Publisher (Source)
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010
Disappearing tricks silent film, Houdini, and the new magic of the twentieth century
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- s3://nnels-data-prod/CA/BC/BVAUCC/4525_Disappearing_tricks.zipNarrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Details:
- Author: Solomon, MatthewContents:
- An anti-spiritualist medium : stage magic and the beginnings of cinema
- The death of magic? presentational performance and early film
- Behind the curtain : Méliès at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin
- Up-to-date magic : theatrical conjuring and the trick film
- Houdini’s actuality magic : escaping the "ghost house" with moving pictures
- Lost in transition : sensational fiction and the limits of narrative integration
- Epilogue.
Subject(s): HistoryOriginal Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010Language(s): English