The Conference Illusions

research, rethink, rebuild, and restage classic illusions from magic's Golden Age

2013
Written by Mike Caveney
Work of Mike Caveney
255 pages (Hardcover), published by Mike Caveney's Magic Words
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
16 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Jim Steinmeyer Foreword
9
Mike Caveney Introduction
13
Mike Caveney Magic's Golden Age
15
Mike Caveney Dante's Sawing A Lady in Half discussion of the performance at the 1993 Los Angeles History Conference
 		27
Mike Caveney Selbit's Bricks discussion of the performance at the 1999 Los Angeles History Conference
 		43
Mike Caveney Through the Eye of a Needle person apparently goes from one barrel to another through a small hole in a steel plate, Selbit, discussion of the performance at the 1999 Los Angeles History Conference
 		55
Mike Caveney The Million Dollar Mystery production box, discussion of the performance at the 2001 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Million-Dollar Mystery Cabinet
  • The Mirror Tunnel
  • The Casket
  • The Reaching Rod
  • The Slide
  • Backstage Table
  • Buckets
  • Balls
  • Ball Containers
  • Baskets
  • Cards, Gloves & Hands
  • Curtain
  • Pre-Set
 		69
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
 		101
Mike Caveney Del Adelphia Egg Bag discussion of the performance at the 2005 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Basket
  • The Bag
  • Eggs
  • The First Two Eggs
  • The Nest
  • The Mother Ship
  • The Dove Steal
  • The Kleenex Steal
  • Squeeze Play
  • The Chicken Load Bag
  • The Switch
  • Chicken Production
  • The Setup
  • The Routine
 		123
Mike Caveney The Astral Hand rapping hand on glass table, discussion of the performance at the 2007 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Thread
  • The Glass Dome
  • The Code
  • The Routine
 		165
Mike Caveney The Drum That Can't Be Beaten production drum, discussion of the performance at the 2009 Los Angeles History Conference
 		181
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
 		193
Mike Caveney Walking Out of a Curtain sight gag with back drop that matches suit
 		199
Mike Caveney The Orson Welles Act person travels from trunk to chair, discussion of the performance at the 2011 Los Angeles History Conference
  • Building the Tip-Over Trunk
  • Killing the Angles
  • Sedan Chair
  • The Routine
 		221
Mike Caveney The Spirit Cabinet Charles Carter, brief mention of the performance at the 2013 Los Angeles History Conference
 		247
Mike Caveney With Thanks
249
Data entered by Denis Behr, December 2021.