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- January 21st, 2010, 10:10 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Help with Picture - Cardini and ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2580
Re: Help with Picture - Cardini and ?
For one week only: Cardini, The Gwynnnes, Ade Duval, Val Voltaine and Fred Keating in "The Congress of Magic," wrote Billboard magazine. May 7 1942. Loew's Capital Theatre, Washington. David Charvet's Jack Gwynne bio has photos from the cast party. Ade Duval certainly seems correct & J...
Re: ERDNASE
re McKinney: My notes with dates and locations are currently boxed up, but I thought I'd offer this passing note. James McKinney did indeed file for bankruptcy in 1903, but within months he was fully operational and re-financed in a new location just round the corner from 73 Plymouth Place. Printer'...
- May 20th, 2006, 6:05 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Free copy of Roy Benson by Starlight contest
- Replies: 240
- Views: 42902
Re: Free copy of Roy Benson by Starlight contest
Roy Benson by Starlight is so late...
it will still be credited as Marlo by Starlight.
Levent no longer thought to be Australian.
its acid-free paper is now acid-$3.25.
it will still be credited as Marlo by Starlight.
Levent no longer thought to be Australian.
its acid-free paper is now acid-$3.25.
- February 22nd, 2006, 8:59 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Corner Rounder
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3287
Re: Corner Rounder
It not what Mike is looking for, but if you were curious about Mark's suggestion:
Bidex Corner Rounding Punch
It works.
Its a couple of $$s cheaper at Staples stores, though if you buy at Amazon, (via the links on the right of your screen,) it'll benefit the Genii Forum.
Bidex Corner Rounding Punch
It works.
Its a couple of $$s cheaper at Staples stores, though if you buy at Amazon, (via the links on the right of your screen,) it'll benefit the Genii Forum.
- December 6th, 2005, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: McDonald Birch
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7865
Re: McDonald Birch
Thanks John. I have that article. Birch seemed equally home in legitimate halls as he had been on the Chautauqua circuit. Bill "the newspaper king" Mullins was very kind to take the time & forward a couple of great articles that backed that up. Diego always comes through with the scoop...
- December 5th, 2005, 4:37 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: McDonald Birch
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7865
McDonald Birch
I searched the forum, then checked with Google's cache of pages and discovered that the name McDonald Birch has only been mentioned once in the history of this site. Which proved to myself, something I'd been idly pondering. Is Birch the most successful, yet overlooked magician of the last century? ...
- December 2nd, 2005, 4:34 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Johnny Thompson Question.....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4936
Re: Johnny Thompson Question.....
Talking of non-magic gigs, there's a photo in an early '70's Genii of Johnny and Pam appearing in dinner theater. I'm trying to remember if it was "Beginner's Luck," because their co-star was Bob Crane.
I imagine there lies a tale.
I imagine there lies a tale.
- November 26th, 2005, 7:08 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Mysterious book
- Replies: 183
- Views: 61556
Re: Mysterious book
I was thinking tulips not beanies.
I hope Mssrs Minch & Maven have been chronicaling this bold campaign from conception to incu-Ebation.
I hope Mssrs Minch & Maven have been chronicaling this bold campaign from conception to incu-Ebation.
- November 21st, 2005, 7:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Jamy Ian Swiss Full Body Slam
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1198
Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Full Body Slam
Ricky Jay heartily praised Lamont's book during his 'Sleight and Shadow' lecture at Princeton University.
- November 9th, 2005, 6:48 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: SAM Library in NYC in Storage?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2044
Re: SAM Library in NYC in Storage?
Clay: This is the current situation regarding magic books at the New York Public Library. Almost everything that comprises the magic collection has been held offsite in New Jersey for the last few years. Type MZC as the call number into the link below to see the whole list of 1284 items. <!-- m --><...
- October 14th, 2005, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Mysterious book
- Replies: 183
- Views: 61556
- October 12th, 2005, 5:32 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: historical figures who are magicians
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8700
Re: historical figures who are magicians
I have a clip of Gorgeous George performing some card tricks on a TV show, to the dismay of the host who keeps trying to move on to other matters. He wasn't particularly graceful with the deck, maybe his large fingers, but was very charismatic and entertaining. I liked him right away and had no idea...
- September 27th, 2005, 3:12 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Extraordinary resource for magician images.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 393
Extraordinary resource for magician images.
I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but it was new to me. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia;jsessionid=0088DFDEDA2AC421619DEDD5971BB493">http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pi ... D5971BB493</a><!-- m --> An exceptional Antipodean vari...
- August 28th, 2005, 9:39 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Max Abrams
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1756
Re: Max Abrams
Richard and Tabman: I was also under the impression that it was press coverage, but thought I was confused by the references in Abrams, pg 362 and Bob Weill's remembrance in the Annemann special of Genii, Nov 92. Both works note that Life Magazine sent a still photographer, Mark Palmer, to the Sept....
- July 22nd, 2005, 7:58 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Mindfreak I and II
- Replies: 189
- Views: 29871
Re: Mindfreak I and II
From this morning's issue of Cynopsis, a daily TV industry newsletter: "A&E debuted two new series on Wednesday night - Inked (9-10p) and Criss Angel: Mindfreak (10p). Inked averaged 615,000 A18-49 impressions, and a median age of 33.6 years. Criss Angel delivered 1.1 million A18-49 impress...
- July 9th, 2005, 5:03 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Bill Dodson in The Linking Ring
- Replies: 2
- Views: 621
Bill Dodson in The Linking Ring
I'm trying to find the dates of a series(?) of articles written by Bill Dodson & published in The Linking Ring. Any info or leads are appreciated. Thanks.
- June 26th, 2005, 3:38 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: David Devant Kinora reel film
- Replies: 1
- Views: 497
David Devant Kinora reel film
I have no connection to this Ebay auction, but unless I'm way-off the unnamed conjuror on this Kinora reel is David Devant. This is a clip of "The Egg-Laying Man" filmed in 1896 by Robert Paul. I've read conflicting information as to whether the full short still exists on film or was ever ...
- June 26th, 2005, 3:19 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Visual Delights III - Magic and Illusion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 793
Re: Visual Delights III - Magic and Illusion
Event organiser Simon Popple sent me a copy of the final program. Here's a brief breakdown. Some very, very interesting and unusual presentations. Make sure you scroll down to take a look at the listings for the magic performance day. Tom Gunning - Now You See it, Now You Dont: The Visual Regimes of...
- June 26th, 2005, 3:08 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Hidden messages in the Jinx and New Phoenix
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2389
Re: Hidden messages in the Jinx and New Phoenix
"Why not just ask Bill Kuethe for a hint?" At Richard's prompting, I did. Mr. Kuethe very kindly replied that he was no longer sure what was hidden within that issue. He did raise the possibility that Jay had revealed the identity of "Frank Joglar" via a hidden message and if you...
- June 17th, 2005, 5:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: July Issue of Genii Mailed--Have you Received It?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 15512
- June 17th, 2005, 5:18 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: 1933 Thayer History Monograph
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2065
Re: 1933 Thayer History Monograph
George Newmann has been haunting me for a few weeks so I can offer some guidance. Clay: Newmann was well acquainted with the Thayers and enjoyed visiting the studio and mingling with the visitors, Once, he met Michael MacDougal, a young man who pitched Svengali decks on Los Angeles street corners. N...
- May 31st, 2005, 7:28 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Black Herman
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2012
Re: Black Herman
Sun Ra's birth name, Herman Poole Blount, came in part from his mother's admiration for Black Herman. Now I really need to read Herman's book.
- May 29th, 2005, 7:25 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Hidden messages in the Jinx and New Phoenix
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2389
Re: Hidden messages in the Jinx and New Phoenix
I'm grateful to all who are playing along. Hope I haven't created a monster by giving Mr. Field ideas! My guess was some connection between the note on the top left of the front page and the one by the cartoon from England. This is from the next issue of the Magic Cauldron . Again, Magical Past-Time...
- May 29th, 2005, 9:40 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Black Herman
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2012
Re: Black Herman
HooDoo private eye Black Herman is a character in Ishamel Reed's 1972 novel "Mumbo Jumbo." A Fish Bewitcher and lion hypnotizer, Herman can cast a scarf into a snake. Reed lists a 1938 edition of "Secrets of Magic-Mystery" as his inspiration in the lengthy bibliography. I have a ...
- May 28th, 2005, 7:19 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Hidden messages in the Jinx and New Phoenix
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2389
Hidden messages in the Jinx and New Phoenix
Thanks to Todd Karr's hosting of Magical Past-Times, I was browsing the Magic Cauldron section and read this: Hidden Messages by William Kuethe I'd heard of the Jinx code, but I was struck by this line: "There is also a hidden message in the New Phoenix # 318, but due to the seriousness of the ...
- May 25th, 2005, 5:07 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Al Koran on the Ed Sullivan Show
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2120
Re: Al Koran on the Ed Sullivan Show
"The Ed Sullivan Show" Episode broadcast July 6th 1969 Guests: Bobby Vinton - "Those Were The Days" and a medley ("Blue Velvet," "Take Good Care of My Baby" and "Please Love Me Forever") Lainie Kazan (actress-singer) - sings "Love" The Suga...
- May 25th, 2005, 4:49 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: The Vernon Touch column from Genii
- Replies: 60
- Views: 12505
Re: The Vernon Touch column from Genii
Mark wrote "I remember one column with a rather blunt assesment of Houdini."
A section of Karl Johnson's forthcoming book, linked on the right of this page, provides a useful context for the animus between these two giants.
A section of Karl Johnson's forthcoming book, linked on the right of this page, provides a useful context for the animus between these two giants.
- May 17th, 2005, 5:33 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: European Conference on Magic History
- Replies: 1
- Views: 541
Re: European Conference on Magic History
Jacques Voignier very kindly sent me the list of lectures. What looks like a very special event is less than a month away. The lecturers of the First European Conference on Magic History are: 1) Rare tricks performed in Middle Age (ROXY) 2) Antonio Diavolo, History and Restoration of Robert-Houdin's...
- May 9th, 2005, 10:19 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Visual Delights III - Magic and Illusion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 793
Visual Delights III - Magic and Illusion
I've seen little mention of this event which includes a day of magic curated by Eddie Dawes. Are any forum members involved? At one point, a tentative list of 20 lectures was posted and included Peter Lamont on Mediums & Magic, screenings of early English performance films from the British Film ...
Re: ERDNASE
In the interest of completeness: The Charles Branden Commercial Co. is not mentioned in any volume of the Marvyn Scudder Manual of Extinct or Obsolete Companies, or the Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable and Worthless Securities. Did anyone chase down the certificate of incorporation from the Illin...
- February 6th, 2005, 5:36 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: The Magician and the Cardsharp
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1110
Re: The Magician and the Cardsharp
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- January 19th, 2005, 1:33 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Big Library Sale on eBay
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2368
- January 3rd, 2005, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Hereward Carrington
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1016
Re: Hereward Carrington
Thanks Jacky.
I'd exhausted a google search and wondered if anyone had profiled Carrington from a magician's perspective.
I'm going to pick up "Letters to Hereward Carrington." Sounds fun.
I'd exhausted a google search and wondered if anyone had profiled Carrington from a magician's perspective.
I'm going to pick up "Letters to Hereward Carrington." Sounds fun.
- January 3rd, 2005, 11:49 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Hereward Carrington
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1016
Hereward Carrington
Anyone recall seeing any biographical articles about Hereward Carrington over the years?
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
- December 31st, 2004, 5:58 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Scarne's references
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1058
Re: Scarne's references
Scarne was also profiled in the popular press.
e.g. Life magazine June 8 1942. Scarne provides cautionary advice to new recruits.
Plugging his name into eBay's search engine will periodically turn up such references.
e.g. Life magazine June 8 1942. Scarne provides cautionary advice to new recruits.
Plugging his name into eBay's search engine will periodically turn up such references.
- December 30th, 2004, 2:33 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Illusion Show: Bamberg on sale @ B&N
- Replies: 1
- Views: 344
Illusion Show: Bamberg on sale @ B&N
Barnes and Noble have Illusion Show: A Life in Magic by David Bamberg, published by Meyerbooks, in stock and even available for 24 hour free Manhattan delivery. Sold to you for $19.80. Here= http://search.barnesandnoble.com/BookSearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=0Y33cffAiR&isbn=0916638480&itm=1 A...
- December 27th, 2004, 5:43 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Doc Nixon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 925
Re: Doc Nixon
Todd kindly provided me with a birthdate from Whaley's "Who's Who in Magic":
February 23, 1884 in Brooklyn, NYC.
Do any other sources give a different date?
Many thanks.
February 23, 1884 in Brooklyn, NYC.
Do any other sources give a different date?
Many thanks.
- December 25th, 2004, 8:04 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Doc Nixon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 925
Doc Nixon
I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering over the fate of Doc Nixon whenever I light upon his name.
Has anyone looked into this mystery recently. Are there unknown pockets of scholars in Erdnase-esque searches for closure?
If anyone can point me to an article or book reference I'd be grateful.
Has anyone looked into this mystery recently. Are there unknown pockets of scholars in Erdnase-esque searches for closure?
If anyone can point me to an article or book reference I'd be grateful.
- December 22nd, 2004, 3:56 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: S.A.M. Detroit 1932: Who are these guys?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4848
Re: S.A.M. Detroit 1932: Who are these guys?
The breadth of knowledge on this forum matches the deep generosity of its members. Thank you to all, including Dennis Laub who also identified Walter Domzalski. Apologies to anyone using Netscape who tried the web site and found a jumble of pictures and texts. How a quickie page ground out using Net...
- December 21st, 2004, 7:58 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: S.A.M. Detroit 1932: Who are these guys?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4848
Re: S.A.M. Detroit 1932: Who are these guys?
Many thanks everyone.
Diego, I sent you a clearer, full face version.
Diego, I sent you a clearer, full face version.