Harry Kellar Meets Houdini
Today is the birthday of the seminal magician Harry Kellar; for my full autobiographical squib on him go here. Below, a rare 1917 clip of him meeting with Houdini:
To find out about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books are sold. Also please keep a look out for Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies From Nickelodeon to Youtube, coming out in September 2012
