Animation

36 entries in Doll & Puppet / Animation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 1
Unknown La Tête d'or Sautant & Dansant Dans un Verre, pour Répondre à Diverses Questions a golden miniature head moves in a glass to answer questions, with assistant
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 35
Unknown The Demon's Head papier maché head rolls eyes and moves mouth, deck put in mouth, chosen cards fly out of mouth and appear between horns
Related to 1876 Modern Magic 458
Unknown The Talking Hand wax hand, answering yes/no questions
Related to 1890 More Magic 427
Unknown Die materialisierte Geisterhand No. 9, doll hand pulls selected cards out of deck
Related to 1895 Der Kartenkünstler 75
Unknown Der Kopf des Ibikus skull answers question under glass dome with his mouth, thread
 		Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 38
Carl L. Curiel Die mysteriöse Geisterhand "Home" puppet hand writes named words by itself
Related to July 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 11) 173
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die mysteriöse Geisterhand "Home" only the patter for Curiel's trick
Related to Aug. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12) 182
Unknown Die mysteriöse Geisterhand wax puppet hand pulls cards out of deck à la rising cards
Related to Dec. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 6) 88
Unknown Der Kopf des Ibikus "neueste Ausführung", skull answers question on glass table, it also speaks, thread
 		June 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 12) 189
Unknown Der Kopf des Ibikus im Hut No. 15, fake head answers questions by nodding or shaking the head, discussing previous methods by Buatier de Kolta, Belachini-Strack
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 140
H. F. C. Suhr Der Geistertisch bell on (gaffed) table answers questions, or ball rolls, rapping hand, electro-magnetic
Related to Feb. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 2) 30
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XXIII. Totentanz
  • 1. Das erscheinende Papp-Skelett (paper skeleton appears behind silk)
  • 2. Ein Ballett (skeleton starts to dance on table)
  • 3. Der zersprungene Spiegel (broken mirror is restored)
  • 4. Der Doppelgänger (mirror image from skeleton starts to become real and dances as well)
  • 5. Verwandlung von Milch in Tinte (glass of milk changes to ink, back to milk and then to water)
 		1902 Moderne Magie 204
Carl Willmann Die Geisterhand rapping puppet hand answers questions, thread
 		Feb. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 2) 26
Unknown The Knee Thread animating figure or puppet while sitting, puppet on floor, Pipitilla
 		1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 89
Dr. William Weyeneth Anitras Tanz wooden doll starts to dance on plate, followed by french translation "Anitra, la danseuse"
 		Mar. 1945 La Baguette Magique (Issue 2) 3
Stuart P. Cramer Mortmain book test, word is written by a puppet hand, which moves on its own, thread
Also published here 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 119) 477
Stuart P. Cramer Mortmain book test, word is written by a puppet hand, which moves on its own, thread
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 218
Robert L. Henderson Doll Production and Levitation and Vanish
1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 5
Joseph M. White Betty Hal-Astra Gal combination of several tricks, Grant's See Thru Cylinders, Ireland's Dove Thru Glass, Fabjance Miniature Levitation
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 51
Albert Spackman Miniature Rapping Hand miniature doll hand in box rapping and answering questions, different routine ideas,
  • word and card divination and with spirit slates
  • stop trick with cards
  • whistle put into the box and the hand moves and the whistle blows
  • gipsy thread is restored in the box, while hand moves
  • in conjunction with "The Thing"
  • card turnover

Related to 1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 74
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dim The Lights small hand taps out value of first selection, then finds second selection by dragging top half away, see also p. 340
Related to Jan. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3) 316
Frederick M. Shields The Spirit of the Thing rapping glove / hand on table to answer questions
 		1971 Magick (Issue 18) 87
John D. Pomeroy The Rapping Hand electronic
 		1973 Mentology 27
Karl Fulves (6) The Mary Shelley Problem doll pieces examined and assembled, then comes to life, electronics, no details given, isoforms, also for non-thread animation of origami figures or Haunted Deck, pipe dreamy
 		1976 Interlocutor (Issue 6) 22
Al Mann Merlin's Magic Marionettes puppet starts to move (wiggle, move head and hands) on performer's command
Related to 1977 Psycho-Mentisis 17
Robert Parrish Do the Spirits Return? rapping hand answers questions, rising cards with the hand, card stands upright
Inspired byRelated to 1995 Great Tricks Revisited 25
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small hand
Related to 1996 Workers Number 5 148
Don Alan Worm's Turn worm in basket finds chosen ABC card, snake in a basket
 		2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 125
Alan Wakeling Scotland uv paint produces glowing assistant, and glowing skull which answers questions with his jaw (talking skull)
  • Notes (Jim Steinmeyer)
 		Sep. 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 9) 86
John Gaughan Balsamo, the Living Skull
  • The Chamber of Secrets
skull apparatus that can answer questions
 		Oct. 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10) 26
John Gaughan Joseffy's Rapping Hand
  • The Chamber of Secrets
 		Nov. 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 11) 32
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
 		2013 The Conference Illusions 165
John Gaughan The French Peacock
  • The Chamber of Secrets
peacock apparatus located card or answers questions
 		Nov. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 11) 18
Unknown Technique wherein A Tatehina Moves About on Its Own secret magnet
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments and credit information)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
 May 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5) 93
John Gaughan The Head of Mephistopheles
  • Chamber of Secrets
devil's head that moves and can produce cards
 		June 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 6) 38