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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Letter from W.S. David to Houdini, Suggesting a New Act. New York: June 10, 1926. Handwritten in pencil on both sides of a sheet of Davis’ letterhead, suggesting that Houdini present an “old time levitation act” which Davis offers to supply preliminary sketches for use onstage, in such a way to show off Houdini’s acting (“It will give you an unusual chance to show off your ability as an actor – You have your nose so close to magic that you evidently do not fully realize that you are also an actor.”). A second idea, that Houdini present a ten-minute “drama out of the Minnie Williams expose,” concludes the letter, signed “W.S. Davis.” With the original mailing envelope.