George Davenport did not invent this trick, but he was the first person to perform it in England. The plot is well ...
Films
The International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring held their 8th Annual Convention at Malvern in 1938. This ...
The Noah’s Ark shown in this film is the Oswald Williams illusion which the Davenport family purchased in the ...
This film was taken by the American magician Frank Lane (Frank Caldwell) when he visited Stanyon in London in the ...
The American magician and family friend, Frank Lane, often visited the Davenports with his wife Francis. This film ...
The Cardinis, with their pekingese Me Too, visited the Davenport family home on the same day as a visit by ...
Chris Charlton was a bill topping magician on the variety stage. In this clip from the 1930s you can see him ...
This late 1930s visit to London Zoo allows us to see Cardini in relaxed mode, as well as allowing us to appreciate ...
The Davenports and Bartls were great friends. Elly’s father was János Bartl, from whom Lewis had been buying magic ...
The 1936 German Magic Circle (Magischer Zirkel Deutschland) convention was the first one in Germany attended by ...
The Chefalos and Davenports were good friends. Indeed, when Mr. and Mrs. Chefalo were married in 1939 in ...
The International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring held their 8th Annual Convention at Malvern in 1938. On ...