93 entries in Illusions / Vanish / Person
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
John Henry Pepper, Thomas Tobin The Cabinet of Proteus mirrors, for vanish, transformation, ...
1876 475
Buatier de Kolta The Vanishing Lady de Kolta chair
1890 448
Die verschwindende Dame "Eins-Zwei-Drei", person suspended on a chair behind a glass sheet vanishes
Jan. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1)
10
Das Crematorium oder Das Verbrennen einer lebenden Dame woman stands on table, cloth tube lowered, smoke comes out, only bones remain when cloth is lifted
Related to Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
45
Das Crematorium oder Das Verbrennen einer lebenden Dame second part of description with the method, mirror triangle under table
Related to Apr. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4)
62
Das Crematorium oder Das Verbrennen einer lebenden Dame third and final part of description, making the smoke appear and a smell is produced in the audience
Related to June 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6)
85
Carl Willmann Das Verschwinden einer Person in front of a door in living room performances
Aug. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 8)
125
Die auf dem Tablett verschwindende Person in front of a door in living room performances, paper boxes cover person before the vanish
Sep. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9)
141
Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame Buatier de Kolta chair
Related to Jan. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1)
15
Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame continuation of explanation
Related to Feb. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2)
29
Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame continuation of explanation
Related to Mar. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3)
45
Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame person vanishes from chair, different construction of chair
Related to Apr. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 4)
51
Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame continuation of explanation
Related to May 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5)
67
Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame final part
Related to June 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 6)
82
Die Verschwindungskiste person appears or vanishes from paper carton
Aug. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12)
191
Das unerklärliche Verschwinden eines lebenden Pferdes samt Stallknecht "Die schwarze Kunst oder orientalische Zauberei"
horse and person vanish
Feb. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 6)
89
Amadriade large mirror with glass board in front of it, woman steps on board and covered with paravant, she vanishes
Sep. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3)
45
Michaelis Hermann Bungalow girl in container on stage, with curtain around her but one meter above ground, surrounded by spectators, curtain drops and she vanishes and reappears in audience
July 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 7)
105
Carl Willmann Vorbereitung zum Ball woman vanishes in front of a mirror behind Spanish paravent
Related to Aug. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 8)
124
Carl Willmann Vorbereitung zum Ball second part
Related to Sep. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 9)
140
Fred. "St. Germain" Gaudy Das Verbrennen einer Person aus dem Publikum person "burnt" on stage
Feb. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 2)
28
Carl Willmann Mysteriöse Kofferkunststücke I. person steps into large suitcase which is bound, vanishes and reappears in audience
Inspired by
  • "Der Wunderkoffer" (Willmann's Moderne Wunder, p. 98)
May 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5)
76
Carl Willmann Mysteriöse Kofferkunststücke II. different suitcase design
June 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 6)
92
Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke III. vanish from wooden box
July 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 7)
109
Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke IV. another wooden box from which person can vanish/escape
Aug. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8)
125
Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke V. another suitcase from which person can vanish/escape
Sep. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 9)
141
Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke VI. large box with sliding top, coffin shaped
Oct. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10)
155
Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke VIII. wooden box with secret opening
Dec. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 12)
188
Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke IX. another suitcase for a vanish
Jan. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 1)
13
Lu Brent Just a Shadow Performer stands behind a lit screen to cast a shadow, the Devil comes on stage to peel off the shadow, performer then disappears, Devil shown to be the performer (no method given, only the presentation)
1932 41
Lu Brent Jealousy of Time Performer gets into a big drum that is designed like a giant alarm clock. Person enters to destroy the clock to find performer has vanished, and the second person is shown to be the performer (no detailed method given, only the presentation)
1932 42
Edward Bagshawe “Projecta”: A Shadow Illusion shadow of assistant tied to a post is visible from behind screen, magician shoots gun at screen and assistant’s has vanished, reappears in back of hall
1936 ca. 77
Burning a Woman Alive skeleton remains
1938 961
David Devant The Ghost
1938 975
Collins Pentz The Vanishing Boy stage method for Indian rope trick
1941 ca. 382
Horace Goldin Gaglet Department
  • on routining a fishbowl production/vanish (Goldin)
  • person vanish in cabinet bit
Aug. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 16)
66
Line Up! twelve men appear in a cabinet, then a girl vanishes from that cabinet
Jan. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 27)
114
Syl Reilly A Ghost Show Routine black art, luminous paint, skeletons appear and dance
1943/27 412
U. F. Grant The Phantom Stage Carpenter vanishing carpenter, with gag intro in which explanation of trick cannot be heard because of loud banging noice
May 1949 8
Dr. Robert Hubert Hoops and Girl person vanishes in hula hoop rings, rings always moving
Also published here
  • "The Linking Ring"
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
36
Leonard Austin Chest of Wah Ling performer with mask steps into box, performer is found at the other end of theater and assistant is inside box
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
29
The Phantom Black Art Platform
1972 324
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Cremation Illusion assistant is burnt in a cabinet and skeleton can be seen, then assistant appears somewhere else
1973 219
Rudy Roxo The Follies Girl Illusion box with light and silhouette is seen, girl vanishes
1974 27
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Mystery of the 7 Stones oriental torture cage, person vanishes
1974 50
Felix Korim East Indian Rope Trick stage version, boy vanishes
1974 53
Harry Blackstone The Girl and the Ladder girl vanishes on a ladder behind a big umbrealla
1974 65
Felix Korim Cloak of Invisibility girl disappears under cloak
1974 67
The Indian Basket Illusion person vanishes and appears in basket, sword is pushed through basket
1976 281
Karl Fulves Ring Of Beauty idea for illusion in which a ring dropped over a person makes her vanish, no method
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 42)
166
Theo "Okito" Bamberg The Couch Illusion vanish of a person, laid on couch and covered with handkerchief, then person is lifted into the air and vanishes
1982 23
John Kennedy Gone! The $100 Challenge effect idea for vanish of a person
June/July 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
29
Alan Wakeling The Crushing Illusion gorilla in cage crushing girl underneath
Also published here Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
47
A Hypnotic Vanishing comedy
1993 300
An Unexpected Vanishing comedy vanish of person
1993 303
The Phantom of the Circus "pantomime illusion", acted as a little play with people vanishing and travelling in boxes
1993 311
The Chinaman, the Ghost, and the Cat "pantomime illusion", acted as a little play with people vanishing and travelling in boxes
1993 329
Alan Wakeling The Wakeling Crushing "The Gorilla Crushing"
gorilla in cage crushing girl underneath
  • The Secret and Apparatus
Also published here 1993 166
Alan Wakeling The Split Barrel Cannon opening the barrel to show it empty by using one with hinged sides, method not described
1993 275
Alan Wakeling The Wringer Box and Cannon lady vanishes from box (Tip-Over Trunk variation) and appears in drum
1993 285
Alan Wakeling The Spiker modernized sword basked with vanishing and reappearing woman, method not described
1993 314
Jim Steinmeyer Shadow Theatre "an amazing and surprising disappearance"
vase appears in shadow cabinet, then person vanishes
1995 28
Paul Harris Tunnel Vision performer vanishes, for one spectator only, just an idea
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Conversations from the Edge)
303
Paul Harris The Nowhere Man giving the spectator the feeling that he is invisible, x-1 stooges
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Conversations from the Edge)
319
Dondrake The Hindu Rope Trick Rope levitates out of basket, boy climbs up, disappears in smoke, rope falls down
1998 25
Dondrake Floating Into and Out of the Body Girl levitates, gets absorbed into magician's body, then comes out of his body before floating down
1998 27
The Future of Magic, Ken and James The Broken and Restored Heart Girl vanishes behind newspaper, newspaper torn and restored, girl appears again
1998 43
Hen Fetsch Der schwebende Magier Asra presentation
1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)
28
Jim Steinmeyer Devant's Trickiest Trick on The Mascot Moth
Jan. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 5)
44
The Mascot Moth: Photographically Illustrated by Bill Taylor
Jan. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 5)
48
Karl Fulves Multi Lev "Problems"
three people levitate under cloak and vanish, posed as a problem
2001 211
Paul Osborne The DeKolta Chair
June 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)
20
Paul Osborne The DeKolta Sneak without floor trap
June 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)
22
Paul Osborne The Switch on the Laser Cannon
June 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)
32
David Berglas The Beach in South Africa performer put in coffin and is then sunken into the sea, when the coffin is opened again, the performer has vanished and at its place a baby shark is found
2002 147
Paul Osborne The Confusion Illusion
  • Osborne Illusions
giant three card monte set-up
Apr. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 4)
14
Al Baker The Weigh of All Flesh "A Pantomimic Plot for the Vanishing Girl"
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 39 No. 6, Aug. 1940
2003 661
James Aubrey Crabe, Paul Osborne Aubrey's Asrah
  • Osborne Illusions
Feb. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 2)
14
Paul Osborne Death By Fire: A New Illusion from Start to Stage
  • Osborne Illusions
Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
16
Paul Osborne The Ascension Effect
  • Osborne Illusions
standing Asrah
Apr. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 4)
16
Paul Osborne Magic on the Midway
  • Osborne Illusions
Feb. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 2)
16
Jim Steinmeyer The Mascot Moth
  • The Language of Illusion
Mar. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 3)
30
Jim Steinmeyer The Language of Illusion: The Invisible Man on Robert Harbin's "The Invisible Man"
Jan. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)
42
Geoffrey Durham The Celebrity Floats Asrah-style levitation and vanish of person beneath cloth, how to construct props
2008 239
Paul Osborne The Corpse Came C.O.D.
  • Osborne Illusion
monster appears in coffin prop and vanishes, reappears at back of theater with borrowed item
Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10)
18
Jim Steinmeyer The Unexpected Illusion "A New Effect and Speculations on a Legendary Mystery"
person vanishes on a board that is held by two assistants, mirror
Inspired by
  • "The Flight of Venus" (Houdini)
2009 171
Jim Steinmeyer Cube-ism "Apparatus that Comes and Goes"
person in box in front of a folding painting, vanishes and re-appears
2009 229
Mike Caveney OH! Chair person vanishes from a chair, Howard Thurston, discussion of the performance at the 2003 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Platform
  • The Hand
  • The Ring
  • The Curtain
  • OH! Chair Routine
2013 101
Mike Caveney Well I'm! person vanishes on a platform underneath a large cloth, Valadon, discussion of the performance at the 2009 Los Angeles History Conference
2013 193
Richard Wiseman, David Britland The Transparent Man on Robert Harbin's illusion idea with glass sheets
Related to
  • "The Transparent Man" (Robert Harbin, Something New In Magic, 1929)
Apr. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)
74
Johnny Thompson The JT Asrah performed on large glass sheet
Inspired by
  • "The Flight of Venus" (Harry Houdini, Houdini's Escapes and Magic, Walter Gibson)
2018 189
John Gaughan The Martin Rabbit from Hat and Asrah Form
  • Chamber of Secrets
Dec. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 12)
42
Roberto Giobbi Vanishing Lady application of in-transit action
2021 59