Disappearing tricks silent film, Houdini, and the new magic of the twentieth century - Solomon, Matthew (Urbana University of Illinois Press, 2010)
An anti-spiritualist medium : stage magic and the beginnings of cinema -- The death of magic? presentational performance and early film -- Behind the curtain : Méliès at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin -- Up-to-date magic : theatrical conjuring and the trick film -- Houdini?s actuality magic : escaping the "ghost house" with moving pictures -- Lost in transition : sensational fiction and the limits of narrative integration -- Epilogue.
Keywords: Houdini, Harry -- 1874-1926 -- Knowledge -- Cinematography; Trick cinematography -- History; Magic tricks in motion pictures; Magic tricks -- History