George Cooke, who spent so many years working with J.N. Maskelyne. For more information on Cooke search N3019 for ...
Photographs
Henry Collard was in the first shows that Maskelyne and Cooke put on at the Egyptian Hall starting 26 May 1873. He ...
Photograph of Les Levante (real name Leslie Cole) signed "To The Davenports. Levante as Abanazar. Aladdin Panto ...
Cortini featured coin manipulations in his act. At the end of the routine a number of ice pails on the stage would ...
Signed by Herta on 4 October 1934. Herta was Cortini's wife who also acted as his assistant throughout his career. ...
Cortini, real name Paul Korth, was born in East Prussia in 1890. Cortini was a successful manipulator and ...
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There is an interesting story behind this programme. One of the variety acts listed is Max Sterling with three ...
Gerri Larsen (of Genii magazine) and Art Baker (of US radio, film and TV fame) were married in London on 11 August ...
Owen Clark (1876-1929) was a successful magician who performed his own original tricks. The photograph is by ...
Clark first broke a china plate into pieces. He then picked up a piece and threw it towards a hanging frame, onto ...
Photograph by Richard Brown of 35 Bold Street, Liverpool. No further details are on the back. Note that this ...
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