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Director:
Burton L. King
Writers:
Harry Houdini (story)
Coolidge Streeter (adaptation)
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Release Date:
2 April 1922 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery more
Plot:
A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Good melodrama is far from magical and not what you'd expect from a Houdini film more (7 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Harry Houdini ... Howard Hillary / The Man From Beyond
Arthur Maude ... Dr. Gilbert Trent
Albert Tavernier ... Dr. Crawford Strange
Erwin Connelly ... Dr. Gregory Sinclair
Frank Montgomery ... François Duval
Luis Alberni ... Captain of the Barkentine
Yale Benner ... Milt Norcross
Jane Connelly ... Felice Strange / Felice Norcross
Nita Naldi ... Marie Le Grande
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Directed by
Burton L. King 
 
Writing credits
Harry Houdini (story)

Coolidge Streeter (adaptation)

Produced by
Harry Houdini .... executive producer
 
Cinematography by
Louis Dunmyre 
Harry Fischbeck  (as Harry A. Fischbeck)
L.D. Littlefield 
Alexander G. Penrod 
Irving B. Ruby 
Frank Zucker 
 
Stunts
Bob Rose .... stunt double: Harry Houdini (uncredited)
 

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Runtime:
74 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Filming Locations:
Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA more
Company:
Houdini Picture Corporation more

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Edited into Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) more

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Good melodrama is far from magical and not what you'd expect from a Houdini film, 18 August 2007
6/10
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

Harry Houdini is found frozen in a black of ice and thawed out after 100 years. He finds what he thinks is the reincarnation of his lover and has to help her over come some bad guys.

Well made melodramatic thriller chugs along at a good clip until you suddenly realize that other than some great stunts Houdini isn't going to do anything "magical". Its not bad, actually far from it, its just that this is Houdini and you want something wondrous. Worse the one magical bit, the cell escape is cut up in such away as to make it dull and unbelievable. I'm guessing it wasn't filmed that way, but breaking it into the start of the event and then having it finish as a flash back kills it. From what I've read this is the problem with most of Houdini's films and was the reason it never really went anywhere. Worth a look for magic nuts who'll want to see Houdini in action, and for anyone else who wants to see an okay little melodrama.

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