Original 1973/74 “Spellbound” Newspaper Listing

It goes without saying that without the show “Spellbound,” there would be no Doug Henning. Directed by Ivan Reitman over the 1973 holiday season, the show’s story has since been lost to time. However, it featured a youthful and exuberant Doug who caught the eyes of Broadway producers, Edgar Landsbury and Joe Beruh. Broadway soon came…

“Dr. Doug Henning” Natural Law Party Business Card

Mike Segal was kind enough to recently send me items from his collection that I’m sure will be of interest to all of you.  First up, is Doug’s Natural Law Party business during his “wilderness” years. After his retirement from magic travelled the globe under the auspices of the Maharishi and the TM organization. This…

“Young Harry Houdini” on You Tube

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to alert everyone to a recent post by John Cox of the excellent Houdini website Wild About Harry In 1987, the Disney Sunday Movie aired the very rarely seen TV film “Young Harry Houdini” on ABC. The film itself was a fictional retelling of Houdini’s life as a teen, played…