Fun With A Handkerchief

Volume I — Stand-Up, Close-Up Series

1976 reprint used
1969
Written by Philip Reed Willmarth
Work of Philip Reed Willmarth
64 pages (Stapled), published by Magic, Inc.
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
29 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Philip Reed Willmarth Introduction
4
Philip Reed Willmarth Part One Gags, Catches, Nonsense chapter intro
 		5
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
 		9
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
 		13
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
 		16
The Challenge boxing match for two spectators standing on a handkerchief, gag
 		16
Holding the Bag gag with handkerchief, for hecklers
 		17
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
24
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.
 		24
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
 		36
Philip Reed Willmarth Part Three Impromptu Chapeaugraphy
41
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
 		41
About the Author on Phil Willmarth
 		64
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, February 2021.