Don't know were to post this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeIBCLw4p8o&feature=youtu.be

What a fabulous piece of history, many thanks for sharing with the café.

Thank you so muchfor sharing.

Ray

He was quite young in that early clip.

Thank you for this!:)

Matty

Fantastic insight into the life of The Professor. Thanks for posting the link.

Thanks for sharing. I am going to watch it tonight. :–)

There's so much to comment on here. I'll touch on two things.

1) That look of relief and pleasure on his face in the first clip, when he reveals the card. What a lovely moment. It stands on stark contrast to, say, David Blaine's glower. Think of the contrast in reactions just those two different facial expressions are likely to inspire in their respective audiences. Think of the different attitudes those two approaches convey.

2) I've heard that story about a young Vernon and Houdini before, but the reenactment they showed indicated (or seemed to indicate) that it was just a DL that fooled Houdini. Can that be true? Surely there's more to it than that!

There's more to The Trick That Fooled Houdini. It's been published in a few places. PM me if you'd like and I'll give you a hint of the added "Vernon touch".

Was it in Steinmeyer's Hiding the Elephant? I seem to remember something about it in there. Nevertheless -- I'll send you a PM. Thanks!