1976 reprint used
64 pages (Stapled), published by Magic, Inc.
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
29 entries
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Philip Reed Willmarth Introduction
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Philip Reed Willmarth Part One Gags, Catches, Nonsense chapter intro
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Bert Kalmar The Ghost gag with handkerchief
Also published here 5
A Gag gag with handkerchief
Also published here 6
Character Reading verbal gag in which spectators must bite onto napkin
Also published here 6
Burned Up really burning center of handkerchief, gag
7
Grandma Face forming a grandma with hand, burnt matches and a silk
8
The Jumping Handkerchief handkerchiefs stretched between hands, jumps to the side
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The Washington Monument impression of the Washington Monument
10
Bert Allerton The Invisible Hair
Also published here 11
The Spirit Speaks handkerchief starts moving as divination method
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Such a Production apparently something appears under handkerchief, gag
13
The Simple Puppet simple puppet made from handkerchief
14
The Invisible Audience gag, making audience invisible to a spectator
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The Challenge boxing match for two spectators standing on a handkerchief, gag
16
Holding the Bag gag with handkerchief, for hecklers
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Robert Orben Goodbye gag, everybody in the audience wave with handkerchief
18
Jay Marshall The Handkerchief Melodrama story and several figures are made with a rolled up handkerchief, gags
19
Philip Reed Willmarth Part Two Handkerchief Folds
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Philip Reed Willmarth You Always Have A Handkerchief.....! general remarks
24
, Harold Denhard, William Larsen Miss Fatima with poetry lines by Harold Denhard and William Larsen, Sr.
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The Little Bunny That Eats!
27
The Brassiere
Related to 30
The Little Hindu forming a Hindu puppet with a handkerchief
32
Dr. R. "Finkelle" Finkle Dr. Finkle's Mouse forming a mouse from a handkerchief
Related to 34
Eric Hawkesworth The Jumping Mouse mouse fold from handkerchief runs up the arm
  • Making the Mouse
  • Action and Misdirection
  • Patter
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Philip Reed Willmarth Part Three Impromptu Chapeaugraphy
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Philip Reed Willmarth Impromptu Chapeaugraphy
  • Little Nell, The Match Girl (Babushka)
  • The Cowboy, The Cowgirl
  • The Indian
  • The Bad Cowboy (The Bandit)
  • The Condemned Man
  • The Bishop
  • Aunt Jemima
  • The soldier (Simple Overseas Cap)
  • The Chef
  • The Robin Hood Hat
  • The Turban
  • The Mickey Mouse Hat
  • The Wounded Soldier
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Artist's Beret
  • Grandma's Night Cap
  • Grampa's Night Cap
  • The Crown
  • The Bull Fighter
  • A Devil
  • The Turban (Second Version)
  • The Surgeon
  • Lawrence of Arabia (Second Version)
  • Knotted Grandma's Night Cap
  • The Executioner or Ghost
  • The Baby or Sun Bonnet
  • The Fez
  • The Clown Hat
  • The Pirate
  • The Monk's Cowl
  • Additional Tips and Presentations
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About the Author on Phil Willmarth
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, February 2021.