In 1939 Chefalo gave the Davenport family permission to film his act at the Chiswick Empire in London. I doubt ...
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In the 1980s Fergus Roy, husband of Betty Davenport, conceived the idea of a TV magic series which was aimed at ...
Peter Warlock (1904-1995) was a well-respected British magician with magic inventions and books to his name. He ...
The German Magic Circle (Magischer Zirkel Deutschland) held its 1936 international convention in Munich. Lewis, ...
Edward Victor (1887-1964) was well known for his skilful and entertaining magic and hand shadows. Davenports sold ...
Some, but not all, magicians have interests outside magic. Gus Davenport in the 1960s enjoyed building an 00 gauge ...
This electrically powered automaton shows a Davenport Demon levitating a playing card. When found in a storeroom, ...
This is a showy illusion in which a giant chocolate box is shown first empty, then full of giant chocolates. The ...
The 1936 German Magic Circle (Magischer Zirkel Deutschland) convention was the first one in Germany attended by ...
The figure moves its arms, eyes, eyebrows and mouth. The index finger on the right hand taps the window pane to ...
Wally Davenport was the second eldest of Lewis’s four children. He was seldom seen serving behind the counter at ...
The Davenport family loved London and theatreland. This colour film was probably taken by George (Gilly) or Walter ...