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Showing posts with label Harry Kellar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Kellar. Show all posts
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Maid of the Moon Addition

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I wrote an article on an intriguing levitation illusion that had been presented by both Harry Kellar and Alexander Herrmann. It was calle...
Friday, September 6, 2013

The Man Who Fooled The Best Minds In Magic

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It all began in this carriage house in NYC. An amateur magician fooled the best minds in magic. The performances were held on the second ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

A Piece of Kellar & Houdini History

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Norm Nielsen and Harry Kellar The image above is a wonderful 8 sheet Kellar poster, now in the collection of Norm Nielsen. According to ...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Mattmuellar the Wizard

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As far as posters go, the above image is one of the most striking magic posters ever created. I still recall the first time I saw this po...
Friday, May 3, 2013

New Edition of MAGIC 1400s-1950s by Taschen

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Remember that GIANT magic book that Taschen printed a couple years ago that cost $200? The book was so large, you had to have a special d...
Friday, March 8, 2013

Oz, The Great & Powerful...Magician

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A new movie debuts today called 'OZ, The Great and Powerful' and is a prequel to the popular movie The Wizard of Oz.  The story be...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

Harry Kellar's Spirit Cabinet Pt1

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Harry Kellar, the Dean of Magicians was well known for his Spirit Cabinet trick. In fact, Kellar worked for a time for the Davenport Broth...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Maid of the Moon Illusion

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I have always been intrigued by the poster above, but was never quite sure what the actual effect of this illusion was. 'Maid of the ...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Rare Houdini Picture

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I don't recall seeing these photos before. They are not super rare, as in unseen, but certainly not some of the more popular images. ...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Kellar's Sunken Treasure

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I've always been intrigued with the story from Harry Kellar's life where he lost all his props in a shipwreck. It's an excitin...
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Friday, June 8, 2012

New HARRY KELLAR Book

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It seems that every month there is a new book about Harry Houdini, but it's pretty rare to see a book for the general public on any o...
Saturday, June 2, 2012

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery-Magic Style

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In today's magic world we have enormous amounts of imitation, which is often more akin to theft and copying than imitation. One recent e...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Devil Made Them Do It

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The Devilish Connection Magic has a long history of being associated with the devil and the dark arts. The book, Discoverie of Witchcra...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Houdini, Keaton, Thurston and more

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(click on picture to see larger version) Above is a theatrical page from 1907 edition of the Boston Journal. There are a number of inter...
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Who Was Henry Ridgely Evans?

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H. Ridgely Evans Henry Ridgely Evans is a name I have come across many times over the years. I never knew who he was really, but I alway...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011

UPDATE on HOUDINI Funeral Films

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I ran an article about the f uneral films of Harry Kellar and The Great Lafayette that Houdini had commissioned. I speculated that maybe j...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Houdini and the Funeral Films

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Sometime ago I was reading one of the Houdini Biographies and something jumped off the page at me. Houdini had made arrangements to have th...
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