' In it, Hardeen played a 'hardboiled detective' on the case of a bogus medium. On a side note, in 1936 Hardeenin an early 'talkie' 'The Film Daily (Volume 69) Jan-Apr 1936'ĭirecting. Meanwhile, Noel Wesley who negotiated the deal has formed a prestidigitating unit, featuring Hardeen, to tour presentation houses. Life of Houdini, which may go before the cameras in January 'Hardeen, brother of the late Harry Houdini, hasīeen made technical adviser on Vanguard's production based on the 'The Film Daily 1944' '1944 Vanguard has extended producer Houdini (John Cox Collection) Hardeen Dore Schary Technical adviser for a movie to be written by famous Academy Award winning writer Dore Schary. In his great will, Houdini gave $500 dollars to his three assistants, $1000 to the Society of American Magicians, and the rest of his estate portions would be liquidated and distributed to each member of his family over periods of time.In 1944 Houdini's brother Hardeen was hired by Vanguard Studios in Hollywood to act as He was Harry Houdini’s younger sibling and was first called Deshi, then Dash. Hardeen was born Ferencz Deszo Weisz in Hungary on March 4, 1876. Who is Harry Houdini's brother?īrothers Was Houdini the brother of Hardeen? He unexpectedly died of complications while recovering from the procedure. Planning on writing a book about his brother, in 1945 Hardeen went to Manhattan’s Doctors Hospital for a simple operation. Later that year, Hardeen burned all of Houdini’s personal files in a furnace in his basement. What happened to Harry Houdini's brother? George Hardeen is shown with his wife, Lena Fowler, and one of his three children, Shonie Fowler Hardeen. On Halloween night in 2001, he finally agreed. For many years, George Hardeen, one of Houdini’s few living blood relatives, was invited to attend the annual seance to reach his great-uncle.

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