he killed him like a loser
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Martin Beck was probably Houdini's biggest supporter and inspiration. Beck saw Houdini perform and was impressed. He was the first person to book him in big theaters and is the reason Houdini became so famous.
Harry Houdini began working as a photographer's assistant in the early 1890s. His first job in this capacity was with the Chicago-based photographer Martin Beck. This experience not only enhanced his understanding of stagecraft and illusions but also influenced his later career as a magician and escapologist.
Harry Houdini went by The Great Houdini.
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Martin Beck was probably Houdini's biggest supporter and inspiration. Beck saw Houdini perform and was impressed. He was the first person to book him in big theaters and is the reason Houdini became so famous.
When Houdini stopped his Coney Island shows, he tried to get a full time magic career. He met Martin Beck, a manager in Woodstock, Illinois in 1899. Beck was impressed by Houdini's handcuff skills and advised him to stick to escape acts. Houdini was also booked on the Orpheum vaudeville circuit.
Martin Beck (1867 - November 16, 1940) was a vaudeville theatre owner. He owned Orpheum Circuit, Inc.
Martin Beck - painter - was born in 1962.
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he killed him like a loser
Harry Houdini began working as a photographer's assistant in the early 1890s. His first job in this capacity was with the Chicago-based photographer Martin Beck. This experience not only enhanced his understanding of stagecraft and illusions but also influenced his later career as a magician and escapologist.
Houdini was discover at age 17! He was born in March 1874 truelly became "famous" after being "discover by Martin Beck of the Orpheum Circuit in 1899. This of course makesthe answer to your question 25. This took him away from the dime museum world (with 10 a day shows) to the repectable vaudeville world. Better pay and fewer shows.
The Fire Engine that Disappeared: A Martin Beck Police Mystery is by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. It is the 5th book in the Martin Beck series. The paperback has 212 pages.
The cast of Houdini - 1998 includes: David Bickford as Journalist Josh Breslow as Young Theo Dean Chambers as Booking Agent Martin Clark as Hank the Old Prisoner Stacy Edwards as Bess Houdini Rob Elk as Detroit Police Officer Judy Geeson as Lady Doyle Karen Hartman as Fraudulent Medium Phil Hawn as Audience Member Emile Hirsch as Young Houdini Endre Hules as German Stage Manager Curt Lowens as Samuel Weiss Karl Makinen as Jim Collins Jack Marston as Kaiser Wilhelm Troy Martin as Fireman Martin McDougall as Radio Technician Jack McGee as Street Vendor Frank McRae as Usher David Moreland as Sweatshop Foreman Bill Moynihan as 1st Volunteer Laura Pallas as Dancing Woman Ron Perlman as Booking Agent Rhea Perlman as Esther Mark Ruffalo as Theo Johnathon Schaech as Harry Houdini George Segal as Beck Haruo Shimada as Street Magician Paul Sorvino as Blackburn David Warner as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. Weiss