Annemann, Theodore: Jinx Program
No. 4 'No Card' Mystery Act ©1950 Max Holden, NY & Boston ©1956 George Johnson, Magic Wand Pub, London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 18 pages |
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Comments: There were five "Jinx Programs", which were designed to be a series of effects routined into a single program. Others in the series are: No. 1 A Club Act of Magic; No. 2 A One Man Mental Club Act; No. 3 A Magical Club Program; and No. 5 'No Code' Telepathy.
Contents:
1 A 'No Card' Mystery Act: introduction, materials needed
2 The Classical Cigarette (Lu Brent): vanish using a TT
3 A Visible Cigarette Vanisher (Lu Brent): using a cigarette
holder
5 Coins En Route! (Ottokar Fischer): 10 coins in handkerchief,
others in spectator's hands, a selected number transfer to the
spectator
6 Brr!! Meaning Very Cold (Otis Manning): nickel to ice cream cone
(faked) with borrowed handkerchief
7 The Spectral Seamstress (Charles T. Jordan): colored silk
vanishes and name of famous person is written with the silk on
another
9 Lock and Key (Henry Fetsch): magician picks envelope with key
that opens the lock
11 The Lucky Number Magic Square (Royal V. Heath): uses
spectator's birth date
13 The Mystery of the Blackboard: telepathy test with chalk board
15 Last Minute Notes: final thoughts for some of the effects