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Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century
Disappearing Tricks Silent Film Houdini and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century
Author: Matthew Solomon
Disappearing Tricks revisits the golden age of theatrical magic and silent film to reveal how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. Where 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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252035104
ISBN-10: 0252035100
Publication Date: 2/1/2010
Pages: 200
Edition: 1st Edition
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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