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Mr Timothy Gray Veteran user Rue d'Auseil 364 Posts |
In the wonderful (and large) Taschen MAGIC book, on page 292-293, we are graced with a fantastic poster for Harry Kellar's Perplexing Cabinet Mysteries. Page 294 offers us the description of how Kellar improved on the Davenport act by having the cabinet empty of any human agent -- the cabinet being assembled and disassembled in front of the audience.
I love the idea behind this -- and wonder if it could be adapted for a modern audience -- BUT -- is there any further, comprehensive report/description of this act? As well, do we have any resources which describe the spirit acts performed by Kellar/Thurston/or Carter? One would love to know the sort of heightened dialouge these gentlemen were spouting to their audiences. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yr. Obdt. Svt.,
Mr Timothy Gray Specializing in the Occult Arts of Fortune Telling, Magic & Mediumship; Est. 1986 |
mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts |
David (Fu Manchu) Bamberg has some ideas on this in the book Illusion Builder to Fu Manchu by Robert E Olsen. With the recent rise in popularity of Black Art, you could combine both.
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hugmagic Inner circle 7655 Posts |
Mike Caveney owns the Carter Cabinet and has it set up in his house. He can go into it and reappear upstairs.
Richard
Richard E. Hughes, Hughes Magic Inc., 352 N. Prospect St., Ravenna, OH 44266 (330)296-4023
www.hughesmagic.com email-hugmagic@raex.com Write direct as I will be turning off my PM's. |
David Alexander Special user 623 Posts |
The Carter Cabinet has a secret panel in the back. As I recall from playing with it in the mid-1960s in the basement of Earthquake McGoon's on Clay Street in San Francsico there is a leather strap at the top and a sort of "step" so the assistant can be hidden on the back.
The thought at the time is that it was built by Martinka. |
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