Hollywood, CA, USA, January 24, 2015 -- Houdini Museum: After 98 Years Houdini's 1919 Lost Silent Film "The Grim Game" Finally Uncovered and Restored To Premiere in Hollywood.

Magicians Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz, from the Houdini Museum in Scranton, announce the finding and restoration of the long lost Houdini silent movie from 1919, "The Grim Game". When asked how they feel about the release of this long lost part of Houdini History, Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz from The Houdini Museum in Scranton, PA commented, "This was one of the most sought after items in Houdini History. It has always been considered his best movie. We are so proud to have accomplished this. To know that essentially every magician in the world big and small, will get the thrill of viewing this wonderful Houdini movie because of us. This includes future magicians for all time, as well as millions of non magicians." The first showing to be in Hollywood at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival March 26-29 in Hollywood.

Although Houdini's movie Grim Game was made in 1919, 96 years ago, it's been unavailable until now. The only complete copy of the film was hidden in the collection of juggler Larry Weeks (http://larryweeks.info) who said that he got it from Houdini's wife after Houdini died. Dorothy and Dick had kept a friendly relationship with Larry Weeks and that is what helped to make this happen. Brookz commented, "I have known Larry since I was in my early teens. Larry trusted us and knew we would never do any thing that was not in his best interest. He knew with us involved it would be done in a proper way to protect his legacy." Our show business contact for negotiations, film producer Rick Schmidlin, was exactly the right person to bring this project to fruition. Rick had to jump through a lot of hoops and clear several hurdles with tough negotiations. In the end, Rick put the pieces together to get the film, have it restored and added an original movie score. The wonderful thing is that the film content is complete., although it required a lot of restoration. This restored film will also have an musical score composed by Brane Zivkovic an award winning film, television, and theatre composer, which ads much to the viewing pleasure." This was all done with financial help from Turner Classic Movies.

Background information:

The Houdini Museum located in Scranton, PA (http://houdini.org) is the only building in the world dedicated to Houdini. It has been put together by well known professional magicians Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz. The Houdini Museum has taken on the responsibility of taking care of the abandoned Houdini Grave site and recently replaced Houdini's missing bust that was destroyed 40 years ago by vandals. Dorothy Dietrich (http://dorothydietrich.com) is considered the leading female magician and escape artist in the world having been called "the First Lady of Magic," and "The Female Houdini." She has appeared in countless Television specials including "You Asked For It", a Bill Cosby Special, Montel Williams, "The Tomorrow Show", "Atlantic City Alive", "Just For The Record, the Best Of Everything", "Evening Magazine". etc. She was Special Guest Star in HBO's "The World's Greatest Escapes," costarring movie legend Tony Curtis, in which she escaped hanging from the bottom of a parachute ride hundreds of feet in the air while hanging from a singe piece of rope that was set on fire and she is the only women in history to accomplish The Jinxed Bullet Catch in the mouth, the one stunt Houdini backed out of. The stunt has killed over 13 men and injured many others. This stunt q1`was done at Resorts International in Atlantic City. Both stand as world records to this day. When not doing crazy stunts such as these she travels with a magic show that features doves, a duck, a rabbit and two pet poodles. When in her home town of Scranton she appears on a regular basis on stage of The Houdini Museum. Dick Brookz (http://dickbrookz.com) has been a professional magician his entire life. He has fronted for Bobby Darin, Jack Jones, Neil Sedaka at performed at such venues as #1 Fifth Ave, The Rainbow Grill, The Americana Hotel and Casino in Puerto Rico, Aruba Hotel and Casino, etc.

Pictures at Link to The Grim Game posters (http://houdini.org/thegrimgameposters.html)

Contact:
Penny Wilkes
The Houdini Museum
1433 N. Main Ave.
Scranton, PA 18447
570-342-5555
magicus@comcast.net
http://www.houdini.org