LOST 1919 Harry Houdini silent film will be shown at Turner Classic Movies Festival 3-29-15!

[Omaha Steve]

We are delighted to announce the recent restoration of The Grim Game,
which will premiere this weekend in Hollywood. The Grim Game (1919), a
silent feature starring master illusionist Harry Houdini was long
thought to be a lost film. The complete film was discovered in
2014 in the Brooklyn apartment of a nonagenarian magician, juggler, and
film collector Larry Weeks. The restored version will premiere at the
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/films/the-grim-game/ Turner
Classic Movies Festival on March 29 and will also air on the network
later this year.

Film preservationist and producer Rick Schmidlin spearheaded the
restoration project, which was produced in association with NYU
Libraries' Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department.

Press releases are available here: http://248058275.r.cdn77.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/TCM-Grim-Game-1.23.15-FINAL.pdf

and http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/01/30/just-like-magic-harry-houdinis-the-grim-game-reappears-with-the-help-of-nyu-libraries-barbara-goldsmith-preservation-and-conservation-department.html

If you're in LA, we hope to see you at the screening!

http://filmfestival.tcm.com/attend/individual-tickets/ ticket info.

Future screenings are in the works, so please stay tuned
for additional information.
On behalf of all of the project partners, we are thrilled that we were
able to play a role in helping make this film reappear.

[Bluenorthwest]

1. I'm very excited to see this, wish I could go to LA this weekend to see it....

nt

[Danascot]

2. As a kid I was a huge fan of Houdini

to the point that when my parents had friends over, I would get them to tie me up with ropes, chains and locks and toss me into the swimming pool.