![]() While other magicians did the metamorphosis act, the use of his wife in the act made it different and more attention-grabbing than other acts. In 1895 he and his wife debuted his “Metamorphosis” act. He became particularly adept at getting out of handcuffs. In the late 1890s, he began to shift his focus from sleight of hand and cards to escape acts at the behest of vaudeville promoter Martin Beck. He met his wife, Bess Rahner while performing magic in Coney Island.Īs a sleight-of-hand magician, he was competent but wasn’t great, despite the fact that he would bill himself as the “king of cards.” His initial magic consisted of simple card tricks and sleight of hand. He did some traveling with a circus, and performed vaudeville shows. When he started performing magic, he wasn’t doing the type of act that would make him famous. His first name “Harry” he said, was a nod to the American magician Harry Keller. He mistakenly thought that adding an “i” at the end of word, turning Houdin into Houdini, meant “belonging to” in French. In 1890, he showed an interest in magic, and he gave himself the stage name “Harry Houdini.” The name was taken in honor of a French magician he respected by the name of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, who was considered to be the father of modern magic and illusion. When Erich was nine years old in Milwaukee, he began his career in performing for the public when he appeared as a trapeze artist known as “Ehrich, the Prince of the Air.” The man the world would know as Harry Houdini was born Erich Weisz in 1874 to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary.Īs a child, his family immigrated to the United States in 1878, where his father took a position as a rabbi in the small town of Appleton, Wisconsin.įour years later, his father lost his job, and the family moved to Milwaukee, fell destitute, and five years later the family moved to New York City. Learn more about the legend of the Harry Houdini on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. It all ended with his untimely death at the age of 52, the cause of which is still debated to this day. He became one of the most successful magicians in history and also found success in motion pictures and aviation. To honor his favorite magician, he took the name The Great Houdini. In the late 19th century, a young man by the name of Erich Weiss decided to pursue a career in magic and illusion. Harry Houdini died on Halloween day in 1926.Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Amazon | Player.FM | TuneIn Castbox | Stitcher | Podcast Republic | RSS | Patreon Houdini was an extremely famous magician who broke a lot of records. He bought an airplane and he became the first man to pilot an airplane. He did his first show in Europe,in 1900 and he then earned $ 2000 a week. He advertised for his talent by proving he could escape the best-guarded and the most famous prison cells. He developed the handcuff challenge act and then many other shows where he proved able to free himself from the tightest bonds. In 1892 Houdini was a metamorphosis illusionist and he became a king of cards. When he was 15 years old, he became a magician and he did 20 shows a day ![]() ![]() He went to a religious school and he worked to help his family. Theodore,Leopold,Nathan,William and he had one sister,Carrie. His father Samuel and his mother Cecilia were poor.He had 4 brothers, ![]() He was of Hungarian origin, but he lived in America. Harry Houdini was born under the name of ERISH WEISS on March 27,1874. > Double-click on words you don't understand Compassion, listening and humanity - Cinema and vocabulary - Reading comprehension: St. > Similar tests: - Geography-Vocabulary - Vocabulary: reading and writing - Vocabulary: sincerity, trust - Vocabulary: pride and humility - Vocabulary: fishing and hunting. > Other English exercises on the same topic: Geography, history, politics, literature. Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #32995: Harry Houdini, by Jean Therrin.
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