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  • Short Summary

    Magic tricks are demonstrated then their secrets are revealed.

  • Description

    Magic tricks. Introductory intertitle reads: "Men, they say, were deceivers ever...anyhow, this one is - so watch closely. He's a Conjuror."

    C/U of a magician in a black suit with waistcoat and bow tie. He performs various tricks. Making a handkerchief disappear and reappear. He ties two handkerchiefs together then they miraculously come untied. We see the tricks in C/U - we are shown how they are done. (The Magic Circle would not be pleased!) We see how he manages to pull the knot apart as it has not been tied as tightly as it seemed.

    Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 667.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    956.26
    Media URN:
    16955
    Group:
    Eve pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    12/01/1931
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:01:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:54:11:00 / 01:56:12:00
    Canister:
    EP 165

Comments (1)

  1. paulios says

    Ahaa! The trick with the silk scarves was performed by Slydini some time in the future and he has had it attributed to him by any magician you ask. It is interesting to see this being performed as early as 1931, though I'm sure it is likely that it goes back further than this.
    A very interesting film!

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