Disappearing tricks : silent film, Houdini, and the new magic of the twentieth century / Matthew Solomon.
Solomon, Matthew.
2010
TR858 .S655 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Disappearing tricks : silent film, Houdini, and the new magic of the twentieth century / Matthew Solomon.
Author
Solomon, Matthew.
ISBN
9780252076978 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252076974 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252035104 (alk. paper)
0252035100 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xi, 196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
TR858 .S655 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
778.8
Summary
"Disappearing Tricks revisits the golden age of theatrical magic and silent film to reveal how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. While others have called upon magic as merely an evocative metaphor for the wonders of cinema, Matthew Solomon focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually made magic with moving pictures between 1895 and 1929."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Epilogue.

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