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…
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Slash Film: Howard Shore Article
Before “The Magic Show,” there was Doug’s first stage show, “Spellbound.” While, it is not very remembered today, it laid the groundwork for Doug’s future career, as well as many others. With a creative team of Doug, Ivan Reitman, David Cronenberg, and Howard Shore, “Spellbound” was a confluence of Canadian creativity. For those not aware…
“World of Magic ’75:” Lorri Lieberman and “Killing Me Softly With His Song”
Even a magic special needs a breather. In what was presumably a moment to change set pieces, Doug called upon his friend singer Lori Lieberman to sing the now legendary song “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” It’s an all around nice moment, and one that is different from the specials that followed, as this…
“Earth, Wind, and Fire” Opening and Closing Concert Footage
I’ve covered it a little in past posts (not many) that Doug did some consulting and design work for prominent musicians of the 1970s and 1980s. Not least of which was “Earth, Wind, and Fire.” In a previous post, I came across some pictures of some of the work he had done for the group. However,…
“What We Hide: Doug’s Bump Bows” by Jim Steinmeyer
In keeping with last week’s post, I wanted to highlight another great Henning article that Jim Steinmeyer wrote for his blog. It’s a fun piece profiling the origins of Doug’s closing tour music called “Bump Bows.” If you were lucky enough to see Doug live, maybe you remember it. If not, Jim even provides a…
“Earth, Wind, and Fire” Pyramid Illusion Photos
During his career, Doug consulted with many artists and bands to achieve their creative and musical ambitions. One of these bands was “Earth, Wind, and Fire” for their 1978 tour. Doug designed the floating Pyramid for the group as seen above, and by all the visual evidence it was pretty memorable. I mean the whole…
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