MANY FAMOUS MAGICIANS WERE BORN IN OCTOBER
DO YOU HAVE AN OCTOBER BIRTHDAY TOO?
03 - DANTE
Danish-born magician who
became
one of the most successful stage magicians in the world
03 - ROY HORN
German-born international star of magic-
half of the duo of Siegfried & Roy
08 - LORD AMWELL
British magician, member of Parliament,
and member of the Ghost Club
who invented the BLUFF PASS
10 - AL FLOSSO
American comedy magician
and owner of Flosso-Hornmann Magic Shop.
Billed as "The Coney Island Fakir", a nickname given to him
by comedian and fellow vaudeville performer Milton Berle
10 - ED MARLO
One of the most influential innovators and card magians
in magic history, he developed countless entirely new
card effects and concepts
10 - E.J. MOORE
vaudeville performer whose specialty was the TEARS OF BUDDHA,
a
bizarre effect in which beans placed in his mouth
would reappear in his eyes.
Also invented LINKING ROPES.
12 - ALDINI
American magician, author and inventor of several well-known magic effects including the ALDINI BOWL PRODUCTION
15 - GENE GORDON
Magic dealer (Gene Gordon's Magic Shop in Buffalo)
and founding member of I.B.M.
17 - DR. LYNN
British-born magician who specialized in spirit magic.
Performed his signature PALENGENESIA,
a cut-and-restored human body
effect
which was viewed by and influenced a young Houdini.
18 - VON ARX
Brother of the more famous Nicola, though he had notable success performing the THRONE OF MYSTERY, in which a girl seated in an ornate chair suddenly disappears into thin air
25 -
SILENT MORA
Successful mid-20th century American stage magician.
Despite his stage name, only his Oriental routine was silent;
he DID speak on stage.
