- Title: VM-368
- Summary: (MAGIC SHOW): MAGICIAN SHORT. PERFORMS MAGIC TRICKS. SLEIGHT OF HAND. ELECTRICAL DEVICES
- Description:01:11:41 - MAN IN A TUXEDO WORKING AT A RECEPTION TYPE DESK. 1930s BLONDE BEAUTY ENTERS WEARING LAMBS WOOL EVENING WRAP & GOWN CARRYING A BOOK CALLED "MAGIC VERSUS SCIENCE" ENTERS AND TALKS WITH MAN IN TUX. CU BOOK 01:12:03 - GENTLEMAN IN A TUX HELPS WOMAN OUT OF HER WRAP. 1930s EVENING WEAR. 01:12:11 - MAGICIAN PULLS WOMAN'S HANDKERCHIEF OUT OF HIS SLEEVE. MAGIC TRICKS. WOMAN GIGGLES. 01:12:40 - HE EXPLAINS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAGIC AND SCIENTIST 01:12:57 - MAGICIAN MOVES TO HIS MAGIC STAND WITH THE WOMAN. DECK OF CARDS SPRINGS THE CARDS FROM ONE HAND TO THE OTHER. MAGIC TRICKS. CARD TRICKS 01:13:29 - ECU SLOW MOTION CARD TRICK, SPRINGING CARDS FROM ONE HAND TO THE OTHER 01:13:36 - MAGICIAN MAKES THE CARDS RISE FROM A GLASS AND SPREAD THEMSELVES ALL OVER THE TABLE. CARD TRICKS. 01:13:57 - REVERSE PHOTOGRAPHY, CARDS REPLACE THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE GLASS. TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY 01:14:10 - MAGICIAN USES A THIMBLE IN MAGIC TRICK. PLACES THE THIMBLE IN HIS LEFT HAND, THIMBLE DISAPPEARS. SLEIGHT OF HAND 01:14:45 - WOMAN TRIES TO PERFORM MAGIC TRICK, IS UNSUCCESSFUL. MAGICIAN SHOWS HER AGAIN HOW TO MAKE A THIMBLE DISAPPEAR 01:15:16 - WOMAN TRIES TO REMOVE A THIMBLE FROM TOP OF A BOX, WHEN SHE TRIES TO REMOVE IT A BELL GOES OFF. MAGICIAN USES A BOX WITH A BELL AND A TUBE-AMPLIFIER, TINY ELECTRIC CURRENTS BETWEEN THE FINGER AND THE TRAY CAUSES THE TUBE TO PASS ENOUGH CURRENT TO RING A BELL IN THE BOX 01:16:11 - MAGICIAN LIGHTS A MATCH, LIGHTS A CANDLE. MAGICIAN PUTS THE CANDLE OUT BY PUTTING THE CANDLE IN A TUBE. THEN HE PROCEEDS IN A WORD PLAY MONOLOGUE "THE CANDLE IS IN, NOW THE CANDLE IS OUT". 01:16:50 - THE WOMAN OPENS THE TUBE, A SCARF COMES OUT INSTEAD OF THE CANDLE. THE CANDLE MAGICALLY APPEARS IN HIS HAND. MAGIC TRICKS 01:17:10 - CU WOMAN SAYING "WILL YOU EXPLAIN THAT?" WITH A BIG SMILE 01:17:14 - 1930s MAGICIAN GIVES A DEMONSTRATION WITH THE CANDLE & SCIENCE. MAGICIAN LIGHTS A MATCH, HAS THE WOMAN LIGHT A CANDLE, MATCH GOES OUT, HE LIGHTS ANOTHER ONE. WOMAN LIGHTS THE CANDLE. LIGHT FROM THE FLAME FALLS ON THE PHOTO TUBE IN A HOUSING, SIMILAR TO THE PHOTOTUBE HE HAS IN HIS HAND (ELECTRIC EYE) THE VACUUM TUBE, AMPLIFIER, BLOWER RESPOND & EXTINGUISH THE FLAME 01:18:37 - MAGICIAN PLACES A CARD IN FRONT OF THE BLOWER, WOMAN LIGHTS A MATCH, THIS TIME THE CANDLE LIGHTS 01:18:55 - MAGICIAN USES A MAGIC WAND. RAPS IT ON THE TABLE. WRAPS MAGIC WAND UP IN NEWSPAPER AND RAPS IT ON THE TABLE, WAND STILL THERE, THEN HE RIPS THE NEWSPAPER IN HALF, WAND DISAPPEARED. MAGICIAN REACHES INTO HIS VEST POCKET AND PULLS OUT THE WAND 01:19:54 - MAGICIAN WALKS OVER TO A TABLE, PICKS UP A GLASS TUBE FILLED WITH HELIUM GAS AT LOW PRESSURE. WOMAN INSPECTS THE TUBE. NO ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. THE TUBE MYSTERIOUSLY GIVES OFF LIGHT. SCIENCE MADE TO LOOK LIKE MAGIC 01:20:40 - MAGICIAN EXPLAINS ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS TO PRETTY BLONDE ASSISTANT. RADIANT ENERGY. 01:21:40 - CU TUBE EMITTING LIGHT. TUBE GIVES OFF LIGHT 01:21:59 - MAGICIAN AND HIS ASSISTANT INSPECT RINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE SOLID. PERFORM MAGIC TRICK WITH RINGS. HOLD 2 RINGS OUT, THEN BRING THEM TOGETHER & RUB THEM BETWEEN THE FOREFINGER AND THE THUMB. THEN DROP THE RING IN THE LEFT HAND, THEY MAGICALLY CONNECT FOR THE MAGICIAN. HIS ASSISTENT'S DROPS TO THE FLOOR. SHE SAYS "IS THIS MAGIC OR SCIENCE?" 01:22:44 - MAGICIAN SAYS "WHAT DOES THE BOOK SAY?" AND PICKS UP HIS BOOK 01:22:51 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1934
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-368