A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.
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- TriviaAs part of the film's promotion, Houdini challenged any producer to film a "greater thrill than the Rescue Scene at the Brink of Niagara Falls," offering to pay $5,000 if they succeeded, as announced in the 20 Oct 1922 Variety.
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Dr. Crawford Strange: Hillary clings tenaciously to his theory that he and Felice loved each other in a former life. Only a rank materialist like me would remain skeptical.
François Duval: Our personal beliefs are of no importance. The great teachers of the Earth, Zoroatser down to Moses and Christ, those who have made civilizaion possible, have taught the immortality and progression of the soul... Reincarnation!
- ConnectionsEdited into Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
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Houdini As An Actor...
A man (Harry Houdini) who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.
I was drawn to this film because it was written by and stars Harry Houdini, the master magician. Appleton, Wisconsin has claimed Houdini as their own, and it is within this community that I have lived for over thirty years. So it seemed like I owed it to myself to watch the film.
Unlike many silent films, it has lots of written words. I would not even call them intertitles, because so much of it is long sections of spiritual quotation or philosophy. It is quite unlike what I have seen in other silent films.
The plot is general is odd, as on the surface it seems to be a man who is unfrozen after 100 years only to find someone who reminds him of the woman he loved. But there is a deeper story of reincarnation, and the role of science and religion in the modern world. In many ways, this film is not only outstanding for its creativity and originality, but is also far enough outside the box to be otherworldly...
I was drawn to this film because it was written by and stars Harry Houdini, the master magician. Appleton, Wisconsin has claimed Houdini as their own, and it is within this community that I have lived for over thirty years. So it seemed like I owed it to myself to watch the film.
Unlike many silent films, it has lots of written words. I would not even call them intertitles, because so much of it is long sections of spiritual quotation or philosophy. It is quite unlike what I have seen in other silent films.
The plot is general is odd, as on the surface it seems to be a man who is unfrozen after 100 years only to find someone who reminds him of the woman he loved. But there is a deeper story of reincarnation, and the role of science and religion in the modern world. In many ways, this film is not only outstanding for its creativity and originality, but is also far enough outside the box to be otherworldly...
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- gavin6942
- Jun 25, 2013
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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