It uses the same frozen-alive plot idea as CAPTAIN AMERICA and BUCK ROGERS, with Houdini frozen at sea after being abandoned by unsympathetic skipper Luis Alberni (Louis Louis of the Hotel Louis from EASY LIVING).
Hardeen passed many items to his associate Douglas Geoffrey Mackintosh, who was an illusionist and performed under the name Douglas Geoffrey, and after Hardeen passed away, as "Hardeen, Jr".Harry Houdini co-wrote and produced and starred in THE MAN FROM BEYOND in 1922. And the general public regard him as a brilliant artiste and a thrilling entertainer. Both the amateurs and the professionals of our number regard him as a friend. Like Houdini, he is willing to expend both time and money freely to further the cause of magic. He is a man of considerable culture and one of the best raconteurs I have ever met. Hardeen, like his more famous brother Harry Houdini is a great favourite in the magical world. The handcuffs but a simple thing compared with those with which he is used to toy. The huge chains in the cartoon are hardly an exaggeration of those from which he breaks loose. I have seen him perform several times, and have marvelled at his achievements. Even if Houdini had not existed to point the way, it is quite likely that Hardeen would have become an escape artiste. But the natural ability was always there. Hardeen learnt his business from Houdini, and he learnt it well, as no man could have failed to do with such a master. It was Hardeen who first conceived of escaping from a straitjacket in full view of the audience - a concept fully used by Houdini and generations of performers since. He was known as "Deshi", and later "Dash" by his parents. He was born as Ferencz Dezso Weisz (or Weisz Ferenc Dezső) in Budapest, Hungary, and went by the name of Theodore Weiss when the family was living in Appleton, Wisconsin. So dedicated was he to Houdini, that Hardeen usually introduced himself as the “brother of Houdini." He was the founder of the Magician's Guild. Theodore Hardeen (Ma– June 12, 1945) was a magician and escape artist, best known as Harry Houdini's brother.
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