Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century by Matthew Solomon

Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century

Matthew Solomon

200 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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"Disappearing Tricks" revisits the golden age of theatrical magic and silent film to reveal how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. Where others have called upon magic as merely an evocative metaphor for the wonders of cinem...

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