Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century - Matthew Solomon - Books - University of Illinois Press - 9780252076978 - January 15, 2010
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Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century

Matthew Solomon

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Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century

Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually made magic with moving pictures between 1895 and 1929. It combines film and theatre history to uncover the evidence of the exchanges between magic and filmmaking in the United States and France.

200 pages, 27 black & white photographs

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 15, 2010
ISBN13 9780252076978
Publishers University of Illinois Press
Pages 200
Dimensions 153 × 229 × 14 mm   ·   330 g
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