tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853457.post9165480769456214296..comments2023-10-30T03:05:16.555-04:00Comments on WELCOME TO HELL ~ by Glenn Walker: Houdini on History Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04881290766254795431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853457.post-4793787166742889262014-09-27T15:41:40.278-04:002014-09-27T15:41:40.278-04:00I think you're right about the spy angle. Tha...I think you're right about the spy angle. That was one of the things I dug about his movie serials - the real life magician as adventurer. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881290766254795431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853457.post-27183516964052673062014-09-26T15:52:45.104-04:002014-09-26T15:52:45.104-04:00The problem was that this thing was all over the p...The problem was that this thing was all over the place. First it started out as a straight biopic. Then it went into "Wild Wild West" style action adventure with Harry Houdini as a spy for the U.S. on loan to Her Majesty's Secret Service. Then it tried to become a domestic drama with Houdini and his wife having martial troubles. It could never settle on what it wanted to be.<br /><br />You ask me, The History Channel passed up a sure bet by not doing an entire movie about Houdini's career as a spy in Europe. I'd sure as hell would have enjoyed that movie.Derrick Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781081269516018422noreply@blogger.com