Event Title

FILM SCREENING: “The Grim Game” (1919)

Event date and Time

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

Free and open to the public

Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater seats 125. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.

Description

Harry Houdini, the legendary stage illusionist, also made his mark in film. In the 1919 silent film “The Grim Game”, Houdini stars as a man who has been jailed for a murder he did not commit. He uses his talents to escape and find the real killers. Eric Colleary, Cline Curator of Theater and Performing Arts, introduces the film and the riches of the Center’s Harry Houdini collection. Not rated, 71 minutes.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

Essayist Eula Biss, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, will give a public talk in the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) on Tuesday, October 4th, at 7 p.m. Saloncalled Biss’s Notes From No Man’s Land “the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. It provokes, troubles, charms, and heckles the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers.” Biss has written on race, family, religion and cultural identity. Her latest book, On Immunity: An Inoculation, explores the history of medical science and the pernicious myths that perpetuate anxieties about vaccination. This event is free and open to everyone. Call 512-471-5787 for more information. A limited number of free books by Eula Biss are available to UT honors undergraduates—students interested in free books should enquire in person at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room.