph of the Dutch magician E. The peculiar thing about Harry Houdini was that most of his tricks were actually real life, and he always put his life on the line when he attempted these risky stunts. Copyrigh t : George and Sandy Daily Collection poster of Harry Houdini's famous Water Torture Cell, 1916. Images courtesy Mike Caveney's Egyptian Hall Museum George and Sandy Daily Collection Christian Fechner Collection and The Library of Congress It disassembled into several portable pieces and he always traveled with a. ![]() ![]() In the stunt, which was depicted in several Hollywood. The Torture Cell weighed 7,000 pounds (3/4 of a ton) and held 250 gallons of water. Produced by the BBC's Bill McKenna and Sune Engel Rasmussen Lahiri’s performance on Sunday was inspired by Harry Houdini’s water tricks, including his Chinese water torture cell illusion. He says magicians have adapted their craft to their environment as performances have shifted from the streets to the great Vaudeville theatres and on to TV and YouTube.Ĭaveney told the BBC that while modern magicians may not be superstars on the scale of Harry Houdini or Carter the Great, they are still creating new stunts and tricks that leave audiences asking "How did they do that?" This showmanship also extended to his act. Mike Caveney is a professional magician and co-author of Taschen Books's Magic: 1400s-1950s, in which he uses photographs and illustrations to show how spirit invokers, sleight of hand experts and illusionists have entertained us for centuries. Among the stunts performed to publicize his American appearances, Houdini escaped from the prison cell that held the assassin of President James Garfield, squirmed from a straitjacket while hanging upside down, and broke free from a packing crate that had been nailed shut and immersed underwater. Although there is nothing supernatural about it, I am willing to proffer the. We all live by the same physical rules of the universe, and when someone breaks them we watch open-mouthed, stunned into silence. Introducing my original invention, the Water Torture Cell. ![]() Humans have always been fascinated by magic. ![]()
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