Amedeo's Continental Magic

1974
Written by Frank Garcia, George Schindler
Work of Amedeo Vacca
122 pages (Hardcover), published by Million Dollar Productions
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Lamberta
Language: English
59 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
George Schindler Foreword
7
Frank Garcia, George Schindler Introduction about Amedeo Vacca
 		10
Amedeo Vacca Flash Teatro fire flashs appear in the hands, opening
 		18
Amedeo Vacca Red Ashes tissue strip produced, burnt & restored
 		19
Amedeo Vacca End of a Nightmare
20
Amedeo Vacca Parisian Silk Penetration silk (or rope) through wrist
 		25
Amedeo Vacca Lebanese Ribbon cut & restored
 		28
Amedeo Vacca European Paddle
29
Amedeo Vacca Pinch of Salt salt heap glued on paddle, salt tossed in air and caught on paddle, salt changes to coin
 		30
Amedeo Vacca A Hole in One napkin torn into four pieces, one magically becomes burn hole
 		32
Simple Switch for small objects
 		33
Amedeo Vacca, Milbourne Christopher Flash-X pieces of paper in spectator's hand, Xs drawn on other pieces, the vanish in fire, Xs now on pieces in spectator's hand
 		33
Amedeo Vacca Pea-Can Steal pea changes into water in (double) tube
 		35
Amedeo Vacca Coffee Break coffee beans eaten and they reappear from mouth
 		36
Amedeo Vacca Button-Button vanishing button with reel through sleeve fabric
 		37
Amedeo Vacca Gloves from the Orient paper balls assemble through table under glove
 		38
Amedeo Vacca Monte Carlo Chips three chips, X drawn on one, monte routine
 		41
Amedeo Vacca Egyptian Dice Puzzle three dice rolled, certain sum made by spectator, divined
 		42
Amedeo Vacca Balancing Dice Puzzle moisture
 		43
Amedeo Vacca Never Say Die! two in the hand one in the pocket
 		44
Die Holdout behind ear
 		44
Amedeo Vacca Matchbox-Prediction dice shaken in box, total predicted
 		46
Amedeo Vacca Acrobatic Matchbox longer routine
 		47
Amedeo Vacca Knockout Sponge Vanish lapping
 		53
Amedeo Vacca Spongeball "Split" ball split with finger
 		53
Amedeo Vacca Pin-tration linked safety pins, then with handkerchief, ungaffed
 		55
Amedeo Vacca Pin-Up Time rope, finger ring and safety pin, linking effect
 		57
Amedeo Vacca, Arthur Emerson, Romaine Lend Me Your Ring
Also published here 60
Amedeo Vacca Ring & String Routine
62
Amedeo Vacca Close-up Needle Mystery threaded needle penetrates the thread
 		64
Amedeo Vacca Photo Album various photographs of Vacca and Harry Houdini
 		66
Vaudeville Letter a letter introducing Vacca as Harry Houdini's advance man
 		69
Harry Houdini Note from Houdini note from Houdini to Amedeo Vacca
 		70
Amedeo Vacca Catching a Coin from back clip
 		79
Amedeo Vacca Single Coin Production for stage or close-up
 		80
Amedeo Vacca Coin Production Opening possible staging for stage
 		80
Amedeo Vacca Cinquevalli Coins balancing coin on top of other, top one spins
 		81
Amedeo Vacca Lightning Coin Vanish lightning pull, also on silk or for last through-table
Related to 83
Amedeo Vacca Penetrating Copper copper and silver in handkerchief, locked with finger ring, named coin penetrates ring
 		85
Amedeo Vacca Pin-Coin pin on coin used for production
 		88
Amedeo Vacca Han Pin Chien - Remembered sixteen pennies and finger ring
Related to 89
Amedeo Vacca I Owe You bill transforms into paper in spectator's hand, to get tip
 		90
Amedeo Vacca Five to One spectator has crumpled one and five dollar bills, one in each hand, spectator divines where the five dollar bill is, then they transpose
 		91
Amedeo Vacca Simple Bill Switch crumpled up
 		92
The Lira Swindle bar bet, short-change type swindle
 		93
Amedeo Vacca Budapest Switch featuring switch of crumpled bill with handkerchief, tabled
 		93
Amedeo Vacca Sink or Swim how Vacca duplicated Frakson's cigarette act overnight with cigarette dummies
 		95
Amedeo Vacca Cigarette from the Pocket taking lit cigarette out of pocket
 		96
Amedeo Vacca Impromptu Dummy cigarette thrown away, another one produced, using only one cigarette
 		97
Amedeo Vacca Something from Nothing pantomime cigarette, rolling imaginary cigarette, it becomes visible, using match book
 		98
Amedeo Vacca Roll Your Own pantomime cigarette
 		99
Amedeo Vacca Instant Cigarette production move
 		100
Amedeo Vacca Another Instant Cigarette production move
 		101
Amedeo Vacca Back Clip - Cigarette-Butt Acquitment
102
Amedeo Vacca "Molto Bene" Cigarette Vanish manipulative, reproduction
 		105
Amedeo Vacca One More Time production move
 		108
Smoke from the Mouth "The Human Volcano", standard tonguing
 		111
Amedeo Vacca Amedeo's Method and Presentation for "Smoke from the Mouth", without tonguing
 		113
Amedeo Vacca Chicken Marengo ala Vacca "Magician's Recipe"
 		115
Data entered by Denis Behr, December 2016.