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Film Screening: The Grim Game

  • Harry Ransom Center · Austin
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Film Screening: The Grim Game
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Join us for a special screening of the American classic silent film The Grim Game (1919), starring Harry Houdini.
About this Event

Join us for a special screening of the silent film The Grim Game (1919), directed by Irvin Willat and starring Harry Houdini and Ann Forrest. Long believed lost until a surviving print resurfaced, the film features Houdini as newspaper reporter Harvey Hanford in an action-packed drama filled with his signature escapes. This program is held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition . Introduction by Dr. Eric Colleary, the Ransom Center's Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts.


Please have your reservation confirmation ready upon entering. A reservation does not guarantee a seat. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes before the event begins. No food or beverages are allowed inside our theater or gallery space.

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Harry Ransom Center, 300 West 21st Street, Austin, United States

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